My wife and I have finally gotten to a point where we can buy a house near Athens, AL! With all our student loan debt gone, we're in position to build a new house. We've figured out a housing plan we love, but we need some help figuring out how to wire it all up. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Background:
Background:
- Will be getting 1Gb/s AT&T Fiber
- We don't plan to be in this house longer than 6 years but need to be prepared to stay here long term in case the market crashes
- The homebuilder does CAT6 (I don't know if he does CAT6A, but I'll go with that if the price isn't too much higher)
- Right now, he only does 2 drops...One at the Fireplace/TV in the Living Room and one in the Master Bedroom (RED SQUARES)
- Adding a drop is $90 (what that entails I'm not sure)
- I don't want to add optical fiber...I'd much rather have CAT6A where I can use POE
- I'm thinking of going with 2 possible setups for router and AP's
- Ubiquiti Setup
- Ubiquiti Unifi Dream Machine Pro
- Ubiquiti U6-Lite-US (BLUE CIRCLE on 1st Floor)
- Ubiquiti U6-LR-US (BLUE CIRCLE on 2nd Floor)
- Ubiquiti USW-24-POE
- DIY Setup
- 1U Pfsense Build
- Ruckus R510 (BLUE CIRCLE on 1st Floor)
- Ruckus R610 (BLUE CIRLCE on 2nd Floor)
- MikroTik CRS328-24P-4S+RM
- Ubiquiti Setup
- I want to have all the cables to lead back to either Bedroom #3 or Bedroom#4 (PURPLE STARS)
- Whichever room they lead back to will be where my office and server rack is so I won't need an additional in-wall drop
- I would like to have a drop point in every single bedroom and in the Game Room
- My wife is hesitant about the additional cost, so that might not be possible; I still need to talk to the builder to see what can be done
- Questions:
- Is the $90/drop fair? Do you think I have any wiggle room to do it myself or help with the cost?
- Is the bigger/more powerful AP on the 2nd Floor going to be enough coverage for the area beneath it on the 1st Floor?
- Does it make sense to have a drop in every room?
- Any anything I should ask the builder in particular?
- My wife is hesitant about the additional cost, so that might not be possible; I still need to talk to the builder to see what can be done