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#309325 9-Oct-2023 09:38

We hope to be moving soon, but problem with the house we're looking at, is that the owners are not geeks, so have just relied on the ISP provided router issuing wifi from one end of the house where the ONT was installed, whereas I need network elsewhere in the house...

So, I could either get someone in to do it all professionally, hidden away etc, or do it mysef on a budget :D

Can anyone see any "gotchas" with my plan.......

Rough plan below :

The 2 offices require cable connection, bedroom and rumpus can live on wifi.

So I could run cable back out where the ONT is fed, through some ducting outside, along the wall into the garage and to the back office where the home server and switch would be. Then from there could feed the lounge upstairs via a cable pushed through the floor to another switch for cable to the TV and Xbox along with an AP.....

Theres already ducting in place outside on the wall for the fiber - any issue with me pushing a single ethernet cable through as well ?

If professional option is selected by the wife, any recommendations for an installer ? (Whangaparaoa, Auckland)

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#3144441 9-Oct-2023 09:41

Any under house access? Any existing telephone wiring?

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#3144444 9-Oct-2023 10:09

House is at ground level so no crawl space etc underneath. Existing phone, not sure actually - will find out. :)

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#3144559 9-Oct-2023 13:00

Any reason why you have to go the long way around?

also, if house is at ground level, can you run some outside conduit buried in the garden?

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#3144582 9-Oct-2023 14:21

Long way round because thats where the existing fiber run is in ducting. And no, cant bury it, pretty much concrete most of the way round.

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#3144588 9-Oct-2023 14:35

With that amount of effort, and the fibre run already going most of the way around, it might be cheaper and easier to move the ONT to where it shoudl be... Not sure of the Chorus cost, but worth asking.

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#3144589 9-Oct-2023 14:39

xpd:

House is at ground level so no crawl space etc underneath. Existing phone, not sure actually - will find out. :)

What's the rood space like,

Unless its a flat/Skillion roof, you can often get to a remarkable number of places from the roof cavity...

esp in 70s places, where built in cupboards and wardrobes provide easy places to hide descending cables....

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#3144721 9-Oct-2023 21:30

To be honest unless you a serious gamer relying on extremely low latency why even bother with a cable?

A Small mesh setup would be adequate, main router can stay in the Rumpus room (Just move it closer to the laundry), then a repeater in that middle office, and another one in that far office if even required.

You never mentioned if it was a house you were buying or just a rental? I would only get it done properly with cables if it was my own home. Even then, I certainly would not be in a hurry.

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#3144725 9-Oct-2023 21:36

Was going to suggest a 3 pack of something like tp-link deco m4's.
They have 2 ethernet ports on each module. So if you 'had' to plug something into an Ethernet port, you can.

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#3144726 9-Oct-2023 21:42

Require cable to the back office, as thats where my home server etc will be located. Rest of the house, no, cable not a major thing (altho my wife relies heavily on stable connection for her work, gets really annoyed if wifi drops for any reason)

Already have 2x UniFi units running happily in existing house which will be coming with me.

Might check into re-location cost of the ONT, as would be nicer to have everything together in the one location.

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#3144889 10-Oct-2023 11:33

As someone who has tried to run ethernet through a conduit without a draw string I can assure you it involved much swearing and required I pull the ducting apart to do it in sections. All I can say is good luck!

Moving the ONT would probably be the most elegant solution. Cant tell you the exact costs but if you want to get a quote before moving in and signing up with a provider you can fill out this form: https://www.chorus.co.nz/home-fibre/moving-fibre-equipment/request. Otherwise once you have moved in, your ISP can make the request for you. You will get a quote so you can decide if its worth the cost beforehand. ^Richard

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#3144902 10-Oct-2023 11:50

Chorusnz:

As someone who has tried to run ethernet through a conduit without a draw string I can assure you it involved much swearing and required I pull the ducting apart to do it in sections. All I can say is good luck!

I wouldn't attempt it without a decent Fibreglass rodder,

Even a regular fish tape is probably a bit out of its depth trying to do that much horizontal travel....