Always inspect as much as possible before making a hole.
Home run in wall panel.
By inspecting from your crawlspace or attic you can identify which wall locations do not carry water pipes and electrical wires.
Explore your crawlspace or ceiling in an unfinished segment of your basement.
Put it in now preferably during build stage so low voltage conduit can be run in the walls to each media outlet location and easily replace the media wiring and or related central distribution components as technology changes run cat5e now but when you need fiber run several years down the road it s very easy to do with smc infrastructure in place.
The main component in a home run wiring scheme is the central distribution point which depending on the type and size of network can be a router hub or structured network panel snp.
Place the retro ring in the hole you just cut and make sure it s still level.
This point will be connected to the world by service from an outside service provider and should be able to handle large data bandwidths.
At this point you can run your cables through the wall.
Structured wiring begins with a structured networking panel snp which accepts cables from outside providers and distributes the signals directly to each room in your home.