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Zeste · 02-10-2008, 01:08 PM

In my home building saga, the framing is going to be going up in probably 2 weeks, so I need to get my shit together.

For my home network wiring, I am essentially going to be running Cat5e and Coax to every room, but with a few places having more than 1 cat5e port.

I figure in the end, my house will have probably 15~ network ports (which can be used for phones, also). I am putting 4-6 behind the TV, since I figure that each game console could use one, my slingbox, my AppleTV, and probably soon Satellite receivers. Is this the best way to do a wired network? Or could I put a switch/hub behind the TV and just have 1 cable running to the data box in the utility room? It seems like I shouldn't have to run 6 cables from the TV area to the data box, but maybe I do.

Also, in the utility room, my TV/internet will be coming in from the street, so I'll have the modem/router in there, but what do I do with my 15~ cat5e's that are all there now? Get a 16 port switch and then just plug 1 cable from the switch to the router? how does that work?

02-10-2008, 01:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Zeste Ben's Secret Assassins - HIPPITY HOP RABBIT Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,098 +21 Internets	Home Network Wiring - Switches, hubs, routers? In my home building saga, the framing is going to be going up in probably 2 weeks, so I need to get my shit together. For my home network wiring, I am essentially going to be running Cat5e and Coax to every room, but with a few places having more than 1 cat5e port. I figure in the end, my house will have probably 15~ network ports (which can be used for phones, also). I am putting 4-6 behind the TV, since I figure that each game console could use one, my slingbox, my AppleTV, and probably soon Satellite receivers. Is this the best way to do a wired network? Or could I put a switch/hub behind the TV and just have 1 cable running to the data box in the utility room? It seems like I shouldn't have to run 6 cables from the TV area to the data box, but maybe I do. Also, in the utility room, my TV/internet will be coming in from the street, so I'll have the modem/router in there, but what do I do with my 15~ cat5e's that are all there now? Get a 16 port switch and then just plug 1 cable from the switch to the router? how does that work? __________________ Locke: Where do you get electricity? Ben: We have two big hamsters running around in this giant wheel in our secret underground lair. Locke: Yeah, that's funny.