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New (to me) house/first time home over, ~900sqdt 2.5bdrm, semi-detached home, 2 levels plus a mostly finished basement. Would like to do wireless and wired networking through out the house. Struggling a bit on what Router/Switch/AP's to choose. Budget is somewhat flexible trying to stay under $1000.00 cad
Current Devices:
Desktop PC (wired)
2 Laptops (wired/wireless)
1 Microsoft Surface Pro (wireless)
BlackBerry z10 (wireless)
PS3 (wired)
Nintendio Wii (wireless)
Smart TV (probably a Visio M series) (wired/wireless)
Planned additions:
At least one VOIP desktop phone
Asterisk PBX
At least 1 wireless VOIP Handset
Storage server
a couple of IP Cameras
Vmware Lab for VCP (C6100 or a stack of boxes)
Im Starting from scratch cable wise, theres nothing there, I plan to do the following:
2 cat6 + 1 rg6 to each bedroom (pulled up the attic, and down the interior walls)
1 cat6 for an AP in the hallway outside the berooms
2-4 cat6 + 1 rg6 for the living room
2-4 cat6 + 1 rg6 for the basement rec room
2 cat6 drops to the dining room
1 Cat6 to the Kitchen
Total = 22 cat6 and 5 rg6 drops
I likely won't be using all of the drops at the same time, but id rather pull more then i need vs crawl into the attic again.
Equipment selection:
Switching: 1x Cisco SG-200-26P (12 POE Ports)
Access Point(s): 1x Cisco WAP561 a/b/g/n 2.4&5GHz
Router: 1x Cisco RV320 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Router or Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite.
Other then the AP right off the bat i wont be needing many POE capable ports, but the difference in cost now vs buying multiple POE injectors later is more cost effective in the long term.
TL;DR:
Bought a house, running cable, need to buy new networking equipment.
New (to me) house/first time home over, ~900sqdt 2.5bdrm, semi-detached home, 2 levels plus a mostly finished basement. Would like to do wireless and wired networking through out the house. Struggling a bit on what Router/Switch/AP's to choose. Budget is somewhat flexible trying to stay under $1000.00 cad
Current Devices:
Desktop PC (wired)
2 Laptops (wired/wireless)
1 Microsoft Surface Pro (wireless)
BlackBerry z10 (wireless)
PS3 (wired)
Nintendio Wii (wireless)
Smart TV (probably a Visio M series) (wired/wireless)
Planned additions:
At least one VOIP desktop phone
Asterisk PBX
At least 1 wireless VOIP Handset
Storage server
a couple of IP Cameras
Vmware Lab for VCP (C6100 or a stack of boxes)
Im Starting from scratch cable wise, theres nothing there, I plan to do the following:
2 cat6 + 1 rg6 to each bedroom (pulled up the attic, and down the interior walls)
1 cat6 for an AP in the hallway outside the berooms
2-4 cat6 + 1 rg6 for the living room
2-4 cat6 + 1 rg6 for the basement rec room
2 cat6 drops to the dining room
1 Cat6 to the Kitchen
Total = 22 cat6 and 5 rg6 drops
I likely won't be using all of the drops at the same time, but id rather pull more then i need vs crawl into the attic again.
Equipment selection:
Switching: 1x Cisco SG-200-26P (12 POE Ports)
Access Point(s): 1x Cisco WAP561 a/b/g/n 2.4&5GHz
Router: 1x Cisco RV320 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Router or Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite.
Other then the AP right off the bat i wont be needing many POE capable ports, but the difference in cost now vs buying multiple POE injectors later is more cost effective in the long term.
TL;DR:
Bought a house, running cable, need to buy new networking equipment.