Most of the parts have turned up now thanks to various sellers on ebay so I figured it was time to make a start. The first task was to bolt the cabinet to the garage wall. I found some decent ‘heavy duty’ wall fixings in B&Q which consist of a bolt and a metal wall plug which expands to fill the drilled hole as you tighten it up. This took some effort using a spanner instead of a screwdriver but I think it was worth it as the cabinet is definitly not going anywhere fast.
Once the cabinet was up, I thought I’d start easy. Cables in to the study only need to go through the the wall underneath the cabinet and mean I can save the loft wiring for another day. One massive hole later and it was time to start cabling again:
And finally, after much fiddling about with the wall ports and patch panel here’s the finished result. I haven’t shown you the result in the garage yet because I’m not too happy with the tidyness of the cabling up the wall to the cabinet – I think some nice trunking is required.
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Tags: DIY, Gadgets, Network Diagram, Project: Networked House
Oli, you seriously need to get out more! At least give us a photo of the drill bit!
Are you sure you haven’t just fixed a microwave to the garage wall?!!
Yes, I agree with you Sylvia – two minutes at 30%
are you gonna be using POE (power over ethernet)?
I know what PoE stands for! And at the moment, nope. Not got a need just yet, but my cabinet will take a power injector panel in the future if needed, or possibly a switch with PoE ports. That’s a long way off though cuz I can’t think of a need. The loft AP isn’t PoE enabled so that will need a proper socket.
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