Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation 1 Apr 21, 2016 10:23 am Just got around to getting my Opticomm connection and internet connected and have set about getting the home network setup only to discover it's nearly impossible the way it's been set up. My builder has given me what appears to be a standard sized NBN cabinet and all of the equipment has been fitted inside - 8 network ports, TV breakout, UPS, ONT, modem, power points etc. I need to connect a wireless router and a switch to be able to connect the 8 ports, but there's just not enough space inside the cabinet - it's full, and being a completely sealed cabinet, there's no way to mount them externally and run cables in to the cabinet. I don't want to put the wifi router inside the cabinet as I can see it having a faraday cage effect and making the wifi unusable. Is this standard? Just seems like they've sold a number of network ports and not thought about how the customer is actually going to use them or connect them to the other equipment required to complete the setup. I've currently got the wifi router sat on top of the cabinet with the door permanently open as that's the only way I can get it to work and as there's no where to locate the switch, I can only use 4 of the ports provided as the router only has a 4 port switch built in. Any ideas/suggestions? How are you doing it? Re: Home Networking Issues 2Apr 22, 2016 11:07 pm I would suggest maybe the following, those cabinets if made of pressed steel or aluminium can be pretty nasty on the wifi range if your router is placed inside. You will need an 8 port standalone network switch as well as your modem. Find a room central to the house with 2 network ports. place the wifi router in that room, patch the 2 ports into your modem, one on the WAN port and the other on any of your LAN ports. Write down which patch number on the wall goes to what port on your modem Back in the wall cabinet, Patch the port number thats plugged into your modem wan into your opticomm NTD. Patch the port number that is plugged into your modem LAN port into the standalone switch and place in the cabinet. Patch the remainder network ports on your patch panel to any spare sockets on the network switch. Now you can get great wifi coverage in your house, plus satisfy the connectivity of any hard wired decides elsewhere in your house. Re: Home Networking Issues 3Apr 23, 2016 9:50 am Thanks for the suggestion, but I hadn't planned it that way when I determined the number of ports, so only went for 1 in each room, so no way of patching the WAN and LAN ports to a single room for the router to go in the house. I'd always planned to have a router in the garage and an additional AP or 2 in the house connected across the LAN, hence only 1 port in each room - and 8 port switches are much cheaper than single additional ports provided by the builder were going to cost. I might have to see about getting some holes cut in the cabinet so that I can pass patch cables in and out, I just can't believe they don't provide these as standard. Re: Home Networking Issues 4Apr 24, 2016 10:57 am If you want all 8 ports active you are going to need larger then an 8 port switch. ( first thing ) All you have to do. Plug the switch into power inside the cabinet Go from the Opticomm ONT/NTD ( whichever port was given to you by the ISP ) into Port 1 on the switch. Plug the remaining ports your builder installed in the cabinet into the switch. Place your router ANYWHERE in the house straight into the WAN port Done Re: Home Networking Issues 5Apr 24, 2016 12:22 pm dojrude Thanks for the suggestion, but I hadn't planned it that way when I determined the number of ports, so only went for 1 in each room, so no way of patching the WAN and LAN ports to a single room for the router to go in the house. I'd always planned to have a router in the garage and an additional AP or 2 in the house connected across the LAN, hence only 1 port in each room - and 8 port switches are much cheaper than single additional ports provided by the builder were going to cost. I might have to see about getting some holes cut in the cabinet so that I can pass patch cables in and out, I just can't believe they don't provide these as standard. What about using two of these: http://www.altronics.com.au/p/d5107-cat5-rj45-splitter/ your internet connection wont currently be faster than 100mbit, so these will give you the functionality of 2 ports, through the one cable (however limiting both ports to 100mbit insteat of gigabit) Re: Home Networking Issues 6Apr 25, 2016 9:50 am kyle9600 If you want all 8 ports active you are going to need larger then an 8 port switch. ( first thing ) All you have to do. Plug the switch into power inside the cabinet Go from the Opticomm ONT/NTD ( whichever port was given to you by the ISP ) into Port 1 on the switch. Plug the remaining ports your builder installed in the cabinet into the switch. Place your router ANYWHERE in the house straight into the WAN port Done This won't give the right result, because all of the ports in the house will not be behind the router. Not only does this mean that all of the cabled devices will be connected directly to the Internet, but devices on the WiFi won't be able to communicate with the devices that aren't behind the router. Either the router needs to be located at the ONT with an additional switch if required for more active ports and an additional AP or two for WiFi in the house or they will need to use port doublers to locate the router in the house Re: Home Networking Issues 8May 03, 2016 11:35 pm The simplest way is to connect your router to the NTD, then all the data points to the router Antenna Direct Perth www.antennadirect.com.au 0423919037 Get your home NBN Ready Smart Wiring and Structured Cabling in Perth Antenna Installations | TV Wall Mounting | Data Cabling HD Security Camera Systems / CCTV I am looking at building a house. Has anyone used Construkt Homes (based in Adelaide)? 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