ᐅ Planning the Network for a 1,500 sq ft Single-Family Home

Created on: 1 Oct 2015 03:12

I am currently in the planning phase for the electrical installation. I have already read through some topics here and picked up quite a bit of information.

I am planning a two-story single-family house (floor plans will follow shortly).

Lower level

Living room: 4 LAN outlets (for Linux satellite receiver / Hi-Fi receiver / TV), all require internet access.

The kitchen should also have a network outlet for future IPTV reception and possibly for a Wi-Fi access point, but I will come back to that question.

Upper level

One outlet per child's bedroom (or should I go for double outlets right away?)

One outlet in the master bedroom.

Hallway for a Wi-Fi access point.

I planned a small patch panel with 16 or 24 ports (24 would provide additional capacity in case IP cameras for outside or phones need to be connected via this wiring later on).

Should I invest more in the patch panel and use E-DAT modules instead of a simple LSA patch panel? I heard it should make wiring much easier.

Are E-DAT and Keystone modules essentially the same?

I would use Cat 7 cable rated for 1200 MHz.

Which types of outlets would you recommend for the wiring? E-DAT or LSA? My neighbor has the LSA tool, so that would be possible.

I would also get a 24-port switch.

Floor plan: Bedroom, dressing room, bathroom, hallway, two children's rooms (Child 1, Child 2)

Ground floor plan: open living/dining area, kitchen, hallway, utility room, WC, stairs.

Now comes the question of all questions...

I was planning to get a FritzBox and either place it in the utility room to distribute everything in a star topology from there, or install it in the living room to make better use of the Wi-Fi range.

Or would it be more sensible to keep the FritzBox in the utility room and instead put an additional access point in the hallway downstairs or in the kitchen?

blackdog1101 Oct 2015 13:00

daytona schrieb:
Hello,
where do you want to place the switch? It won’t be exactly small with your number of network sockets, right? I would put everything in the utility room, so both the router and the switch. They’re connected anyway. The router should still provide enough Wi-Fi coverage for the entire ground floor, or are you building solid concrete like a WWII bunker?

No, no, I’m just building a prefabricated house with timber frame construction.

The switch and patch panel are generally planned for the utility room, I just wanted to “outsource” the Fritzbox to the living room ^^ basically one socket going there and one returning.

That way I thought I’d have less signal loss. Plasterboard is supposed to absorb radio signals as well…

The patch panel will be installed by a friend, but I assumed using keystone modules would make future changes a lot easier.

So, for the patch panel, just use LSA terminals?

I want to avoid outlets near the access point and simply work via PoE. That seems like the best option.

Mycraft1 Oct 2015 13:53

With timber frame construction, you won’t have any issues with signal reception... one Fritzbox located in the utility room is sufficient, and it doesn’t need to be placed in the living room...

SirSydom1 Oct 2015 22:11

"Doesn't cost the world" is relative. If you do it yourself, you can get by with about 20€ of material per double socket, but with an electrician, you'll quickly spend 80-100€.

LSA – definitely. I've probably made around 100 boxes/connections with it, and it works fine.
And a tool like that doesn't cost the world either.

Robbaut1 Oct 2015 22:33

#10

I also recommend double outlets, and in that case, I would skip the telephone cables altogether and handle everything through the network cables. Depending on the purpose, you can wire the outlets accordingly at the patch panel. And a 24-port switch is not necessarily required for just a handful of devices, since you rarely need to use all the ports of the patch panel (those are mainly for flexibility).

nordanney1 Oct 2015 23:23

#11

Robbaut schrieb:
I also recommend using double wall boxes, and I would skip separate telephone cables altogether, managing everything over the network cables. Depending on the application, you can wire the sockets at the patch panel accordingly. And a 24-port switch is not necessarily needed for just a handful of devices, since you rarely need to use all the patch panel ports (they are mainly for flexibility).

Definitely get the 24-port switch—it’s not that expensive.
Why? Three telephone lines, HTPC, amplifier, Xbox/PlayStation, two computers in the home office, PCs in the kids’ rooms (and later a telephone), network printer, access point(s), video intercom system, and so on.
That adds up quickly.

blackdog1101 Oct 2015 23:53

#12

nordanney schrieb:
Definitely get the 24-port switch – it’s not that expensive.
Why? Three phone lines, HTPC, amplifier, Xbox/PlayStation, two office PCs, kids’ room PCs (and later a phone), network printer, access point(s), video intercom system, and more.
It adds up quickly.

Do you have a good recommendation for which one I should get? I was considering a used Netgear ProSafe GS724T... I could get it for €74 (about $80). That seems like a pretty good price for a managed switch.

And maybe a suggestion for a 24-port patch panel?

ᐅ Planning the Network for a 1,500 sq ft Single-Family Home

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