Cost for short LAN point installation?

[Gymrat76]

Anyone have any idea how much it costs to install a LAN point on opposite sides of a single wall? My living room and spare room is separated by a single wall and I want to install a LAN point to connect the router in the living room to the spare room where my wife's desktop is located. Her desktop is on wireless and rather than to upgrade the wireless card for my 1Gpbs broadband I'm exploring just directly connecting it to the router. What's the minimum cost to get someone to come down and install the point?

 

[renfred89]

Anyone have any idea how much it costs to install a LAN point on opposite sides of a single wall? My living room and spare room is separated by a single wall and I want to install a LAN point to connect the router in the living room to the spare room where my wife's desktop is located. Her desktop is on wireless and rather than to upgrade the wireless card for my 1Gpbs broadband I'm exploring just directly connecting it to the router. What's the minimum cost to get someone to come down and install the point?

market price is about $150 per lan connection (meaning point to point). however some contractors charge by length and charge by the type of cable used.

you can search up the contractors yourself and see which one suits you the best..

 

[jury_pack]

Diy, go rent a wall drill, drill a hole, run a cable thru it. Cheapest.

 

[Gymrat76]

Diy, go rent a wall drill, drill a hole, run a cable thru it. Cheapest.

Thanks, I had considered doing that actually with my impact drill, maybe need a longer bit and some patience only. HDB walls quite thin and it's not a structural wall

Only problem is that living room side is my built in TV console, so have to also cut the wood to expose the wall, maybe better to let a professional do it

 

[Gymrat76]

The other option is to just go for a Wireless AC adapter like the TP Link Archer for the wife's desktop, which currently has built in 802.11a/b/n, but I guess wired is always better, if the cost is not too prohibitive

 

[renfred89]

Thanks, I had considered doing that actually with my impact drill, maybe need a longer bit and some patience only. HDB walls quite thin and it's not a structural wall

Only problem is that living room side is my built in TV console, so have to also cut the wood to expose the wall, maybe better to let a professional do it

you are right, its best to let professional do it.. the drilling part can be very daunting unless one knows how, if not the wall might crack..

 

[LaGuNa84]

if you have existing trunking between the rooms you can use that to pass your cables through your cable length could end up longer.

 

[Gymrat76]

Thanks guys, I was quoted $180 for the installation.. it's literally just across the wall, <20cm cable! Will try to bargain and see if can bring down the price

 

[jury_pack]

Thanks, I had considered doing that actually with my impact drill, maybe need a longer bit and some patience only. HDB walls quite thin and it's not a structural wall

Only problem is that living room side is my built in TV console, so have to also cut the wood to expose the wall, maybe better to let a professional do it

Well... A quarter inch hole drillbit would be more than enough, just start from the bottom of the TV console and drill, yes maybe you will need a 20cm long drillbit. No need cut the wood.

 

[Elnin0]

My contractor charged me $160 per line. Hide it inside my ceilings. Told me he sometimes charge $180.

I saw ads inside life, you can ask to convert telephone line to internet. That will cost $100 for 3 lines. But you will not have telephone line after converting.

 

[Gymrat76]

My contractor charged me $160 per line. Hide it inside my ceilings. Told me he sometimes charge $180.

I saw ads inside life, you can ask to convert telephone line to internet. That will cost $100 for 3 lines. But you will not have telephone line after converting.

Thanks. Won't help as I don't have a telephone point in that room either

Will try to DIY. Doesn't look too difficult.. Just need to remove the power socket in the living room and see if I can see the point in the next room. Then buy the LAN sockets from SLT and a short Cat6 and connect up. My Friend has the wire crimp which I can borrow. Let's see

 

[Elnin0]

Thanks. Won't help as I don't have a telephone point in that room either

Will try to DIY. Doesn't look too difficult.. Just need to remove the power socket in the living room and see if I can see the point in the next room. Then buy the LAN sockets from SLT and a short Cat6 and connect up. My Friend has the wire crimp which I can borrow. Let's see

if you don't mind external casing.. then u can lay the wire yourself.

 

[Gymrat76]

Won't be any casing as both points are on exact opposite sides of the same wall.

Point A | wall | Point B

 

[Elnin0]

Won't be any casing as both points are on exact opposite sides of the same wall.

Point A | wall | Point B

you check if the wall can drill a hole big enough for the wire to go thru or not.

 

[hj_dragon]

You can also opt for a wire powerline if you don't want to drill a hole between two walls. If 500mbs for a pair.

 

[Gymrat76]

Update: a Friend came over yesterday and helped me do the install. We decided to just drill a hole from living room cabinet side through to the other side where I wanted the port then ran the Cat6 cable from modem through the hole to the next room where he connected up to a wall port. Then just a regular Cat6 cable from the wall port to the PC. Speedtest after was 700/750 (d/u).

Only caution was to drill slowly and keep checking if there are any power cables in the way (after selectively turning off the circuit breaker for the respective rooms to be safe)

 

[Kiwi8]

Update: a Friend came over yesterday and helped me do the install. We decided to just drill a hole from living room cabinet side through to the other side where I wanted the port then ran the Cat6 cable from modem through the hole to the next room where he connected up to a wall port. Then just a regular Cat6 cable from the wall port to the PC. Speedtest after was 700/750 (d/u).

Only caution was to drill slowly and keep checking if there are any power cables in the way (after selectively turning off the circuit breaker for the respective rooms to be safe)

Yeah that's good. DIY and can save costs.