ᐅ Is it necessary to have LAN cables installed in the garage?
Created on: 11 Sep 2022 11:38
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FrankChief
Hello
I wanted to ask what the essential use for a LAN connection in the garage would be?
Our electrician is reluctant to install a Cat cable in the garage.
He is charging twice as much as for a Cat cable inside the house (€500 in the garage) just for a Cat socket.
Why do you absolutely need LAN in the garage?
Wallboxes usually all support Wi-Fi anyway.
We are also planning to install photovoltaic panels later on.
I wanted to ask what the essential use for a LAN connection in the garage would be?
Our electrician is reluctant to install a Cat cable in the garage.
He is charging twice as much as for a Cat cable inside the house (€500 in the garage) just for a Cat socket.
Why do you absolutely need LAN in the garage?
Wallboxes usually all support Wi-Fi anyway.
We are also planning to install photovoltaic panels later on.
Garage LAN? YES!
A quick tip: Please make sure to get advice from a professional (homeowner protection association, friends, relatives, etc.) during the construction phase.
If the contractor can already easily take advantage of you, they will keep doing so. This is not meant negatively, but rather to protect you.
A quick tip: Please make sure to get advice from a professional (homeowner protection association, friends, relatives, etc.) during the construction phase.
If the contractor can already easily take advantage of you, they will keep doing so. This is not meant negatively, but rather to protect you.
FrankChief schrieb:
So, you would plan at least one LAN cable in the garage? Still yes.
By the way, are you related to @AlexKayn?
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FrankChief13 Sep 2022 11:05Evolith schrieb:
Then keep it simple. Just place a repeater somewhere in the living room and extend the signal to the garden, done. That way you don’t need to work with an access point, even though that’s a bit more elegant. That’s our plan.
But we want to use the repeater as an access point (so connected via LAN).
My only concern right now is that with the windows and patio door closed, the Wi-Fi in the garage and at the far end of the garden, which is 11m by 20m (36ft by 66ft), might not be strong enough to use the phone for browsing, and that we might need an access point/repeater in the garden shed.
If we skip running LAN to the garage, we would save €220 on CAT Duplex cable and about €120 on the small patch panel.
If we switch to Simplex cable at the desk and in the garage, we would save 2 × €20 on Simplex cables and about €120 on the small patch panel.
What would you do?
FrankChief schrieb:
What would you do?You're killing me, honestly 😀
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FrankChief13 Sep 2022 12:22Sorry, but I am completely uncertain about what we should do.
I don’t want to end up regretting not having the cable installed, and I also don’t want to say later that the cable was unnecessary.
If the Wi-Fi coverage is sufficient there—let’s say at least 30-40% of the total signal strength in the garage or at the end of the garden—then I would skip the CAT cable.
However, if you say the Wi-Fi won’t be enough by then, we would have the cable installed.
I don’t want to end up regretting not having the cable installed, and I also don’t want to say later that the cable was unnecessary.
If the Wi-Fi coverage is sufficient there—let’s say at least 30-40% of the total signal strength in the garage or at the end of the garden—then I would skip the CAT cable.
However, if you say the Wi-Fi won’t be enough by then, we would have the cable installed.
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