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 :/ ).
11ant schrieb:
I don’t mean operating in the sense of typing on the keyboard, but rather providing the services of the switch. I understand, so I subtract the connection from the basic requirement of the needed switch ports, since it’s a standalone device.
11ant schrieb:
That’s why you should design your network so that on one hand you don’t oversize anything and think in terms of active and passive end devices to be operated, but on the other hand you also avoid configuring segments in a way that creates additional interconnect needs. This is not a DIY area ;-) So, specifically: 2 switches, one 16-port non-PoE and one 4-port PoE (then placed lying on the floor in a 19" rack)?
Jentopa schrieb:
So specifically: 2 switches, one 16-port non-PoE and one 4-port PoE (then lying on the floor in the 19" rack)?Maybe.
I would check the power consumption in the datasheet. Then compare it with a 24-port PoE switch. There are also models where only some of the ports support PoE.
Tassimat schrieb:
I would check the power consumption on the datasheet and then compare it with a 24-port PoE switch. From what I have seen in the datasheets, only the maximum power output is specified. I have learned that there is a "base consumption" which is higher for larger PoE switches because they have bigger power supplies.
Tassimat schrieb:
There are also models where only some of the ports support PoE. That is my third option.
11ant schrieb:
So, two 16-port switches would be enough up to this point... 11ant schrieb:
And those would be 16 patch ports but only six switch ports. Or five 8-port switches! Or eight 5-port switches! Then one more for aggregation. Or better yet, all in series? As I said, trying to keep track of which port is currently patched is pointless. Then each switch has its own small power supply, and the losses add up.
In my setup, 40 of the 52 switch ports are permanently occupied. Starting some makeshift solution just because of the 10 usually unused room connections hardly seems worth discussing.
Araknis schrieb:
In my setup, 40 out of 52 ports on the switch are permanently in use. With so many devices active, that’s completely reasonable. It would be frustrating to constantly keep unplugging and plugging in.
My setup is the exact opposite. Only a handful of ports are occupied, and that probably won’t change for about 2 years when the oldest one gets a PC. Then I’ll just patch that single cable into a free port on the 8-port switch. Also entirely reasonable.