Hey people, just a quick thread with a couple questions regarding my new house I'm purchasing with a couple weeks left until completion.
the house currently has VM installed, so I am having VM's new 300down 20up internet, however because it is already installed I would have to pay £99+ engineer call out charge to add some new wiring around the house, which of corse I told them where to go.
so any tips on the following would be great.
the router is currently sitting in the centre of the house in a cabinet above the staircase between the lower and upper floor (current owner says great for wireless reception) so I was thinking of stripping out what ever is under the stairs and making it the networking server housing. The house will be home automated so I will need Ethernet cabling (got a few rolls of cat6 already) around the house, mainly to spare room upstairs for the office and NAS, and then to the living room for the TV system and the zgemma box.
now my questions to you is as I will be decorating (not renovating as the house has not long been done) what would you suggest the easiest way for routing the Ethernet cabling around the house, back to the switch and patch box under the stairs? The least amount of ripping out and refinishing the better, although it is hard floor through img the downstairs (tiles in kitchen) and carpet upstairs which I was thinking of lifting up to hide wires?
also a final question, regarding the wireless network, I was thinking of adding 1-2 access points around the house to help with any drop outs for the wireless devices like iPads/phones/home automation, are there any you suggest that work well meshed for good hand over (also if need be work with a particular router I could buy).
Sorry for the long one, but in short, any tips/tricks with network wiring hiding and suggestions on access points with good hand over.
cheers.
the house currently has VM installed, so I am having VM's new 300down 20up internet, however because it is already installed I would have to pay £99+ engineer call out charge to add some new wiring around the house, which of corse I told them where to go.
so any tips on the following would be great.
the router is currently sitting in the centre of the house in a cabinet above the staircase between the lower and upper floor (current owner says great for wireless reception) so I was thinking of stripping out what ever is under the stairs and making it the networking server housing. The house will be home automated so I will need Ethernet cabling (got a few rolls of cat6 already) around the house, mainly to spare room upstairs for the office and NAS, and then to the living room for the TV system and the zgemma box.
now my questions to you is as I will be decorating (not renovating as the house has not long been done) what would you suggest the easiest way for routing the Ethernet cabling around the house, back to the switch and patch box under the stairs? The least amount of ripping out and refinishing the better, although it is hard floor through img the downstairs (tiles in kitchen) and carpet upstairs which I was thinking of lifting up to hide wires?
also a final question, regarding the wireless network, I was thinking of adding 1-2 access points around the house to help with any drop outs for the wireless devices like iPads/phones/home automation, are there any you suggest that work well meshed for good hand over (also if need be work with a particular router I could buy).
Sorry for the long one, but in short, any tips/tricks with network wiring hiding and suggestions on access points with good hand over.
cheers.