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New House Construction - Cable Management ???
Flake:
I am currently having a house built (in the framing process as we speak) and I'm trying to be proactive in regards to running cabling for my home network. I met with the installer last night and we have currently agreed on the following setup:
1. Office - TV/Phone/two ethernet ports (not sure if cat 5 or 6)
2. Living room - 2 TV hookups/phone/two ethernet ports. Also having two HDMI cables run from the point where my TV will be mounted to the point the gear will be placed.
3. Daughter 1's bedroom - TV/phone/Ethernet port
4. Daughter 2's bedroom - TV/phone/Ethernet port
5. Master bedroom - 2 TV hookups/phone/ethernet port
6. Deck - TV hookup and a set of speaker wires running out to the deck for outdoor speakers.
7. Roof - having them prewire cabling required for an HDTV sat dish for Directv to mount dish on roof.
All the ethernet ports and TV hookups will be run to the basement (unfinished for now). The TV cabling from the roof and internet service will be come into the basement. The internet connection to the basement will most likely be AT&T Uverse which I will connect to a switch which will then connect to my patch panel. The additional two ethernet ports I have in my living room and office I wanted to connect to a home server of sorts (just a big harddrive that will sit in my basement next to the internet source) so that I can centralize and access my pics/vids/music from one central location and access those files in those two rooms.
Any other suggestions? Am I missing something?
Also, I would ideally like to be able to play music off this home server through the soundbar I will have hooked up to my TV in my living room. What would I need for this? I suppose a computer with an operating system installed and not just a harddrive. Actually, would it be possible to simply place the PC I have now in the basement and somehow only have the computer screen in the office?
Ughhh...I get confused on this crap. Too many wires, too many options....Maybe just buy and Apple TV?
BobA:
The wave of the future will be fibre.
drventure:
I'd probably run cat6 and 2 phone lines to every room.
Coax I suppose, more for resale value than anything. I'm a 1 tv in the house kinda guy. No tv's in the bedrooms, and certainly not in the kid rooms, but that's just me.
Network connection, though? I'm a software dev, so that goes without saying.
Besides, with Wireless headed where it is, I'm wondering if wired will be all that necessary in 5 years or so.
But that's another story.
Ed_McCarron:
2 Cat6. 2 RG6. Fiber, at least 6 strands. Even if you don't term the fiber yet. 62.5/125 multimode plenum is pretty cheap.
To every point. All home runs. You'll pay up front, but you'll thank yourself later.
Also, if your code/architect will allow, run a chase or two from the basement to the attic at several points in the structure.
If your budget will allow, this stuff is nice:
http://www.smarthome.com/868241J/2-Cat-5e-2-RG6-Quad-Cable-Jacket-500-Feet-RG6-Coax-Cable/p.aspx
Just over a buck a foot. Again, even if you don't term them all, it's nice to have the stuff in the boxes.
Flake:
Ok what would I need "fiber" for? Also what is a chase and why do I need that in the attic? Also why would I need two phone lines in each room?
Not downplaying your suggestions I just really don't know what that stuff is or why I would need it?
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