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Hi,

I have two story 63′ long rowhouse with 2 floors and basement. I want to have wireless connection throughout the house. I put the wireless router in the top floor front room. But the tin ceilings do not let radio waves to penetrate to the back of first floor or basement. I want to put the WiFi access point at the back of the first floor and connect it to the router upstairs.

So the main question is how to run the CAT5 cable from upstairs to the first floor. I plan to drop it between beams from the 2nd floor to the basement, then attach a conduit on the basement ceiling and bring it back to the first floor.

A few questions:

- do I need to put conduit for the part of the run where the network cable is inside of the wall?
- can I put network cable and power cable in the same conduits?
- do I need to call inspectors to look at my setup after I finish? (this is a bit silly).