I am looking at wiring my home I just bought with Ethernet and cable throughout. My setup is currently has an antenna for OTA in the attic, which has a homerun to the basement where the house connects with the cable line. (just put that in). There is also a cable for just the internet in the basement where the cable from the pole comes in. There is older RG6 ran into the dining room, 2 in the living room and 1 in one of the bedrooms, but they are just punched through the floor or a small hole in the wall. My house is a split level home but it is multiple stories that zig zag throughout the house.
Left Side Right Side
1st Floor Basement Garage/Den
2nd Floor Living Room/Kitchen/Dining 3 Bedroom/Bathroom
3rd Floor 4th Bedroom Attic
Each level has stairs that connect the next level. There are stairs that lead from the basement to the garage/den area. From that area there are stairs that lead to the living room directly which is over the basement along with kitchen and dining room. Then there are stairs that lead up to the second floor where the bedrooms and bathroom is. This section is directly over the garage/Den which are on a slab. Then the last floor does the same exact thing with it being almost identical above the other floor.
Right now my plan would be as follows. Put a 2 wall panels in each of the three bedrooms upstairs, run it up through the attic and then down through the basement following the homerun I did with the attic cable. I would then split the cable at the antenna, and feed the cable to each bedroom directly in the attic. The only issue I see with this is I will then have the vast majority of my runs going ~75-100ft to get to the basement where I would run the patch panel.
My other thought is to put the patch panel / switch actually in the attic bedroom closet. The only thing I worry about there is the heat and huge temperature swings that location would see as far as switches are concerned, along with having to either run a long cable to get up to the attic via either Ethernet or coax so I can get the cable internet up there. (Probably Coax) I would then have to wire then have the living room and dining room and kitchen run down into the basement and have to fish it up to the attic for the Ethernet cables.
The only other option would to possibly put in a home run Ethernet cable from the two patch panels via a switch but I would think one central location would be better.
Any thoughts, comments or suggestions or tips to best do this. The way I look at it is I have to do long runs for about half the cables. I also am not sure which environment is better for the equipment in the long run. An unfinished basement or an attic closet that is refinished.
I will be using in wall rated CAT6 and bought a 1000ft panel recently. I have a 24 port patch panel I just purchased as well and for now will be using a 16 port unmanaged switch that I have laying around until I can get a 24 port more expensive switch. All coax is RG6 quad cable.
Thanks
Left Side Right Side
1st Floor Basement Garage/Den
2nd Floor Living Room/Kitchen/Dining 3 Bedroom/Bathroom
3rd Floor 4th Bedroom Attic
Each level has stairs that connect the next level. There are stairs that lead from the basement to the garage/den area. From that area there are stairs that lead to the living room directly which is over the basement along with kitchen and dining room. Then there are stairs that lead up to the second floor where the bedrooms and bathroom is. This section is directly over the garage/Den which are on a slab. Then the last floor does the same exact thing with it being almost identical above the other floor.
Right now my plan would be as follows. Put a 2 wall panels in each of the three bedrooms upstairs, run it up through the attic and then down through the basement following the homerun I did with the attic cable. I would then split the cable at the antenna, and feed the cable to each bedroom directly in the attic. The only issue I see with this is I will then have the vast majority of my runs going ~75-100ft to get to the basement where I would run the patch panel.
My other thought is to put the patch panel / switch actually in the attic bedroom closet. The only thing I worry about there is the heat and huge temperature swings that location would see as far as switches are concerned, along with having to either run a long cable to get up to the attic via either Ethernet or coax so I can get the cable internet up there. (Probably Coax) I would then have to wire then have the living room and dining room and kitchen run down into the basement and have to fish it up to the attic for the Ethernet cables.
The only other option would to possibly put in a home run Ethernet cable from the two patch panels via a switch but I would think one central location would be better.
Any thoughts, comments or suggestions or tips to best do this. The way I look at it is I have to do long runs for about half the cables. I also am not sure which environment is better for the equipment in the long run. An unfinished basement or an attic closet that is refinished.
I will be using in wall rated CAT6 and bought a 1000ft panel recently. I have a 24 port patch panel I just purchased as well and for now will be using a 16 port unmanaged switch that I have laying around until I can get a 24 port more expensive switch. All coax is RG6 quad cable.
Thanks
