Hello everyone,
I am currently planning the selection of network components for my future single-family home (approximately 200m² (2,150 sq ft)).
In this context, CAT7 cables will be installed in all rooms and centrally routed to the utility room, where they will be connected via a patch panel.
All in all, I will need a 48-port gigabit switch (preferably PoE or better PoE+).
The only question is: which model or brand, or from which manufacturer?
Do you have any experience? Can you recommend gigabit switches of this size?
Please no discussions about the size or design of the network switch.
I deliberately want to avoid local switches (for example, near the home theater wall) and connect all network cables to a corresponding wall outlet (my partner insists... theme "everything always has to look tidy" and so on...).
Thanks in advance for your input.
Best regards
I am currently planning the selection of network components for my future single-family home (approximately 200m² (2,150 sq ft)).
In this context, CAT7 cables will be installed in all rooms and centrally routed to the utility room, where they will be connected via a patch panel.
All in all, I will need a 48-port gigabit switch (preferably PoE or better PoE+).
The only question is: which model or brand, or from which manufacturer?
Do you have any experience? Can you recommend gigabit switches of this size?
Please no discussions about the size or design of the network switch.
I deliberately want to avoid local switches (for example, near the home theater wall) and connect all network cables to a corresponding wall outlet (my partner insists... theme "everything always has to look tidy" and so on...).
Thanks in advance for your input.
Best regards
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Peanuts7420 Dec 2016 08:31Evolith schrieb:
But the fact is that data streams keep getting larger. Since cables allow more and more throughput, fewer people seem to find it necessary to optimize or reduce the data transfer rates of their products. I already find it amusing when my father proudly talks about his 16 Mbps DSL connection. How cute!
Yes, it makes sense not to be stingy with the connections, but I also don’t like it when people overdo it.What exactly is funny about that?
At our company, about 40 people work, and the building houses servers, NAS devices, and so on. Everything runs through 4 cascaded switches (3 x 100 Mbit and 1 x 1 Gbit switch). I can’t remember the network ever being overloaded. And we’re not just sharing Word and Excel files here.
But hey, there are also people who buy an all-wheel-drive SUV for a 4 km (2.5 miles) commute in the city. Oh wait, they do drive it once a year for a ski trip to the mountains. Then the SUV makes sense.
In other words: if someone wants fast, expensive hardware, they should buy and use it. In my opinion, hardly anyone really needs that in a standard single-family home.
By the way, for a 4K Netflix stream, 25 Mbit bandwidth is sufficient.
But hey, there are also people who buy an all-wheel-drive SUV for a 4 km (2.5 miles) commute in the city. Oh wait, they do drive it once a year for a ski trip to the mountains. Then the SUV makes sense.
In other words: if someone wants fast, expensive hardware, they should buy and use it. In my opinion, hardly anyone really needs that in a standard single-family home.
By the way, for a 4K Netflix stream, 25 Mbit bandwidth is sufficient.
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Peanuts7420 Dec 2016 09:10dohuli schrieb:
At our company, around 40 people work here, with servers, NAS, etc. all located on-site. Everything runs through 4 cascaded switches (3 x 100 MBit and 1 x 1GB switch). I can’t recall when the load was ever too high. And it’s not just Word and Excel files being transferred.
But hey, there are also people who buy an all-wheel drive SUV for the 4 km (2.5 miles) commute in the city. Oh right, they only drive up to the mountains once a year for a ski vacation. Then the SUV makes sense.
In other words: if someone wants fast, expensive hardware, they should buy and use it. In my view, hardly anyone really needs that in a typical single-family home.
By the way, 25 MBit bandwidth is enough for streaming 4K Netflix.I have to agree with you 1000%.
Also about the SUV, which supposedly gives you such a great view. But many people still can’t drive them properly, need at least 2 parking spaces, and block the view for 5 others at intersections. Imagine in front of a school, you see many stay-at-home parents safely driving their kids in Q5s, etc., who then practically panic while maneuvering.
Peanuts74 schrieb:
There could be a debate about what is really "necessary." You probably meant two double outlets in those spots? I don’t need office-grade IT equipment at home like in a large open-plan office...
Reading some comments like that, you might seriously recommend going out into nature again instead of living on the internet with your 4,826 Facebook "friends."No, I mean two connections, not two double outlets...
When reading some comments like these, all you can do is shake your head... if someone doesn’t need it, they can just skip it...
Having a network outlet doesn’t automatically mean you need it for social media or anything like that... having a TV in the house doesn’t mean it runs 24/7 either.
But installing a network connection during the shell construction takes just minutes and costs next to nothing... once the walls are painted, it’s a different story...
And if you have the option, why wouldn’t you take advantage of it?
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Peanuts7420 Dec 2016 10:30Mycraft schrieb:
No, I mean two separate outlets, not two double sockets...
When you read some comments, you just want to shake your head... if you don’t need it, you simply don’t have to use it...
Having a network outlet doesn’t automatically mean you need it for social media or similar... just because there is a TV in the house doesn’t mean it’s running 24/7.
But installing a network outlet during the shell construction takes only minutes and costs practically nothing... once the walls are painted, it’s a different story...
And if you have the option, why wouldn’t you take advantage of it?I’m also in favor of installing double sockets in every bedroom, living room, guest room, office, etc. But when some are already wondering if a 48-port switch will be enough, it makes me think twice. In the living-dining area, I set up space for 4 double sockets, plus 2 cables each in 3 rooms in the attic, and 2 cables in the guest room/office. That makes 16 in total, and I don’t feel undersupplied.
Of course, if I also want to listen to music from the NAS in the bathroom or watch TV in the bathtub, then you can take it to extremes. Still, in 10 years you might end up missing an outlet exactly where you need it.
But sure, everyone can do as they wish, and an extra outlet only costs about 15-20 euros all included.
After adding a few more cables, I had to buy a second 24-port patch panel, but a single 24-port switch is more than enough for now.
What was important to me: It has to be a managed switch that supports VLANs, since some house components and the home automation run over the network, and I want to isolate them.
I bought the Netgear JGS524E-200EUS for just under 130€ and am very satisfied with it. It supports VLANs, IGMP, and LAG (which is interesting for the future with a NAS that is supposed to serve as a central data storage for multiple devices).
If you add another switch later and distribute the connections smartly, cascaded switches over a gigabit backbone are no problem.
What was important to me: It has to be a managed switch that supports VLANs, since some house components and the home automation run over the network, and I want to isolate them.
I bought the Netgear JGS524E-200EUS for just under 130€ and am very satisfied with it. It supports VLANs, IGMP, and LAG (which is interesting for the future with a NAS that is supposed to serve as a central data storage for multiple devices).
If you add another switch later and distribute the connections smartly, cascaded switches over a gigabit backbone are no problem.
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