Hello,
we are planning our new build with a developer and have an appointment with the electrician soon.
I am working on the LAN planning.
I will plan enough LAN connections for every room and also in the garage.
Should we use a mesh Wi-Fi router system, for example Netgear Orbi, Amazon Eero (one unit on each floor or in the most important rooms, which can be expanded as needed if there are coverage gaps) or something similar, or does it have to be an expensive PoE access point network?
I would say we are users with a higher-than-average standard.
I want to have good Wi-Fi coverage throughout the house so that I always have enough Wi-Fi on my phone for browsing.
A speed of 50–100 Mbps on the phone would be sufficient, but it should be stable (we will have a 500 Mbps or maybe only a 250 Mbps connection).
Do the access points have to be PoE devices mounted on the ceiling, or is that maybe a bit too much for us?
Or is a regular mesh router system (e.g., Netgear Orbi) enough for us?
Running the PoE cables will most likely be very expensive with the electrician (typical for developer projects :/ ).
we are planning our new build with a developer and have an appointment with the electrician soon.
I am working on the LAN planning.
I will plan enough LAN connections for every room and also in the garage.
Should we use a mesh Wi-Fi router system, for example Netgear Orbi, Amazon Eero (one unit on each floor or in the most important rooms, which can be expanded as needed if there are coverage gaps) or something similar, or does it have to be an expensive PoE access point network?
I would say we are users with a higher-than-average standard.
I want to have good Wi-Fi coverage throughout the house so that I always have enough Wi-Fi on my phone for browsing.
A speed of 50–100 Mbps on the phone would be sufficient, but it should be stable (we will have a 500 Mbps or maybe only a 250 Mbps connection).
Do the access points have to be PoE devices mounted on the ceiling, or is that maybe a bit too much for us?
Or is a regular mesh router system (e.g., Netgear Orbi) enough for us?
Running the PoE cables will most likely be very expensive with the electrician (typical for developer projects :/ ).
Jentopa schrieb:
Does the PoE switch also have to be from the same manufacturer? Does that offer any advantages? Only if there is unified management from the same manufacturer, for example like with Ubiquiti.
Jentopa schrieb:
If I only have 3 PoE access points, can I connect them to a “small” PoE switch and use a non-PoE switch for the rest of the LAN ports? Is connecting the switches foolproof? That will work. The uplink from the small switch will be the bottleneck for all the access points combined. You need to consider how heavily you will load the access points and whether a 1 Gbps (Gigabit) uplink could become a bottleneck.
Jentopa schrieb:
What happens if a 24-port PoE switch—apart from cost and potential noise—is also used for non-PoE devices? Can it damage the connected devices? Nothing will happen; the devices negotiate among themselves whether they want to draw power or not.
I generally prefer centralized switches if cable lengths and routing allow it. Overall, splitting the setup is no problem as long as the uplinks fit the intended use.
R
RotorMotor4 Jan 2023 14:54Jentopa schrieb:
- Does the PoE switch have to be from the same manufacturer? Are there any benefits?
Not necessarily, but it can make management easier. I use different manufacturers.
Jentopa schrieb:
- If I only have 3 PoE access points, can I connect them to a "small" PoE switch and use a non-PoE switch for the rest of the LAN ports? Is connecting the switches foolproof?
Yes, or you can use injectors. With a large PoE switch, power consumption can be quite high.
Jentopa schrieb:
- What happens if a 24-port PoE switch – aside from cost and possible noise – is also used for non-PoE devices? Could it damage the connected devices?
That’s not a problem. Just keep in mind the switch’s power consumption.
Jentopa schrieb:
Does the PoE switch also have to be from the same manufacturer? Are there any benefits? No, it doesn’t have to be from the same manufacturer. The PoE standard must be compatible to ensure enough power per port is available, and the PoE budget must cover all devices. There can be advantages if everything is from the same series and the switch plus access points can be managed through a single interface. However, I can’t comment specifically on Netgear.
Jentopa schrieb:
If I only have 3 PoE access points, can I connect them to a “small” PoE switch and use a non-PoE switch for the remaining LAN ports? Is connecting the switches foolproof? That is possible. Depending on the use case, the connection between the two switches could become a bottleneck. In a home network environment, I don’t see major issues. Otherwise, there are devices that support higher-speed connections between switches.
Jentopa schrieb:
Can the client device be damaged? No, a non-PoE device cannot be damaged.
Thank you all very much!
Just a quick note about power consumption. If I only have 3 PoE-capable devices connected to the PoE switch, then I should only have 3 power consumers, right? So it shouldn’t matter whether the 24-port switch is PoE capable or if I use an 8-port PoE switch with just those 3 devices? Or am I missing something? This is regardless of the PoE standard.
Just a quick note about power consumption. If I only have 3 PoE-capable devices connected to the PoE switch, then I should only have 3 power consumers, right? So it shouldn’t matter whether the 24-port switch is PoE capable or if I use an 8-port PoE switch with just those 3 devices? Or am I missing something? This is regardless of the PoE standard.
R
RotorMotor4 Jan 2023 15:44Jentopa schrieb:
Thank you all very much!
Just a quick note on power consumption. If I only have 3 PoE-capable devices connected to the PoE switch, then I only have 3 power consumers, right? So it shouldn’t matter whether the 24-port switch is PoE capable or if I use an 8-port PoE switch with just those 3 devices? Or am I missing something? This is regardless of the PoE standard. The issue is that switches capable of delivering high power often have a high baseline power consumption. So, high efficiency is usually only reached at around 90% load or so.
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fromthisplace4 Jan 2023 20:21I pray to God that you will still be this active here in March when we get serious about the wiring. 🙂
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