Hello,
we are planning our new build with a developer and have an appointment with the electrician soon.
I am working on the LAN planning.
I will plan enough LAN connections for every room and also in the garage.
Should we use a mesh Wi-Fi router system, for example Netgear Orbi, Amazon Eero (one unit on each floor or in the most important rooms, which can be expanded as needed if there are coverage gaps) or something similar, or does it have to be an expensive PoE access point network?
I would say we are users with a higher-than-average standard.
I want to have good Wi-Fi coverage throughout the house so that I always have enough Wi-Fi on my phone for browsing.
A speed of 50–100 Mbps on the phone would be sufficient, but it should be stable (we will have a 500 Mbps or maybe only a 250 Mbps connection).
Do the access points have to be PoE devices mounted on the ceiling, or is that maybe a bit too much for us?
Or is a regular mesh router system (e.g., Netgear Orbi) enough for us?
Running the PoE cables will most likely be very expensive with the electrician (typical for developer projects :/ ).
we are planning our new build with a developer and have an appointment with the electrician soon.
I am working on the LAN planning.
I will plan enough LAN connections for every room and also in the garage.
Should we use a mesh Wi-Fi router system, for example Netgear Orbi, Amazon Eero (one unit on each floor or in the most important rooms, which can be expanded as needed if there are coverage gaps) or something similar, or does it have to be an expensive PoE access point network?
I would say we are users with a higher-than-average standard.
I want to have good Wi-Fi coverage throughout the house so that I always have enough Wi-Fi on my phone for browsing.
A speed of 50–100 Mbps on the phone would be sufficient, but it should be stable (we will have a 500 Mbps or maybe only a 250 Mbps connection).
Do the access points have to be PoE devices mounted on the ceiling, or is that maybe a bit too much for us?
Or is a regular mesh router system (e.g., Netgear Orbi) enough for us?
Running the PoE cables will most likely be very expensive with the electrician (typical for developer projects :/ ).
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Manatarms12312 May 2022 18:36Metzler also makes a good impression.
Do you know if Metzler uses a cloud service?
Does it send the video to a mobile device as well (both when away from home or only within the home network)?
Have you planned an indoor unit with a display or just a chime inside?
Do you know if Metzler uses a cloud service?
Does it send the video to a mobile device as well (both when away from home or only within the home network)?
Have you planned an indoor unit with a display or just a chime inside?
Manatarms123 schrieb:
The Metzler also makes a good impression.
Do you know if the Metzler uses a cloud service?
Does it send the video to the phone as well (both when away from home and only on your own network)?
Have you planned an indoor station with a display or just a chime inside? According to their description and videos, you can extend it to the phone. And that completely without any subscription or similar. However, I am not sure if that only works at home via Wi-Fi.
You definitely need their indoor station to be able to see who is at the door through the camera. But apparently, you can also connect additional indoor stations, so you can see who is ringing from multiple locations inside the house. And of course, you can hear the doorbell in several places as well.
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Manatarms12312 May 2022 19:48It would be enough for us if I hear an acoustic signal and the video is transmitted to the phone or smart display in the house.
We wouldn’t need an indoor unit in the hallway.
Are there any other video doorbells on the market besides Doorbird and Metzler?
I think a PoE video doorbell is a must; the rest, I believe, is just gimmicks.
We wouldn’t need an indoor unit in the hallway.
Are there any other video doorbells on the market besides Doorbird and Metzler?
I think a PoE video doorbell is a must; the rest, I believe, is just gimmicks.
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fromthisplace14 May 2022 21:20Araknis schrieb:
It looks like this (Image taken from Google):
This image still concerns me.
When I order a network outlet from the electrician, is it always just a keystone jack that is installed? Is there a possibility for them to leave an RJ45 plug exposed directly, or is that technically not possible or advisable?
fromthisplace schrieb:
I’m still thinking about this picture.
When I order a network outlet from the electrician, is it always just a keystone module that sticks out? Is there a way for them to install the actual RJ45 plug so it’s visible directly, or is that not technically possible or practical? No, that only happens if you specifically request it.
You should order it that way, because otherwise you’ll either have a loose cable coming out, which is inconvenient for connecting devices, or a patch cable, which really shouldn’t be inside the wall…
fromthisplace schrieb:
Is it possible for him to have the RJ45 connector sticking out directly, or is that technically not possible/useful? Yes, you can have an RJ45 connector attached directly to a cable intended for in-wall installation, but in my opinion, it doesn’t make much sense. The connectors for in-wall cables are quite bulky, and the cables themselves are very stiff. For most access points I know, this is usually done using a keystone jack and a patch cable, since there is often very little space on the back of the access point.
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