ᐅ Telecommunications in New Construction of a Semi-Detached House – What/When/How
Created on: 10 Jun 2020 09:21
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vorkalmatador
Hello dear homebuilding community,
I know there are already thousands of topics on this, but since I still have a few general questions, I’ll just go ahead and start topic number 1001.
The situation: New construction of a semi-detached house, construction start planned for the end of the year, completion planned for September 2021. The semi-detached house is located in the second row. Our relationship with the other family is very good after several meetings, so we are planning to “work together” on this.
From what I understand from the general and extended construction description, the construction company does not take care of telecommunications; the electricity connection is mentioned in the additional building costs.
Our profile: We are two young adults with two small children, tech-savvy, currently using a lot of Wi-Fi. A LAN cable is connected to the TV, which we watch via IPTV. At the moment, we are with Vodafone (cable). Since it is a shared medium, there are often speed drops in the evening.
What we want:
Now, there are two options: cable via Vodafone or DSL via Telekom, right?
According to the availability check, cable offers up to 1 Gbit/s (gigabit per second), DSL with Telekom up to 250 Mbit/s (megabit per second).
Cable would allow TV, internet, and landline, DSL for internet, landline, and IPTV via Magenta.
Both connections would have to be newly installed. Can you already contact the providers even though the building permit / planning permission has not yet been granted? How does the timing usually work? It would make a lot of sense to have this installed at the same time as the electrical conduit work, right? The ground would already be open then. Can this be “shared” with the other party of the semi-detached house?
At the moment, I’m leaning strongly towards the DSL option. We don’t use TV via cable, and the speed fluctuations with cable internet make me a bit uneasy.
What can I prepare now to ensure good internet reception later in the finished attic / first floor and on the terrace?
How is the DSL connection usually set up? Does a Telekom “socket” go into the utility room, and must the router be placed there?
I’m planning to have LAN sockets installed in the children’s rooms, the bedroom, the living room, and the attic. Does that actually make sense?
I know these are a lot of (beginner) questions, but I hope you can shed some light on this.
Thanks so much in advance.
Best regards
I know there are already thousands of topics on this, but since I still have a few general questions, I’ll just go ahead and start topic number 1001.
The situation: New construction of a semi-detached house, construction start planned for the end of the year, completion planned for September 2021. The semi-detached house is located in the second row. Our relationship with the other family is very good after several meetings, so we are planning to “work together” on this.
From what I understand from the general and extended construction description, the construction company does not take care of telecommunications; the electricity connection is mentioned in the additional building costs.
Our profile: We are two young adults with two small children, tech-savvy, currently using a lot of Wi-Fi. A LAN cable is connected to the TV, which we watch via IPTV. At the moment, we are with Vodafone (cable). Since it is a shared medium, there are often speed drops in the evening.
What we want:
- No satellite TV. I don’t want a dish on the roof; I’ve never used satellite TV in my life, so we don’t need it.
- We basically don’t need a landline; we’ve used it maybe three times in the last five years.
- Fast, stable internet with coverage throughout the entire house and, ideally, in the garden as well.
Now, there are two options: cable via Vodafone or DSL via Telekom, right?
According to the availability check, cable offers up to 1 Gbit/s (gigabit per second), DSL with Telekom up to 250 Mbit/s (megabit per second).
Cable would allow TV, internet, and landline, DSL for internet, landline, and IPTV via Magenta.
Both connections would have to be newly installed. Can you already contact the providers even though the building permit / planning permission has not yet been granted? How does the timing usually work? It would make a lot of sense to have this installed at the same time as the electrical conduit work, right? The ground would already be open then. Can this be “shared” with the other party of the semi-detached house?
At the moment, I’m leaning strongly towards the DSL option. We don’t use TV via cable, and the speed fluctuations with cable internet make me a bit uneasy.
What can I prepare now to ensure good internet reception later in the finished attic / first floor and on the terrace?
How is the DSL connection usually set up? Does a Telekom “socket” go into the utility room, and must the router be placed there?
I’m planning to have LAN sockets installed in the children’s rooms, the bedroom, the living room, and the attic. Does that actually make sense?
I know these are a lot of (beginner) questions, but I hope you can shed some light on this.
Thanks so much in advance.
Best regards
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vorkalmatador10 Jun 2020 17:59The PoE-capable switch is a good suggestion. Thanks!
vorkalmatador schrieb:Could you provide some more information on this? Best regards
If I understand correctly, I can fit a patch panel and a switch with 12 LAN ports inside a 10-inch cabinet, meaning I can run a maximum of 12 LAN cables. These cables will be installed in the rough construction phase at the locations I have planned. Will the cables then come out of the wall there? Or do they come from "behind" into a network outlet, where I then insert a LAN label from the "front" to connect to the TV? I still have some confusion here.
When you talk about planning additional network outlets for access points, how are these connected? Just having a socket on the wall without any cable behind it is useless. Or, as described above, do the LAN cables run from behind the wall into the network cabinet?
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vorkalmatador10 Jun 2020 20:18OK, great, that makes sense so far.
So the network outlet is inside the wall, with the LAN cable coming in from the back, coming directly from the patch panel (installed by the electrician?), and at the front I can then connect a LAN cable that, for example, goes to the PC.
For a double socket, two LAN cables need to be routed accordingly, right? Or is there one cable that the double socket then splits?
So the network outlet is inside the wall, with the LAN cable coming in from the back, coming directly from the patch panel (installed by the electrician?), and at the front I can then connect a LAN cable that, for example, goes to the PC.
For a double socket, two LAN cables need to be routed accordingly, right? Or is there one cable that the double socket then splits?
Two cables or a duplex cable connect to a double socket. This kind of splitting was common 20 years ago.
Regarding the 10" cabinet: you can also install multiple patch panels for more than 12 ports. I've even seen a 24-port switch installed in a 10" cabinet. However, I would generally recommend using 19" racks, as there is simply a wider selection of components available for them.
Regarding the 10" cabinet: you can also install multiple patch panels for more than 12 ports. I've even seen a 24-port switch installed in a 10" cabinet. However, I would generally recommend using 19" racks, as there is simply a wider selection of components available for them.
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