Hello,
we need to decide soon on the number of network outlets required throughout the house.
Basically, we agree on where to place outlets (living room, office, children's rooms, bedroom...) for connecting stationary devices.
However, I am a bit unsure about what exactly needs to be planned to ensure good Wi-Fi coverage on both floors.
What I find online about this topic is beyond my current understanding.
Would it be possible to simply install one network outlet centrally on each floor and connect a device there to extend the signal? What kind of device would that be?
(I have often read about access points.)
Looking forward to some beginner-friendly advice. Thank you very much.
we need to decide soon on the number of network outlets required throughout the house.
Basically, we agree on where to place outlets (living room, office, children's rooms, bedroom...) for connecting stationary devices.
However, I am a bit unsure about what exactly needs to be planned to ensure good Wi-Fi coverage on both floors.
What I find online about this topic is beyond my current understanding.
Would it be possible to simply install one network outlet centrally on each floor and connect a device there to extend the signal? What kind of device would that be?
(I have often read about access points.)
Looking forward to some beginner-friendly advice. Thank you very much.
In practice, hardly any cable is truly interchangeable.
Bend angles need to be observed that are simply not feasible in a single-family home.
Every electrician you ask will tell you the same.
You might be lucky enough to replace a short cable, but once it involves multiple bends, it’s no longer possible.
Besides, anyone who now has Cat7 or Cat8 cable installed in the walls won’t be replacing it in their lifetime.
Bend angles need to be observed that are simply not feasible in a single-family home.
Every electrician you ask will tell you the same.
You might be lucky enough to replace a short cable, but once it involves multiple bends, it’s no longer possible.
Besides, anyone who now has Cat7 or Cat8 cable installed in the walls won’t be replacing it in their lifetime.
apokolok schrieb:
In practice, hardly any cable is truly replaceable.
Bending angles would have to be observed that are simply hardly feasible in a single-family house.
Every electrician you ask will tell you this.
With some luck, you might still be able to replace a short cable, but once it involves several bends, it’s no longer possible.
Besides, anyone who installs Cat7 or Cat8 cables in the wall nowadays won’t need to replace them during their lifetime. That’s exactly how I understood the electrician, too. This means that the empty conduit functions only as a protective tube, and it definitely makes sense to inspect the rough-in installation before the cables get embedded in the screed.
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Strahleman21 Nov 2020 20:31Our electrician also told me that he won’t provide a warranty if I only have empty conduits installed. I wonder what the warranty is worth if the technicians can’t even get the cables through the conduit... To me, it feels like a bit of scare tactics to make you spend the 100€ per network outlet anyway, because then it works. But I’m willing to take that risk, I’m spending more time on site and, if necessary, I’ll even reroute a network cable myself if the run looks too winding. I actually did that just last Friday for the ground floor ceiling. No problem, and it doesn’t bother the technicians at all.
If you have trouble pulling cables through, you can tie a small piece of Styrofoam, lightweight packaging material, or something similar to a thin string. Then insert this into one end of the empty conduit and hold a strong vacuum cleaner at the other end. Alternatively, Runprotec offers a cable-pulling aid called the Runpotec Runpo, which reportedly works much better than a regular hardware store wire. It costs a few euros but pays off when you have a certain number of conduits.
If you have trouble pulling cables through, you can tie a small piece of Styrofoam, lightweight packaging material, or something similar to a thin string. Then insert this into one end of the empty conduit and hold a strong vacuum cleaner at the other end. Alternatively, Runprotec offers a cable-pulling aid called the Runpotec Runpo, which reportedly works much better than a regular hardware store wire. It costs a few euros but pays off when you have a certain number of conduits.
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