With the cable in place, next up was the main switch, a Gigabit Ethernet switch in Tanya’s room.
I made this panel with, from left to right — the alarm box, power supply for alarm, GE switch + power supply brick, and three RJ-45 boxes (feeding the two kids’ rooms and the man cave).
I had to make a couple of short patch cables to run between the switch and the network boxes.
So now we’re rid of the patch cable that ran across the driveway, but I still have to install a power point and a network point in each of the kids’ rooms. And I have to install the rest of the alarm system, of course.