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<blockquote data-quote="Timbo" data-source="post: 6301376" data-attributes="member: 772"><p>Recently re-wired this farmhouse. 2 runs of cat5 to each and every room, and 4 to each "living room". A central coms cupboard where the switch and router lives. The phone line can be distributed how we like from here also since one wireless phone wont span the whole house.</p><p></p><p>Have run several lines to the main living room for the TV / media centre / Netflix etc etc as my pet hate is wifi for these devices. Hard wire them. You can always use a small switch if you find you've run out of data cabling to any point.</p><p></p><p></p><p>We have gone a little further and run cat5 outside out for IP cameras and access points, so we have excellent wifi in the garden for BBQs and the like, and an access point "raining" down from the attic. </p><p></p><p>The phone line entering the house is now internal from a weatherproof box and has a spare couple of pairs incase of needing an extra line or two in the future.</p><p></p><p>There are two cat5's to the office from the coms cupboard and at this point a dedicated gigabit switch handles the PCs, server, printer and office access point, so is separate from the rest of the network.</p><p></p><p>I cant emphasise enough using commercial grade switches and routers (not the ISP supplied rubbish) and doing the wiring properly when you are running a business and data is a necessity of todays living.</p><p></p><p>Realise this may sound overkill for the majority, but we didn't want to miss anything and reliance on data in the future is only getting greater.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timbo, post: 6301376, member: 772"] Recently re-wired this farmhouse. 2 runs of cat5 to each and every room, and 4 to each "living room". A central coms cupboard where the switch and router lives. The phone line can be distributed how we like from here also since one wireless phone wont span the whole house. Have run several lines to the main living room for the TV / media centre / Netflix etc etc as my pet hate is wifi for these devices. Hard wire them. You can always use a small switch if you find you've run out of data cabling to any point. We have gone a little further and run cat5 outside out for IP cameras and access points, so we have excellent wifi in the garden for BBQs and the like, and an access point "raining" down from the attic. The phone line entering the house is now internal from a weatherproof box and has a spare couple of pairs incase of needing an extra line or two in the future. There are two cat5's to the office from the coms cupboard and at this point a dedicated gigabit switch handles the PCs, server, printer and office access point, so is separate from the rest of the network. I cant emphasise enough using commercial grade switches and routers (not the ISP supplied rubbish) and doing the wiring properly when you are running a business and data is a necessity of todays living. Realise this may sound overkill for the majority, but we didn't want to miss anything and reliance on data in the future is only getting greater. [/QUOTE]
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