Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation 1 Nov 16, 2021 10:28 pm Hi All, I am new to this forum and we are in the process of finalizing the selections at studio M. During the electric appointment, they offered home network lite package for $1345 including 3 data points, 1 phone point and 2 tv points. My question is if it is really worth taking this home network lite package? Can’t we just only include one data point and run Google mesh network for the entire house ? I don’t know if Metricon offers only one data point to a central location in the house? My contract includes zero data point, one phone point and 3 tv points (first time building the house and didn’t pay much attention to such details)! Will really appreciate any feedback Thanks Re: Metricon Home Network Lite - any good ? 2Nov 17, 2021 12:35 am KK2090 Will really appreciate any feedback It sound to me like a data point is an Ethernet port. You don’t need a data port to get Internet into the house, but an NBN connection. From there you can run any kind of wireless setup you like - mesh, access points or (unadvisedly) range extenders. Also, these days, you don’t even need a land line or aerial sockets if you don’t want them. We certainly rely entirely on mobile telephony and streaming audio and visual media. However, if they are throwing it in as part of the contract, then you might as well take it. Re: Metricon Home Network Lite - any good ? 3Nov 17, 2021 2:54 pm arcadelt KK2090 Will really appreciate any feedback It sound to me like a data point is an Ethernet port. You don’t need a data port to get Internet into the house, but an NBN connection. From there you can run any kind of wireless setup you like - mesh, access points or (unadvisedly) range extenders. Also, these days, you don’t even need a land line or aerial sockets if you don’t want them. We certainly rely entirely on mobile telephony and streaming audio and visual media. However, if they are throwing it in as part of the contract, then you might as well take it. Thank you Arcadelt for your kind reply. Yes Data point is an Ethernet port. The NBN box will terminate somewhere in the garage and from there a built in connection connects the NBN box with RSP router (which is placed somewhere in the center of the house). Metricon home lite package includes an Ethernet switch that offers multiple data points within the house. My question is if we really need this package (costing almost $1400 for an outdated switch ) or would Metricon offer an Ethernet port somewhere inside the house connected to NBN box? It’s difficult to explain this to Metricon pre construction person hence I thought of asking here Thanks all Re: Metricon Home Network Lite - any good ? 4Nov 17, 2021 3:40 pm KK2090 arcadelt KK2090 Will really appreciate any feedback It sound to me like a data point is an Ethernet port. You don’t need a data port to get Internet into the house, but an NBN connection. From there you can run any kind of wireless setup you like - mesh, access points or (unadvisedly) range extenders. Also, these days, you don’t even need a land line or aerial sockets if you don’t want them. We certainly rely entirely on mobile telephony and streaming audio and visual media. However, if they are throwing it in as part of the contract, then you might as well take it. Thank you Arcadelt for your kind reply. Yes Data point is an Ethernet port. The NBN box will terminate somewhere in the garage and from there a built in connection connects the NBN box with RSP router (which is placed somewhere in the center of the house). Metricon home lite package includes an Ethernet switch that offers multiple data points within the house. My question is if we really need this package (costing almost $1400 for an outdated switch ) or would Metricon offer an Ethernet port somewhere inside the house connected to NBN box? It’s difficult to explain this to Metricon pre construction person hence I thought of asking here Thanks all FYI building with GJ Gardners at the moment, I paid $60 per cat 6 ethernet point and I was credited $600 or so for a tv antenna and 2 points which I didn't want. I've got 8 cat 6 points throughout the house for under $500. The $1,400 estimate you got is way overpriced for what it is. Re: Metricon Home Network Lite - any good ? 5Nov 17, 2021 3:42 pm KK2090 My question is if we really need this package (costing almost $1400 for an outdated switch ) or would Metricon offer an Ethernet port somewhere inside the house connected to NBN box? It’s difficult to explain this to Metricon pre construction person hence I thought of asking here Sorry, but I do not have a Metricon home so I don’t know the specific answer to your question. It is logical to have the Wifi router in the centre of the home, but if you have a mesh system, not entirely necessary. I certainly would hope that they could run one single Ethernet cable for you without the expensive of a $1400 multi-port setup if you didn’t want that, but you can never under estimate the desire of project builders to want to up-sell you on something. You seem to know that "…there a built in connection [that] connects the NBN box with RSP router (which is placed somewhere in the center of the house)" - does this not meet your needs, or have I misread your response above? Re: Metricon Home Network Lite - any good ? 6Nov 17, 2021 4:01 pm its unlikley they will just run a central port somewhere for you outside of a basic package. Mesh is not always the best option either. If you game (or have kids that game) online, a wired connection is king. ANy serious gaming cant be done reliably on a mesh set up from my own experience. The other things to consider is resale - many people dont understand networking and all the ins and outs, so you may turn off some buyers who rather plug everything into a port. Whether or not the switch is outdated sort of doesn't overly mater. Its just a switch. you can replace if you actually somehow need more connectivity or features. I agree it is completely over priced, but show me one thing in your home that isn't, its a volume builder after all. Even though mesh is not a bad way to do things, weve had hardwired points put in every bedroom, multiples in the home office and TV areas, I've also whacked a bunch in one of the coat closets so that I can use it as storage for the rack and various home security stuff. The main thing is, Traffic on all the wired devices wont compete with the wifi bandwidth for all the wifi devices in the home. If you dont game/have kids who are heavy users and dont need to do a lot of copying of stuff across devices (video editing etc) mesh is fine. Having both options is better in the long run through. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Metricon Home Network Lite - any good ? 7Nov 17, 2021 6:09 pm I tend to agree with with Noname here, whilst you can run everything off wireless some times such as a tv, fridge etc don’t move and having a data point reduces wifi interference and improves connectivity and performance. Not sure I would add them to bedrooms anymore but definitely to a study if you have one Re: Metricon Home Network Lite - any good ? 8Nov 24, 2021 7:54 pm KK2090 Hi All, I am new to this forum and we are in the process of finalizing the selections at studio M. During the electric appointment, they offered home network lite package for $1345 including 3 data points, 1 phone point and 2 tv points. My question is if it is really worth taking this home network lite package? Can’t we just only include one data point and run Google mesh network for the entire house ? I don’t know if Metricon offers only one data point to a central location in the house? My contract includes zero data point, one phone point and 3 tv points (first time building the house and didn’t pay much attention to such details)! Will really appreciate any feedback Thanks At the time we build they were between $60-$100 for a data point. So the package doesn't seem that good if you break down the cost. We had data point provisioned around the exterior of the house for CCTV and around interior for wifi access points and data point to get a higher transfer speed. We prefer fixed lan cables where possible. Mesh network are getting better and better but wasn't as good when we built. Re: Metricon Home Network Lite - any good ? 9Dec 06, 2021 8:40 pm Being the first time building a house this a a very valuable feedback from you all, thanks alot. I have asked Metricon to provide more information if they can just provide one data point (which I think they will say NO to, but lets see). Thank you all once again. Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. We are in early days of our pre-contract stage for Metricon Doulton and we are… 0 11476 Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. We zeroed down on Metricon and henley homes based on design suitable for our lot and… 0 8889 We don’t live in VIC so want to know the exterior colours of Lumiere display so we can see it at the paint shop. Not building with Metricon so my request went… 0 18892 |