There is - yes. I really wanted it around the back of the house near where the old ADSL modem/router was. However, the digging and laying of the cable was a real pain. Even putting cable in the roof was problematic. I thought it through and the best solution (as far as I could see), was to go for what I did. Even then I have half of the fibre cable out of the ground, just to make the install so much easier. The house next to me has it worse (to come - I'm the first down our private driveway), as for some inexplicable reason the telephone cable goes right around the back of their house instead of direct to the front, where their current modem is. My copper cable was 600m below ground. VERY stony ground. It’s been a hectic experience as I eluded to earlier. Add to this my TV reception recently cut out TV 1,2,3. Long story short we discovered that trees 30m away were now blocking reception. And no, they won't trim them. It’s cost me $422 to install a new aerial; something more akin to the size of a large aluminium ladder than the usual arm’s length thing. Anyway, looks like all I need do is run another ethernet cable parallel with the current one in the roof and I’m all good. Cheers.

The solid lines are ethernet cable and the dotted lines are phone wiring.

This would be my suggestion. I am assuming that your router has four LAN ports.

TV is connected directly to Router, not through 40m of Cat5 cable as shown in your final drawing(2b).

Would need a double adapter for the phone lines at Wall Point 1.

I really appreciate the effort to do a sketch to match my learning engagement KiwiKid. However, the config you've done negates my need to preserve aethetics and move both Router+phone to another room, plus I don't want to reduce speed with a splitter at WallPort1.

Sorry. I am a little confused. In your first drawing you had the ONT, Modem/Router, TV, and Soundbar together. Is this where you want them all?

There is no splitter at Wall Plate 1. It is purely being used as a junction box from the Router to the internal cables to the other room.

The wall plates have two isolated sockets, one for phone and the other ethernet.

The phone can be connected in either room.

do you still have phone wiring in your house? can you not just plug the routers phone port into that to liven up all the phone jacks in the house?

Not any more. I did of course, but they told me it was interfering with the fibre connection (buzz on phone), and had to be cut. I wasn't happy with this but after they had been at my place for two full days I'd had enough and relented.

lol phone line interfearing with the fibre. how does EMI interfear with optical light?

Oh well sounds like you have been through a pretty rough process but its left you worse for wear

Your Config 2b is what you want.

Question - Why is your soundbar connected to the network? Is it a Sonos or something?

Also - You don't connect a NAS to your TV with an HDMI cable (unless your NAS also doubles as a PC or something?) You can connect the NAS anywhere in the network (either of your switches or to the router itself). If you want to play files off the NAS onto the TV, you need some sort of software/player/server to do that. Some NAS boxes allow you to install Plex Server on them, or act as a DLNA server, and some Smart TVs will install a Plex client, and nearly all will play form a DLNA source (Plex is a lot prettier).

Thanks - am planning on getting the 2B version done asap.

Good guess - yes, I have a Playbar. Sub will come after I can afford a NAS. NAS will come once 2B is sorted.

Mmm, lack of know-how regarding the NAS positioning, as I assumed the HDMI port on a NAS was to run media off it into the telly, so it had to be next door to the telly.

My TV does have Plex, I've seen it as I scroll though the apps but didn't know what it was until I read about it just now. Thanks. So, I'm wondering what's the point in a HDMI port on a NAS? 

Cheers

Yes, many "NAS"s are just serverish PCs and will play media locally on their HDMI out, have remotes and other media centery things. Seems easier to sell them on being a NAS than a media player.

Ok - so what's better to watch movies with - use a HDMI into the TV or use Plex? 

If it is with HDMI, then would I ever need Plex? Maybe I need to be in another forum for this question?

Yorkshirekid:

 

Ok - so what's better to watch movies with - use a HDMI into the TV or use Plex? 

 

If it is with HDMI, then would I ever need Plex? Maybe I need to be in another forum for this question?

 

 

 

To use Plex, you'll need to be running a Plex server somewhere - either on a separate PC, or (it it is capable) on the NAS itself.  The advantage is that it is then accessible from any Plex client on the LAN.  Also, Plex is good at tracking what episodes you have watched etc, and pulling info from the internet on the movie files you have.

Plex is a good solution if you have somewhere you can run a Plex Server (mine runs on my PC in the Study - if the PC is off, wife knows to turn it on if she wants to watch a movie/show). I have an Apple TV (gen4) with the Plex Client on it, and it works very well. Plex is great for the tracking of whats played, organisation of library and things like the cover art/posters. It is also remote friendly - your Smart TV remote will operate it as it is part of the TVs smart software. Running of a NAS/Server means a different remote.