- Apr 3, 2014
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I’ve been reading post after post, and haven’t really seen the configuration that I’m looking for. I have a two story house. I want to install in-wall Cat6 Ethernet cable to 6 different rooms around the house. My cable modem, and router, are both located on the first floor. Here was what I was thinking. Please call me out on anything that doesn’t sound right. I will be running Windows machines (Windows 8, Win-7, and an old XP), with a mix of Xbox-360’s, four Apple TV’s, and in the future some type of network storage.
I want to run a line from my Router, via a keystone, inside the wall through the second story to the attic. From the attic I will run that line into the master bedroom closet into an in-wall enclosure where it will connect into an unmanaged gigabit switch. The switch will feed into patch panel that will feed the lines to the various points on the second floor. All of the lines will terminate with a keystone in the other rooms. I was thinking of running Cat6 UTP solid lines through the walls. I will also be installing a surge protector in the enclosure for the switch. I’m going to run 2 lines into each room and 4 into the living room, for a total of 14 lines. The down stairs den will have the main router so I can plug the machines in that room directly.
I thought about simply running everything from the first floor but it would waste a lot of cable doing it that way.
That’s about all I have. Any input to better ways to do this would be appreciated. I keep thinking that I’ve forgotten something.
I want to run a line from my Router, via a keystone, inside the wall through the second story to the attic. From the attic I will run that line into the master bedroom closet into an in-wall enclosure where it will connect into an unmanaged gigabit switch. The switch will feed into patch panel that will feed the lines to the various points on the second floor. All of the lines will terminate with a keystone in the other rooms. I was thinking of running Cat6 UTP solid lines through the walls. I will also be installing a surge protector in the enclosure for the switch. I’m going to run 2 lines into each room and 4 into the living room, for a total of 14 lines. The down stairs den will have the main router so I can plug the machines in that room directly.
I thought about simply running everything from the first floor but it would waste a lot of cable doing it that way.
That’s about all I have. Any input to better ways to do this would be appreciated. I keep thinking that I’ve forgotten something.
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