Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 3Mar 03, 2011 2:01 pm Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 5Mar 04, 2011 6:40 am Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 9Mar 28, 2011 12:23 pm Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 10Mar 28, 2011 1:25 pm Homestead Homes SA: The Lamont Bayswood Estate; Aldinga Beach Preliminary Signing: April 2010 Floorplans: 13 June 2010 Building Contract: 19 June 2010 Selections: 28 Sept 2010 Scraped; Trenching: 21 Jan 2011 Slab Poured: 28 Jan 2011 Framing: 17 Feb 2011 | Completed 24 Feb 2011 Roof & Gutters: 02 Mar 2011 Bricks: 03 Mar 2011 Wire-up: 12 Mar 2011 Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 11Mar 29, 2011 9:47 pm Built 3br house in Glenorchy, Tas in 2001 * * * Built 5br courtyard house in Lenah Valley, Tas in 2011 - Homeone thread / Blog Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 12Mar 30, 2011 10:02 pm I am an IT pro and absolutely agree with Chuq and triply. The concept of 'structured cabling' isn't just for business anymore. Its increasingly finding its way into new and existing homes. The basic idea is to have the network points around your home wired back to a "Patch Panel". Into this you can plug in your phone cable or leads from your adsl modem. This means any network port around your home can interchangeably become a internet or phone outlet. Also, as traditional phones get replaced with internet/skype phones, you'll already have the infrastructure in place. If you're thinking about a security system down the track many of these require phone/network ports to transmit video and alarm signals. We are increasingly seeing entertainment devices wanting to connect to the home network too. Soon a network connection will be more important to TV's and stereos than an aerial connection. Video and the increasing number of devices spread throughout the home is where wireless just doesn't cut it. Wireless still has its place providing the internet in places you don't want leads like the couch or kitchen bench. I am currently wiring my small home with the following outlets going back to a small 6RU cabinet in the garage. 2 in the lounge, 2 in the bedroom (1 for tv, 1 for phone), 4 in the study, (phone, computer, printer etc) 1 in the ceiling (for wireless) Chris. Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 13Mar 30, 2011 10:43 pm Another thing to point out is that network ports aren't just for computers. Connected to our network at home I have: Wired: 1x desktop PC 1x NAS (central file storage device) 1x Sony Playstation 3 1x FetchTV box (pay TV over the internet) 2x Sonos speakers (plays music from NAS, Internet Radio etc) 1x Envi-R power monitor (monitors power usage, uploads directly to Google Powermeter) Wireless: 2x laptops 2x iphones 1x Nintendo Wii We also have a DECT cordless phones which all connect back to a central base station, which uses the network cabling (as mentioned by chris.ryan above) but technically isn't connected to the network. In our new house we will have these devices plus another couple of Sonos devices, also some IP cameras (security cameras which connect to the network). Not to mention as the kids get older, there will be more computers/phones/who knows what else in 10+ years time! Another thing to look out for is HDBaseT - a protocol which allows audio/video signals to be connected using the same style of cabling. It's crazy that even a basic form of this (as mentioned in my previous post) isn't standard for every new house. Built 3br house in Glenorchy, Tas in 2001 * * * Built 5br courtyard house in Lenah Valley, Tas in 2011 - Homeone thread / Blog Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 14Mar 31, 2011 7:37 am Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 15Mar 31, 2011 8:01 am I'll just share my experience to see if it can help any one. My aim with the home network was to have access to the network and the internet in any room in the house. I have a 15 port rack at home wired by Cat5e. I can turn any of those ports into a phone port and currently 2 of those ports are phone. The rack is supported by a managed gigabit switch with 10 ports currently active. I also run a wireless network parallel to the wired off the router. So the router only does routing and wireless duties and none of the heavy switching (~300GB/h). The network is currently 11 wired, and 7 wireless devices. Most rooms in the house have a single port running to them, and if I could have my time over I would have gone doubles or triples - it's annoying to have to run a switch just because you have two computers in a room instead of one, or in the future decide to have a network printer and a computer. Some rooms I would go up to 4 points, like the computer and games rooms. I could probably redo all the wires in the future a lot easier due to the fact that the runs are already complete and they would only require a pull through sacrificing the old wires (probably when I want to go to Cat6). So my advice - think of what you will need and double it. Also think about power points to service those devices. Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 16Mar 31, 2011 4:36 pm This is such useful information! I too is building a new house, and want to have every room to have at least on wired port and all wired up to a central location. I just want to make sure I understood what I need to do: 1) have my incoming phone line terminate at a central location 2) connect the ADSL/Cable modem to that incoming phone line 3) connect a router to the ADSL/Cable modem 4) have ports/outlets install in all my rooms with cables running from these rooms to my central location 5) connect my router to these ports Is this right? Just more questions, if I may. 1) What's the differences between Cat5 or Cat6, is it just speed and the cost? 2) What is the best place should this "central location" be? Comments above seems to be either a cabinet or garage, I was thinking of maybe the living room, as most of the device I need to be wired up PS3, TV, DVR, Apple TV are all in the living room. Many thanks in advance. Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 17Mar 31, 2011 7:37 pm mercurysa This is such useful information! I too is building a new house, and want to have every room to have at least on wired port and all wired up to a central location. I just want to make sure I understood what I need to do: 1) have my incoming phone line terminate at a central location 2) connect the ADSL/Cable modem to that incoming phone line 3) connect a router to the ADSL/Cable modem 4) have ports/outlets install in all my rooms with cables running from these rooms to my central location 5) connect my router to these ports Is this right? yes Quote: Just more questions, if I may. 1) What's the differences between Cat5 or Cat6, is it just speed and the cost? 2) What is the best place should this "central location" be? Comments above seems to be either a cabinet or garage, I was thinking of maybe the living room, as most of the device I need to be wired up PS3, TV, DVR, Apple TV are all in the living room. Many thanks in advance. 1) Cat5 < doesn't excist anymore... it is Cat5e... Cat6 offers better crosstalk/ line noise reduction then Cat5e. also Cat6 will be 10GigE compatible 2) personal choice somewhere out of the way and you don't mind having flashing lights/ fan noise all the time best to keep all the gear out of view of everyone... ina nice wall mounted garage enclosure or if you want on the top shelf of a WIR Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 18Mar 31, 2011 7:41 pm Totally agree Chuq. I love cabling. The best thing we did for our house I think. Love being able to to sift through movie collection in the theatre room....all running through the cabling from a central port. Love it. Re: Phone/Network cabling advice for new house 20Apr 01, 2011 4:33 pm One thing I will add to pugs advice is that usually, the modem/router is a combined device. You can do it separately but not that common in residential situations. Built 3br house in Glenorchy, Tas in 2001 * * * Built 5br courtyard house in Lenah Valley, Tas in 2011 - Homeone thread / Blog Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 17617 I posted the floorplan on Houzz.com forum and got some really good ideas and advice from people there. Then we reached out to a couple of renovation companies and one… 5 10095 Can anyone recommend a good/affordable retaining wall and fence builder that I can get a quote from located in Sydney? 8 45797 |