Home Network Structured Cabling Future Proof

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mc2013

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Wannabe Geek

#119558 5-Jun-2013 18:03

Hi guys newbie to this but taking up a new hobby.

I am in the middle of renovating my house. 4 bedroom 2 lounge.
I would like to install a rack that would house my patch panel switch and other items. I would like to know what type of patch panels and switch i should buy.

My household does alot of network use. Copying files, Large data files, Streaming video SD and HD.
I have ipads and iPhones and laptops that will need to be permanently connected to WiFi. I have computers tvs and gaming consoles along with my apple tv and last but not least i also have my CCTV DVR that will need to be connected via cable or WiFi.

The master bedroom will have 4 cat5e or cat6 plus 2 Coaxial cables which will be put into wallplates. I will have another 2 cat5e or cat6 cables run to beside the bed also.

In every other room (which will be 3 bedrooms) i will have 2 cat5e or cat6 cables plus 2 coaxial cables. Could possibly add more cat5e or cat6 since i have already purchased a box load.

In each lounge i will have 4 cate5e or cat6 plus 2 coaxial cables. I was also thinking about have coaxial cables run to the hallway or dining area aswel.

I was looking at the VGA over Cat5e and will probably get a couple of those so i can use them to transfer the signal from my CCTV dvr using the VGA output then over cat5e cable to my patch panel and out to any wall plate where i will have a tv connected via cat5e cable to vga adapter. Will this work?

I was also looking at investing into a HDhomerun system those seem to be quite impressive. Any opinions on this? i think it would be great to be able to access live tv from any device on my network.

Does anyone have any recommendations on network equipment i will need to handle the types of data my household use.

mc2013

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Wannabe Geek

#831171 5-Jun-2013 18:07

Also would like to add was thinking about adding something like the nanostation m5 from my house to another nanostation m5 at a different location which is about 1.5 km away. So that i could view my home CCTV DVR from the same network instead of over the internet. Would this work so that i could have my network at a different location also?

chevrolux

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#831201 5-Jun-2013 19:01

mc2013: Also would like to add was thinking about adding something like the nanostation m5 from my house to another nanostation m5 at a different location which is about 1.5 km away. So that i could view my home CCTV DVR from the same network instead of over the internet. Would this work so that i could have my network at a different location also?

Yea that would work. But why not spend the money you would spend on the NanoStations and put the money in to a decent router with a VPN server. It will be just as secure and you can view from any where in the world.