mike79
Established Member
I am moving into a new house and have a few days to get cabling into the house before the painters arrive. I have set up wi-fi networks in a house before, but have always found weak signals to be a frustration, which is why I want to have ports available in the new house.
The main idea for this has come from a plan to run 3 x Cat 6 cables into the lounge for video streaming for PS3, Apple TV and a spare up to the TV. I then thought of adding a 4th cable in the lounge for additional "growth" hence the neet for a switch and then started thinking of the upstairs rooms. As usual I have gone from something simple to something far bigger!
Other than the study which will be the starting point, I plan to feed cables to lounge, kitchen and 4 bedrooms. I was thinking of running 4 cables to the lounge and 2 to each other room.
I will be with Virgin Media who provide 30Mb broadband via their Super Hub. I plan to run the Super Hub as a modem only, and connect this to the Airport Extreme. The Airport Extreme will therefore by my router.
I am thinking of running Cat 6 cable through the house. On the Airport Extreme there are 3 ethernet ports; I would plan to keep 2 free in the study, and use the 3rd to connect to an ethernet switch to feed the rest of the house. I would have a brush wall plate in the study, and terminate each of the other ends in the rooms with ethernet wall plates.
Any advice that I should keep in mind when doing this? Alternate suggestions (eg use of Airport Express in the upstairs to boost the signal rather than cable)?
Many thanks
Mike
The main idea for this has come from a plan to run 3 x Cat 6 cables into the lounge for video streaming for PS3, Apple TV and a spare up to the TV. I then thought of adding a 4th cable in the lounge for additional "growth" hence the neet for a switch and then started thinking of the upstairs rooms. As usual I have gone from something simple to something far bigger!
Other than the study which will be the starting point, I plan to feed cables to lounge, kitchen and 4 bedrooms. I was thinking of running 4 cables to the lounge and 2 to each other room.
I will be with Virgin Media who provide 30Mb broadband via their Super Hub. I plan to run the Super Hub as a modem only, and connect this to the Airport Extreme. The Airport Extreme will therefore by my router.
I am thinking of running Cat 6 cable through the house. On the Airport Extreme there are 3 ethernet ports; I would plan to keep 2 free in the study, and use the 3rd to connect to an ethernet switch to feed the rest of the house. I would have a brush wall plate in the study, and terminate each of the other ends in the rooms with ethernet wall plates.
Any advice that I should keep in mind when doing this? Alternate suggestions (eg use of Airport Express in the upstairs to boost the signal rather than cable)?
Many thanks
Mike