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| Thread ID: 106536 | 2010-01-12 23:13:00 | Installing network jacks on walls. | Nomad (952) | Press F1 |
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| 848179 | 2010-01-12 23:13:00 | Hi, I have lived in a place at uni where they had RJ45 jacks on the wall . Let's say someone does the hardwork in wiring them . Let's also say you have 6 jacks around the house - lounge - kitchen - bedrooms etc . . . Are these connected to a hub? If so you would need a hub that support 6 RJ45s? Would it mean the hub preferably need to be in the centre of the house and it is a direct connection from each wall to the hub? Would it also mean you cannot daisy chain it and hence you do require many metres of network cable? Cheers . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 848180 | 2010-01-12 23:20:00 | I wired up my house. Got 24 ports. Some for phone and other for network. Mine end in a patch panel then go into a switch and then into router. I recommend that you get a switch not a hub to cut down on network traffic and collisions. I am sure that there are 8 port switches out there somewhere. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 848181 | 2010-01-12 23:25:00 | If you have 4 bedrooms. Is it B1 - Switch / Hub B2 - Switch / Hub B3 - Switch / Hub B4 - Switch / Hub Could you do B1 - B2 - B3 - B4 - Switch or Hub Or the likes B1 - B2 - Switch or Hub and a similar thing with the other 2? |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 848182 | 2010-01-12 23:28:00 | best to go with first option. Never done two jacks on one line but remember someone telling me that it might cause collisions. Mine just go jack to switch. (well the active ones) | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 848183 | 2010-01-12 23:43:00 | Easy -- You have the router in one location, at the router you have 4 cables, these can go 1 to each room + a switch on 1 to expand that to another 4 (this is using a 5 port Switch , 1 port is the "in" ) So from that setup you will end up with 9 connections. You can simply add in more switches to each port of the router, even from another switch, and you can keep going by daisy chaining till you get to 254 Connections. (most routers have 1-254) My router has 4 ports, off each port is at least 1 switch, some have 2, 3 or more switches per port. This VERY ROUGH sketch (www.imagef1.net.nz) should give you a good idea. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 848184 | 2010-01-12 23:49:00 | ha my network diagram is a mess compared to your one wainuitech | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 848185 | 2010-01-12 23:55:00 | Each network socket that you want, wherever in the house, needs a cable from it directly to the switch/hub. This switch/hub can be anywhere as the cable lengths can be up to 90 metres, which would be pretty unlikely in a standard sized house. So if you want 6 network jackpoints then you will need an 8 port switch as there are no 6 port switches. You would want extra ports on the switch anyway as you will most likely need to connect a router so that all computers can access the internet. As Wainuitech said, if you have one jackpoint and you need to plug in more than one device/computer then you can connect a 5 port switch which will give you 4 spare ports. If you are rewiring then I would put at least two jackpoints in each room. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 848186 | 2010-01-13 00:21:00 | x2 Wainui and Cya. I just wired a house this morning with RJ45, two cables to each room, all going to a 24 port gigabit switch in a cupboard downstairs with the ADSL Router. Will be back next week to finish off wiring the jacks once the jib has been put on. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 848187 | 2010-01-13 00:36:00 | LUXURY wratterus , open walls -- the fun is when you have to crawl under houses through all the crap dragging a box of cable behind :lol: OR like one I have to do later today - in a office with concrete walls -- Oh joy. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 848188 | 2010-01-13 00:51:00 | I did mine as the house was being built. Now I face a new problem how am I to change cables to CAT6 in the future? | nedkelly (9059) | ||
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