ᐅ Number of RJ-45 Wall Sockets ("Network Outlets") – What Makes Sense?
Created on: 27 Nov 2017 21:39
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baumhaus815
Hello everyone,
A week ago, we met with the electrician to plan the electrical installations for our new build. Everything is clear regarding the sockets, switches, and lighting outlets. However, we are still considering the topic of communication outlets.
The situation is as follows: Fiber optic cables are being installed in our new development. We want to take advantage of this, but without having to install and pay for too many (unnecessary) RJ-45 (or even TAE) sockets.
As I understand it, in a three-story single-family house you could basically get by with only four RJ-45 network outlets:
Basement: one for the router
Ground floor: two — 1x telephone; 1x Wi-Fi access point
Upper floor: one for Wi-Fi access point.
This way, all end devices (computers, smartphones, TV) would connect via Wi-Fi without using LAN cables. The telephone connection could also be accessed on the ground floor through one of the four RJ-45 outlets.
So, throughout the whole house, we would only need these four RJ-45 outlets (plus 2 satellite sockets for TV). Telephone sockets could be omitted. We plan to do the wiring with CAT 7 cable. In the long term, the satellite TV sockets could be replaced by Wi-Fi TV, according to the plan.
From your point of view, is this planning reasonable? If so, why is it often recommended to install many more RJ-45 outlets when signals can also be accessed via Wi-Fi?
By the way, a home network with only one network printer or other "smart" applications is not currently planned.
Thanks in advance for your replies!
A week ago, we met with the electrician to plan the electrical installations for our new build. Everything is clear regarding the sockets, switches, and lighting outlets. However, we are still considering the topic of communication outlets.
The situation is as follows: Fiber optic cables are being installed in our new development. We want to take advantage of this, but without having to install and pay for too many (unnecessary) RJ-45 (or even TAE) sockets.
As I understand it, in a three-story single-family house you could basically get by with only four RJ-45 network outlets:
Basement: one for the router
Ground floor: two — 1x telephone; 1x Wi-Fi access point
Upper floor: one for Wi-Fi access point.
This way, all end devices (computers, smartphones, TV) would connect via Wi-Fi without using LAN cables. The telephone connection could also be accessed on the ground floor through one of the four RJ-45 outlets.
So, throughout the whole house, we would only need these four RJ-45 outlets (plus 2 satellite sockets for TV). Telephone sockets could be omitted. We plan to do the wiring with CAT 7 cable. In the long term, the satellite TV sockets could be replaced by Wi-Fi TV, according to the plan.
From your point of view, is this planning reasonable? If so, why is it often recommended to install many more RJ-45 outlets when signals can also be accessed via Wi-Fi?
By the way, a home network with only one network printer or other "smart" applications is not currently planned.
Thanks in advance for your replies!
bon1980 schrieb:
I’m saying: place the router centrally in the house and you’ll have DECT coverage everywhere… Exactly, then I have DECT everywhere but no network anymore because the only cable from the basement to the ground floor is used for DSL…
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Knallkörper29 Nov 2017 19:45Well. Not enough network installation.
bon1980 schrieb:
I’m saying: place the router centrally in the house, and you’ll have DECT coverage everywhere... I prefer separate enclosures. A DECT base station is more architecturally discreet. A Fritzbox or similar device may have a comparable size, but then you often have four extra cables coming in or out. That doesn’t look good.
Fuchur schrieb:
Exactly, then I have DECT everywhere but no network left, because the only cable from the basement to the ground floor is occupied by DSL... ... and that adds to the problem.
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Well, you’ll naturally need a few more cables... but I don’t see any problem planning for that.
The DSL signal doesn’t really care whether the two wires from the telecom connection point to the router are 50 or 500 cm (20 or 200 inches) long. So, we had an empty conduit installed from the basement to the stairwell, through which we run the DSL cable to the router, plus two double LAN outlets that extend the four router LAN ports to the patch panel in the basement. With these four connections, I currently don’t even need a switch, since there are no kids streaming yet.
The DSL signal doesn’t really care whether the two wires from the telecom connection point to the router are 50 or 500 cm (20 or 200 inches) long. So, we had an empty conduit installed from the basement to the stairwell, through which we run the DSL cable to the router, plus two double LAN outlets that extend the four router LAN ports to the patch panel in the basement. With these four connections, I currently don’t even need a switch, since there are no kids streaming yet.
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