Ethernet Wall Jacks - What Do I Need to get started?

dlcj21

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My current setup.

2 DIR-655 Gigabit Routers
2 Dlink AV500 Power line adapters

My main router (assigns ips) is downstairs in my office on one end of my house. It's connected directly to the modem. The other router is upstairs and is connected to my main router through 2 power line adapters.

My main issue is that my second router keeps losing it's connection to the router downstairs which is usually fixed by pulling each power line adapter out of the wall and plugging it back in. When I powercycle them, the connection between the 2 adapters is green, but over the course of a few hours, sometimes a few minutes, it degrades to where it's orange or red denoting the transfer rate between them is low.

To save myself the headache, what I was thinking is that I'd just run a physical line between the two routers. I already have a cable line which the cable company ran along side the back of my house near the foundation then up the side of my house to my master bedroom. I was thinking that I could use the hole that was already drilled and run an ethernet cable along side of the cable and replace the face plates and the end with something like this: (http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/53xGOm0PnG0/maxresdefault.jpg) that way I don't have to deal with all of the interference in my power line requiring me to power cycle the adapters.

To my question, what all would I need? Basically what i want to do is plug the outlet in downstairs directly to the modem and have that signal transfered to the outlet upstairs which I'll have plugged into the 2nd router.

Is it as simple as buying a long cable and 2 wall jacks and connecting those to each of the routers, or is it more complicated than that? Any help you could provide would be great!
 
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I would purchase an outdoor or direct burial Cat5e cable with the ends on it. Then purchase some Cat5e inline keystone couplers, then one for the COAX, then a wall plate. That way you don't have to worry about putting ends on the Cat5e cables. Examples below:
Cable:http://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Waterproof-Ethernet-Direct-Burial/dp/B001B6C5H8
Keystone: http://www.amazon.com/CableWholesale-Inline-Keystone-Coupler-310-220WH/dp/B00DR0QT5U/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1406153788&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=cat5e+inine+coupler
COAX Keystone: http://www.amazon.com/CableWholesale-Coaxail-Connector-Keystone-322-120WH/dp/B000I1YU5C/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_img_y
Plate...
I would purchase an outdoor or direct burial Cat5e cable with the ends on it. Then purchase some Cat5e inline keystone couplers, then one for the COAX, then a wall plate. That way you don't have to worry about putting ends on the Cat5e cables. Examples below:
Cable:http://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Waterproof-Ethernet-Direct-Burial/dp/B001B6C5H8
Keystone: http://www.amazon.com/CableWholesale-Inline-Keystone-Coupler-310-220WH/dp/B00DR0QT5U/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1406153788&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=cat5e+inine+coupler
COAX Keystone: http://www.amazon.com/CableWholesale-Coaxail-Connector-Keystone-322-120WH/dp/B000I1YU5C/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_img_y
Plate: http://www.amazon.com/Icarus-Keystone-Style-Wall-Plate/dp/B0047ZFHCA/ref=pd_sim_e_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YB69AJJPJAXR5NXA4QK

Oh yea, make sure your run (from router to router) is no more than 300ft.
 
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