Hi GZ,

I had a scoping visit from a tech who will be doing some internal cable work for my house before UFB arrives. The arrangement is as follows:

1. Set up a wall-mounted rack downstairs in a spare rumpus room for the ONT, Router (Edgerouter lite), Switch (TP Link 24-port POE SG2424P switch), and my 2 NAS boxes.

2. Run CAT6 cabling underneath, over the roof or around the outside (as appropriate) and terminate to RJ45 plates in a few different locations around the house, including a few places where I'll put a Wireless AP.

So the setup is ONT --> ER Lite --> 24-port PoE Switch --> Various RJ45 plates in the house.

Simple enough, but one location, our entertainment centre area, is a big hive of demand. I have about eight devices that I'd like to wire with ethernet (I'm in a pretty densely crowded wifi area so would like to try and avoid wifi connections for these devices) at that location. Running eight cables and setting up eight faceplates feels like it's a bit much, and so I was considering a simpler option of say one or two RJ45 jacks in the TV area, and a second, smaller, switch for all the devices in the entertainment area.

But switch daisy-chaining has a terrible reputation, and I can appreciate why that is. The question is, even if I'm happy to run a bunch of cables up there, is there a less ugly solution than 8 RJ45 jacks coming out of the wall that I could use?

Thanks

V