Wiring up a house

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Hi all,

I have a project on the go and am just about to wire up a house with Cat6 cable. This will strictly be for data transfer from a node point to multiple rooms. Would you run any other cables from the node to living room, dining room and 3 bedrooms?

I guess it is smart to run at least 2 cables per point right?

Hopefully this makes sense....

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Hi all,

I have a project on the go and am just about to wire up a house with Cat6 cable. This will strictly be for data transfer from a node point to multiple rooms. Would you run any other cables from the node to living room, dining room and 3 bedrooms?

I guess it is smart to run at least 2 cables per point right?

Hopefully this makes sense....

Definitely. Consider putting in a patch panel

http://www.comms-express.com/products/24-way-ce-rj45-cat6-utp-patch-panel-1u/

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Definitely. Consider putting in a patch panel

http://www.comms-express.com/product...atch-panel-1u/

Thank you. So the Cat6 is distributed by the patch panel then the router etc is also put into the patch panel?

For example:-
TV--->Cat6/Ethenet--->Patch Panel--->Router--->master socket

How would a NAS drive fit into the equation?

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For example:-
TV--->Cat6/Ethenet--->Patch Panel--->Router--->master socket

How would a NAS drive fit into the equation?

Depending on how many devices you have I would use a switch and short patch cables from the panel to either the switch or router.
In the rooms always terminate with sockets and again use patch cables to your devices.

http://www.comms-express.com/categories/excel-cat6-module-kits/

TV--->CAT6 socket--->Cat6 cabling--->Patch Panel--->patch cable--->Switch --->Router--->master socket
 NAS-->CAT6 socket--->Cat6 cabling-->Patch Panel--->patch cable--------|

Once you have the house cabled your network options are endless.
Mine is something like this but I have now added homeplugs and POE cams. The benefit being that you can just add in another switch in a convenient location and break out from there.

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Sweet, thanks for your help Smouty. I am a bit slow with this so bare with me.

So to summarise, with the house at a bare bones stage I am just running Cat6 cable to every room I want networked and bringing it back under my stairs. In each room I will have at least 2 wall plates (runs), prob 4 next to the TV.

Would you not have the Cat6 coming from the rooms going directly into the switch? Why the need for Wall patch panels in the hub room? or have I mis-understood the above code?

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I should add that I am going to rent the house out. So I do not want to get too complex or expensive, just wiring for convenience.

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In the hub room you have the patch panel. Never terminate a cable with a plug, always a socket.

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In the hub room you have the patch panel. Never terminate a cable with a plug, always a socket.

Got it! Thank you!

One more question:-

Do you think Cat5e or Cat6? I have read some of the complications with Cat6 and understand Cat5e is more then enough for most house holds for the foreseeable future. We will revisit the structure of the house again in 5 or so years and maybe by then it will be all about fibre?

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5e is adequate for gigabit. In 5 years wifi will be faster than that

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5e is adequate for gigabit. In 5 years wifi will be faster than that

Do you reckon fibre cables within the home will take over cat cables?

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Wifi is already theoretically faster than gigabit if you have the hardware
802.11ac routers are already available with 1.3gbit ac wifi. I don't know what the throughput is like but I'd bet it isn't as good as a cabled 1gbit connection but as the speeds increase it will overtake it.

Fibre in the home? It is too difficult to terminate so could only be used easily for interconnects between switches etc.