My house is only about 1000 sq ft so I'm not terribly worried about
future proofing it for fiber as it will be incredibly easy to rewire
later on down the road should a future homeowner decide to do so. I'm
also not too interested in what buyers want as I'm the one that wants
wired networking. There's enough wireless networks in the neighborhood
that wireless throughput is terrible, so I want something better for VoD
with DirecTV, Amazon and Netflix.
The biggest benefit for me will be relocation of the coax TV jacks that
are on all the wrong walls right now.
Rory McCann
MKAP Technology Solutions
Web: www.mkap.net
On 11/3/2014 10:13 AM, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote:
Most people don't want a wired network anymore, even if their house is
wired, plus if you wanted to be forward looking you would run fiber
and maybe put 802.11ad in each room once it becomes mainstream.
Except of course you can't do POE over fiber.
People with houses wired for data typically have money, so I recommend
a wired router like an RB2011iL-IN in the basement and then wireless
APs in rooms as needed using the wiring in the walls. That avoids the
hairpin wiring issue. Or you could put a small wired router like a
750/950 series in the basement plus a POE switch, that way the APs
could be powered off POE, and they could install other POE stuff like
security cameras, VoIP phones, etc. You could also put a central UPS
in the basement, powering the CPE radio and the router/switch, plus
anything throughout the house powered via POE would stay live in a
power outage. Of course people with money building a new house
probably have a Generac on a pad outside anyway. Still, it could be a
nice package to sell people and make a little extra money.
*From:* Jeremy via Af <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Sent:* Monday, November 03, 2014 9:52 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Structured Cabling - Looking for Ideas
The Leviton boxes are nice. Most newer homes use those. The problems
that I have seen with those boxes are these: If you want to install a
router and have some wired machines and some wireless you will need
the router to be located inside the metal box. This doesn't work very
good for wireless at all. Also, they rarely install power in the
Leviton boxes so no ability for POE or router to be there anyway. We
usually end up tying in to the wire to the eve, then splicing again to
one of the rooms, then placing the router in that room. This leaves
you with no options for a wired network as all four pair are used to
get the POE to that room. If they have two CAT-5E cables ran to the
room they can use one back to the Leviton box and then install a
switch in the box (assuming again that you have an AC outlet in the
box. If the house is wired correctly the Leviton boxes are nice but
they are rarely setup correctly for fixed wireless.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Rory McCann via Af <af@afmug.com
<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote:
Hi guys,
I'm planning on rewiring my house this winter and was looking for
ideas on structured wiring as well as products to use. I'm looking
at simply RG6 coaxial and ethernet (for phone and data).
The wiring will be run in a rather deep crawl space and would like
something that can either mount to the floor joists or something
where I could build out a mounting platform with 2x4s and install
it that way. I'd like the wiring to be vertical so I can kneel and
access things and not have to crank my head and look up.
My original thought was to get a wall-mount "vertical" rack and
mount it horizontal - this would effectively give me a 19" 6u rack
to work with that would hang from the floor joists. I was then
going to just get a couple of keystone patch panels and populate
them with the various connectors by room. Doesn't need to be
fancy. It would still leave me some room for a battery backup,
rackmount switch and router/modem.
After looking around a bit I also see that Leviton offers some
structured solutions. These would have to be mounted between some
2x4s or something so that I could have normal access to it.
Wondering if any of you have any experience with these or similar
products and if they would be a better solution than my rack idea?
Unfortunately, I do not have any room or areas upstairs for the
wiring, so the crawlspace is where it's going to go.
I'm not looking to spend a small fortune on this project - just
want something to centralize, label and clean up my existing house
wiring as well as give me some flexibility in the future.
--
Rory McCann
MKAP Technology Solutions
Web: www.mkap.net <http://www.mkap.net>
