Hello everyone,
we are about to buy a house from a developer. Unfortunately, they forgot or decided not to install star-topology Ethernet cabling.
I’m not yet sure if I want or can completely do without it.
So here is my idea for the wiring, and I would appreciate your constructive feedback:
There is an empty conduit from the basement to the upper floor (originally intended for photovoltaic system preparation) that I would like to use to pull a cable (possibly duplex) to the upper floor and distribute it there with a switch. I want to pull only one cable to keep space available in the conduit for future use.
From the basement to the lower ground floor, a new hole would need to be drilled and a cable pulled up to distribute there by switch as well.
Am I missing something in my wiring plan? Cascading switches should actually allow this, right?
Do you see any major problems or performance limitations?
Thanks for your help.
we are about to buy a house from a developer. Unfortunately, they forgot or decided not to install star-topology Ethernet cabling.
I’m not yet sure if I want or can completely do without it.
So here is my idea for the wiring, and I would appreciate your constructive feedback:
There is an empty conduit from the basement to the upper floor (originally intended for photovoltaic system preparation) that I would like to use to pull a cable (possibly duplex) to the upper floor and distribute it there with a switch. I want to pull only one cable to keep space available in the conduit for future use.
From the basement to the lower ground floor, a new hole would need to be drilled and a cable pulled up to distribute there by switch as well.
Am I missing something in my wiring plan? Cascading switches should actually allow this, right?
Do you see any major problems or performance limitations?
Thanks for your help.
Der-w schrieb:
That’s the frustrating part. There are TAE sockets in every room (sometimes even more than one) with regular telephone cables. If these had been replaced with Ethernet cables, everything would have been fine.
Honestly, I don’t even know what happened there. 🙁 Are the telephone cables running inside conduit?
hanse987 schrieb:
Are the telephone cables inside the conduit? I don’t think so, but I have considered that.
I would have to check again.
That would of course be great.
Der-w schrieb:
I don't think so, but I have thought about it before. I would need to check again. That would of course be great. Silly question, how many wires does the telephone cable have? In an older building, I also had to repurpose the telephone cable as an Ethernet cable. It had 8 wires, and I was able to achieve nearly 1000 Mbit. With 4 wires, 100 Mbit is still possible if needed.
Otherwise, telephone connection in the basement => connect the router => use LAN ports (one port per floor), and on each floor connect a switch to distribute the network from there.
What are your plans for your network? VLAN? Streaming? etc.?
For access points, definitely go with Unifi.
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Mottenhausen7 Nov 2018 12:06LAN only requires 4 wires. It is true that you can connect an RJ45 plug to a 4-conductor telephone cable, but the problem is the lack of shielding, which prevents achieving Gigabit speeds and limits 100Mbps to short distances only.
Mottenhausen schrieb:
LAN only requires 4 wires, and it is true that you can terminate an RJ45 connector on a 4-wire telephone cable, but the problem is the lack of shielding, which prevents achieving Gigabit speeds and limits 100Mbps to short distances.It has nothing to do with shielding; for Gigabit, you simply need 8 wires. Of course, depending on the length, shielding is definitely beneficial. Even with an excellently shielded 4-wire cable, you won’t get more than 100Mbps.How many wires it has... I would have to check as well. But honestly, I think only 4.
I thought about that too, BUT honestly, starting off with such a botched job in a new build... I’m not sure.
I think I’d rather do it properly right away.
Currently just surfing and some streaming on the TV.
But the demands will eventually increase ;-9
I thought about that too, BUT honestly, starting off with such a botched job in a new build... I’m not sure.
I think I’d rather do it properly right away.
Leo schrieb:
What are you planning for your network? VLAN? Streaming? etc.?
Access point definitely Unifi.
Currently just surfing and some streaming on the TV.
But the demands will eventually increase ;-9