Anyone have their own home network?

[Dooligan]

[Dooligan]

Dork flag. Dang fat finger?

[Buymoreguns]

Yes did all of that. Not attaching photos. Cat6, I hope you did cat6a and all the connectors and patch panels are rated for it too. 10gbps on cat6 vs cat6a has a different distance limitation. 10gbps all ports switches are expensive still. Add more jacks to the room than you think you need. Place them where it will likely to be used as well as the opposite wall. Do not kink the cables as that will affect their capability to run at the rated bandwidth. Rats will eat the cables, so make sure you don't get any rats on the runs. label label label everything. Keep a few extra feet of cables at both ends in case you ever need to fix the ends. Get good quality rj45s that will hold the cable jacket well.

[Mongo68]

Basically I ran two coax and two cat5 everywhere I could think of. 4 coax and 4 cat to the main tv. Still ended up needing a switch at the main tv and office. 24 port 1g switch at rack. 24 port Poe ( now retired cause it was loud and I’m only using 4 Poe right now). Two servers. Battery backup. Mesh router. One directtv box with hdmi over cat sender to 3 TVs. Raspberry pis behind most TVs. Plex server coming soon.
Yes I’m a nerd.
Disclaimer- I first wired 15-20 years ago. Coax long since abandoned. Cat5 is ok as most runs less than 100ft ( cat 6 wasn’t even available then. )

[ldsnet]

20 years ago, house was still on wired telephone ... Phone went out, traced it to a shorted twsited pair in the line going to the back bedroom wall outlet. in 1973, the practice was to daisy chain the copper outlet to outlet (without staples!).

So I pulled 2 strings of Cat-5 and a string of Coax to every location and installed a new Home Run for cable and network distribution. Glad I have a small house and 100Mb is working (1Gb isn't an option with the Cat-5).

[Excitable Boy]

Yes. If you're going to go that far, learn what Enterprise grade hardware is and use it. Also, never mind Triplite power strip, use a solid UPS to protect your network.

[Dooligan]

[Mrfixit262]

Helped a friend after his house burned down. During the rebuild we put 1400 feet of orange "smurf pipe" throughout the house. All 3/4". Pretty much future proof.

Spent a few more days installing the cables. Changes were easy as all the conduits terminated in an upstairs closet.

[71MUSTY]

Yeah I did that, hardest part was running it to the neighbors house and into his modem.

[ibanezfoo]

Yup I wire all the houses I've lived in. Glowing fiber fish rods are amazing.

[sigstroker]

My cables are just lying on the floor. I would have to cut holes into the walls to run cable. Can't crawl under a concrete slab.

[arrix]

Mesh networks are the new hotness. Hardwiring is for people still stuck in the matrix.

[Azul Mar]

Mesh networks are the new hotness. Hardwiring is for people still stuck in the matrix. I need that type of network to launch my own Voiso-based call center from home and to make it work as smoothly as possible.

True! I bet that in the foreseeable future there will be no wired headphones either.

[xfer42]

Congrats!
You want to wire everything that can be wired. Save the wireless for other stuff. Wireless is (at least was) half duplex and still more prone to random interruptions. Not a big deal for browsing, but definitely noticeable with games.

I have 15 CAT6 drops coming into my network closet so far. Half are for wired PoE cameras. Many took a good day to run, some several days (5300sqft home). I used to have the kids computers on WiFi, but when they would get 1 hour for computer time, it was typically spent downloading a 3GB update for Fortnite (each). The WiFi is just used for printer, Firesticks, Oculus, phones and guests.

Its a mess, but at least it has its own storage area. The drops started with the 110 block patch panel. I have a keystone patch panel that I planned to put in place, but dont feel like breaking everything. Thats why some cables terminate to a female RJ45, and have a patch cable connecting it to the switch. Have 2 NAS (4bay and 12bay) hosts running Linux (firewall, storage and VMs) and the beer fridge. Everything on UPS except fridge.

When the power goes out, I fire up an inverter generator, run an extension cord to the room, and plug each UPS to it and everything stays happy. Internet, WiFi, cameras, storage.

[Excitable Boy]

Mesh networks are the new hotness. Hardwiring is for people still stuck in the matrix.

Not if you know anything about how networks really work. Hardwired is always better if possible. A mesh like Eero or Orbi is probably better than just using the Wifi router from your cable company, but each hop in a mesh network increases latency and reduces speed.