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 :/ ).
How many devices do you have actively connected? Do you always have to switch cables because the switch is too small?
Regarding counting ports: For example, I currently have the AVR in the basement since I cannot connect and operate it here. In the new build, I want to do that again. For that, I need a connection that I currently don’t have. That’s how I approached the planning. Unfortunately, due to the limitations in the temporary apartment, I’m not using all the devices, but the connections for them are planned in the house. The planning was done in 2021, so a few days ago. Now, for simplicity, I just counted the ports instead of going through all my hardware, which is now stored with relatives. I just hope it doesn’t walk away.
And yes, my wife downloads recipes with the kitchen machine (or uses it for whatever). It’s the Lidl one.
Regarding counting ports: For example, I currently have the AVR in the basement since I cannot connect and operate it here. In the new build, I want to do that again. For that, I need a connection that I currently don’t have. That’s how I approached the planning. Unfortunately, due to the limitations in the temporary apartment, I’m not using all the devices, but the connections for them are planned in the house. The planning was done in 2021, so a few days ago. Now, for simplicity, I just counted the ports instead of going through all my hardware, which is now stored with relatives. I just hope it doesn’t walk away.
And yes, my wife downloads recipes with the kitchen machine (or uses it for whatever). It’s the Lidl one.
Unfortunately, I can no longer edit, so this is separate.
I have listed the optional connections separately. There is no “double allocation” here.
What interests me now:
How many connections have you planned, and how many do you actually use?
About us: 4 people, 6 rooms (excluding basement/utility rooms), 2 x home offices, no smart devices.
I have listed the optional connections separately. There is no “double allocation” here.
What interests me now:
How many connections have you planned, and how many do you actually use?
About us: 4 people, 6 rooms (excluding basement/utility rooms), 2 x home offices, no smart devices.
I currently have 48 1 GbE ports planned for the house, which is definitely doable! Out of these, 21 PoE devices are permanently active. Sixteen ports come from duplex outlets in the living areas (of which about 6 are likely to be used continuously). Ten ports are from the server cabinet, one port connects a DIN rail switch in the electrical distribution, and on top of that, there are three 10 GbE connections from the router, NAS, and my workstation. More ports in the living areas would easily fit, but I don’t want a second switch in the rack.
The actual question was:
The actual question was:
Jentopa schrieb:Which household appliances, meaning kitchen appliances or white goods, actually have RJ45 ports? All the smart ovens I’ve encountered so far only connect via Wi-Fi. I’m not counting building technology like heating or climate control here.
And if it’s “just” for the kitchen appliance.
RotorMotor schrieb:
The problem is that switches capable of delivering high power often have a high baseline power consumption. Yes, I recently received a 24-port PoE switch from Ubiquiti as a gift. I was shocked when I measured the power consumption: it draws 40 watts in idle mode without any active ports, which adds up to about $120 per year.
Currently, I only have one PoE device active, so a simple 8-port switch is sufficient. That uses only a fraction of the power.
Who knows what the future holds and how much data we will need later, but for now, I always recommend keeping the effort minimal.
I keep wondering what people want to constantly transfer with such huge amounts of data.
Tassimat schrieb:
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Currently, I have only one active PoE device, so a simple 8-port switch is sufficient. It consumes just a fraction.
...With only one device, I would use just a single injector; it consumes even less and saves the need for a switch.Similar topics