If the house is fairly accessible, running cat-5 is fairly easy and 
inexpensive. Haven't checked lately but 1000' yep that one thousand feet 
around $75. Ends are $1.00 each, and a crimp tool maybe $25. Cut 3/4" 
outer covering off with utility knife, un twist the 4 pairs. Arrange the 
wires in a flat plane close to each other with the colors in proper 
order, trim wires to stick out of covering around 3/8" and push wires 
into RJ-46 8c/8p plug and crimp. After you have done a few, probably 10 
minutes each. If you want to get fancy with RJ-45 wall plates, I prefer 
the ones with 110 punchdown for the wires. Will need a punchdown tool 
for $25.

For coax, much same setup, RG-6 cable, a crimper and some F terminals.

I buy most of this from MCM
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/#?gclid=CIvUhvm6_JwCFWBB5godYx5HbQ

If this sounds interesting, I can provide a list of part numbers, just 
today I got a shipment from them that included RJ-45, F terms, and a 
TIVO hardrive.  My house for the most part has open basement and attic 
with nearly everywhere accessible. There is probably 600' of RG-6, and 
700' of Cat-5 neatly run all over. :)  We have had Direcv for 8 years, 
and Sunday went to switch to Dish Network, install went bad after 4 
hours, cancelled and chased them out. They refused to use the  
"distribution" port which should have powered my TV network nicely. :(

William Couture wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> We're having some work done in our house, and need some CAT5 and
> possibly COAX run.
>
> Just talked to an installer, and (surprise!) they suggested something
> other than their services.
>
> Ethernet over powerline.
>
> However, looking at the hardware I have one question:  Can I have more
> than one network running on the same lines?
>
> We are getting FIOS installed, and from what we hear the Actiontec
> router is junk.  We have read articles about using a Linksys 54GL
> instead, and that sounds good.  However, our network is going to
> look something like this:
>
> FIOS -> ONT -> Actiontec -> Linksys -> Computer Cloud (Tivo, computers)
>
> The Actiontec would have to be in the basement (so we don't have to run
> coax anywhere), but we want the Linksys in the computer room (top floor
> for better wireless signal).
>
> So, we would need a powerline ethernet adapter link from the Actiontec
> in the basement to the Linksys in the computer room, and then another
> 2 powerline ethernet links from the Linksys to the Tivo's (in other
> rooms).  Since we want the Tivo's to route data through the Linksys,
> not the Actiontec, they need to be in separate subnets.
>
> Is this possible?  Can more than one powerline ethernet setup play
> nice in the house?  Do they steal bandwidth from each other?  Or do
> we have to pull CAT5 to link the routers?
>
> Thanks,
>   Bill
>
>   
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