Hello again everyone,
My bar is now built so i'm trying to work out how to optimise the wifi and wired internet across the house
I currently have a Virgin Media Hub and 3 x Ubiquiti Unify Wifi 6 Lite APs (only 1 is set up currently)
I'd like to sort the full system out so have done a floor plan to give an idea which i have added below
The red x on the first floor is a small cupboard i would ideally like to put most of the equipment
The red circle on the ground floor is where the virgin cables enter the house
On the yellow line to the bar are 4 x cat 6 cables run underground in conduit, with the yellow rectangle where they are all coming out of the wall in quite a mess at present (another pic shows that)
There are also two POE cameras on the bar, one bottom left in the pic and one top right, both are POE
As you can see from the mess in that cupboard, i am very much learning on the go here, i originally planned to terminate the 4-6 cables in a faceplate in the stud wall, but there is so much AV power in that stud wall i cannot find the space necessary
I would like all APs to be on the same network so they can switch over easily
Therefore questions:
1 - Given i can no longer terminate the cat 6 in the wall on a faceplate, would it make sense to put a patch panel in the cupboard in the bar, you may be able to see an 8 port Netgear unmanaged switch that has around 4 POE ports already in there
The reason for suggesting a patch panel is so that once done, that isnt touched so i dont damage the cables that run externally, or is there another way?
2 - at the end of the yellow line, on entry to the house, i had again planned to terminate the cables in the wall so that the stuff underground is not messed with therefore doesnt have as much chance of breaking, except now i wouldnt be able to get them to where i want all the main house equipment. What would you suggest? All i can think of is a keystone coupler for each cable left in the wall, and new cables run internally to the media cupboard, but there has to be a better way i would think?
3 - for the whole house, i am almost certain i will need a patch panel in the media cupboard, i intend to run ethernet to almost every room in the near future, with 2 x sockets in each room, maybe more in the office. Can you have a setup with two different patch panels? and would it be recommended?
4 - I hope to add a couple of security cameras onto the house at the same time as doing this, so i would need a second POE network switch i assume that would be with the main house patch panel (also need to power the two remaining APs (which will be ceiling mounted on each floor of the house)
5 - I have the 3 x Unibuiti Unify Wifi 6 Lite APs, but that's all i have, i would like to get a decent wifi 6 router, so i could put the virgin hub in modem mode so it would have to be compatible, i've looked at the ubiquiti stuff but it baffles me so not sure what would do the job for me
It's not critical i use all ubiquiti kit, but i'd like it to be wifi 6 even if i probably wont see the benefit, but just because i've already got the wifi 6 APs
I've got this far with the help from you on this forum so hoping i will be able to get sorted for the rest of the house or be pointed in the right direction
Thanks again
Gary
My bar is now built so i'm trying to work out how to optimise the wifi and wired internet across the house
I currently have a Virgin Media Hub and 3 x Ubiquiti Unify Wifi 6 Lite APs (only 1 is set up currently)
I'd like to sort the full system out so have done a floor plan to give an idea which i have added below
The red x on the first floor is a small cupboard i would ideally like to put most of the equipment
The red circle on the ground floor is where the virgin cables enter the house
On the yellow line to the bar are 4 x cat 6 cables run underground in conduit, with the yellow rectangle where they are all coming out of the wall in quite a mess at present (another pic shows that)
There are also two POE cameras on the bar, one bottom left in the pic and one top right, both are POE
As you can see from the mess in that cupboard, i am very much learning on the go here, i originally planned to terminate the 4-6 cables in a faceplate in the stud wall, but there is so much AV power in that stud wall i cannot find the space necessary
I would like all APs to be on the same network so they can switch over easily
Therefore questions:
1 - Given i can no longer terminate the cat 6 in the wall on a faceplate, would it make sense to put a patch panel in the cupboard in the bar, you may be able to see an 8 port Netgear unmanaged switch that has around 4 POE ports already in there
The reason for suggesting a patch panel is so that once done, that isnt touched so i dont damage the cables that run externally, or is there another way?
2 - at the end of the yellow line, on entry to the house, i had again planned to terminate the cables in the wall so that the stuff underground is not messed with therefore doesnt have as much chance of breaking, except now i wouldnt be able to get them to where i want all the main house equipment. What would you suggest? All i can think of is a keystone coupler for each cable left in the wall, and new cables run internally to the media cupboard, but there has to be a better way i would think?
3 - for the whole house, i am almost certain i will need a patch panel in the media cupboard, i intend to run ethernet to almost every room in the near future, with 2 x sockets in each room, maybe more in the office. Can you have a setup with two different patch panels? and would it be recommended?
4 - I hope to add a couple of security cameras onto the house at the same time as doing this, so i would need a second POE network switch i assume that would be with the main house patch panel (also need to power the two remaining APs (which will be ceiling mounted on each floor of the house)
5 - I have the 3 x Unibuiti Unify Wifi 6 Lite APs, but that's all i have, i would like to get a decent wifi 6 router, so i could put the virgin hub in modem mode so it would have to be compatible, i've looked at the ubiquiti stuff but it baffles me so not sure what would do the job for me
It's not critical i use all ubiquiti kit, but i'd like it to be wifi 6 even if i probably wont see the benefit, but just because i've already got the wifi 6 APs
I've got this far with the help from you on this forum so hoping i will be able to get sorted for the rest of the house or be pointed in the right direction
Thanks again
Gary