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kanryo@juno.com wrote:
| I want to run cabling between 2 PCs for networking purposes.  Unfortunately
| the 2 PCs are in different parts and floors of a large house.  The most
| direct pathway would be out one sliding window/external wall and into
| another.  But it seems that cold air will seep through any holes are that
| made or used.  Is there a way to feed the cabling out and back into the house
| without enabling cold air to seep in?  Or is there a way to somehow feed the
| cabling through the central air/heat ducts?  Thanks for any
| advice/suggestions.

One thing I've done for various antenna and control wires to/from the
outside is to drill the hole, run the wiring through, then plug the hole
by hammering-in a cork from a wine bottle at both the inside and outside
openings of the hole-through-the-wall.  Don't laugh, it works!

HOWEVER: please note the plastic jacket on cabling for 'net wiring is
designed for indoor use only, and if it's outdoors it WILL deteriorate
from exposure to UV (from sunlight), moisture, heat/cold, etc.  What
you'd want to use if you still want the wiring run outdoors is what's
known as "plenum" wiring which has a durable jacket; probably the best
would that with a Teflon jacket.

For safety, wiring longevity, and [possibly] code compliance, I'd stick
to inside wiring.  If your ONLY path between the floors is the air ducts,
then again you must choose plenum cabling.  Another possibility is hiding
most of the wire inside door frames, going through the floor(s), and in
wall baseboards.  See if you can follow the same path(s) as phone wiring.

Thad