New network setup

[Gunda]

So, i'm in the process of buying a house, hopefully aiming for completion some time in September.

My current house i wired up Cat5e into most rooms back to a patch panel in the loft, then down to my unmanaged switch in the pc room next to server and gaming pcs etc.

I'm thinking of going Cat6 or Cat7 with the new house, since i'll be geting a builder in to do a complete renovation job on the house, walls reskimed etc i figured i'd get the cables laid into the walls as well.

I'm just really looking for peoples opinions on installs, like cat5e or 6 or 7 and considering where to locate my networking kit (might box it in, in the loft or in vented cupboard in pc room...) going to do 2 ports to each room, then 4 to behind tv, and at least 4 in pc room.

[Gorion]

Cat6 will be more than enough. Best place to have a network hub is an easily accessible place which is less than 10 metres away from your PC and other high bandwidth usage devices.

As far as I'm aware you can run 10 gig on cat 6 when the distance is short. You can always use 1 gig with the full length. There's not many things that require 10 gig and nics supporting ng 10baseT are quite expensive anyway.

[albert]

I'm a fan of shielded network cables. Houses have a lot of electrical cables in close proximity to the data cables and foil twisted pair cable is practically the same price as UTP (unshielded). Cat 6A does work up to 10Gbps up to 100m transmission distance (switch to host computer), Cat 6 37m by the IEEE spec.

Cat 7 is super dense compared to 6 or 5e , fine for straight runs but not for twisty low space runs as you won't get as many cables along the route.

The patch panels are more expensive with Cat 7 as well. The cable for Cat 7 systems is 3x the price of Cat 6A shielded. But only £30 vs £90 per 100m.

[Gunda]

Looks like i'll go with the Cat6a cables and put tubes in where i can to main locations like back of media hub in lounge and network gear etc..

Now i need to think about managed or unmanaged switches and stuff... kinda want to spend the money up front so i can tell the wife its all just part of recreating the network we had at our old house think i might get a pc cupboard build again as well https://goo.gl/photos/562NmryCaUWZY8Js7

[BrotherTobious]

With 6a really watch those bend radius mate

[Gunda]

first purchase for the new house... wonder how long until the wife realises how much i spent...

[ATTACH=CONFIG]4177[/ATTACH]

[Chaosphere]

Congrats on the new digs mate, and may God have mercy on your soul when she finds out. :woot2:

[smilodon]

Tell her you were temporarily possessed by demons. It's never worked for me, but who knows you might have better luck?

Nice new toys though

[BrotherTobious]

Nice setup mate would like to hear how the ap gets on

[Twyst]

I run the same AP myself and I game over it. 1ms latency :dribble:

Of course <1ms latency would be better, but it's hardly a deal breaker even for twitch games like overwatch or quake champions where I'm regulary beaten by idiots with higher pings anyway :g:

[Gunda]

just read this review too, https://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/05/ubiquiti-unifi-review-pro-wi-fi-router/

Looking forward to playing with these toys.

[Gunda]

arghh damn virgin media been at my new house today and couldn't reconnect my hub2 so i've got a shitting hub3 now which will be sitting in modem mode... i may have to phone them to get a new hub2 sent out to me.  Read some reviews saying the hub3's modem has some issues.