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You're paying a lot for that Snap AV wire. Are you 100% retrofitting the house or is wiring already in place? Are you wiring for WAPs while you are pulling wire? 100% retrofitting, BTW. There be cameras, APs, and all kinds of shit. Cloud key2+ ? |
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I ran 6A in my house (new build prior to drywall). I didn't realize how big of a PITA it would be, especially to terminate. Happy I did it but you're not wrong. I wanted the ability to do high def video over Ethernet if I ever need to. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Quoted: I respect your forward thinking but 6 is good for 10gb to 37m - 55m. 6a is likely overkill. It comes on fucking big wooden spools! It is SO much more of an install. . ![]() |
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I see no photos of you sweating balls in a crawlspace with a fishstick in one hand and a drill another.
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In line with the other guy who said go Cat 6a, get that 10G. Do it right the first time....
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Why no Ortonics racks mounted to the foundation with uni-strut and all-thread? You need about 40 more RU on that little thing!
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I feel like you guys don't know how distance works. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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In line with the other guy who said go Cat 6a, get that 10G. Do it right the first time.... ![]() ![]() |
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Waiting to find out "why wired?" v wifi View Quote ![]() |
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Should've run fiber, bro.
DO YOU EVEN MULTIPLEX? More seriously... why not just some kind of wireless with beefed up security protocol? |
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Currently doing the same. Good luck OP. Fortunately for me, each room it's going into already has phone lines so pulling wires is much easier.
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Looks better than mine. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/372211/36377A44-00FA-458A-9DA3-F3F17EC0C174_jpeg-919204.JPG View Quote kinda like this but its heavier duty. 1.5" solid steel slab on the bottom for ballast lol. ![]() |
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I wish we had basements down here. I just can't justify putting a full rack in the house.
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Sadly I don't think there's any good way to wire my place. House is on a slab and it's two stories, I don't think there's any way to drop the cable down the walls downstairs. Oh well, our PCs are in the room with the modem/router so they're hardwired, rest of the house uses wifi.
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Sadly I don't think there's any good way to wire my place. House is on a slab and it's two stories, I don't think there's any way to drop the cable down the walls downstairs. Oh well, our PCs are in the room with the modem/router so they're hardwired, rest of the house uses wifi. View Quote |
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Si seor. View Quote I use it for about a dozen devices across 3 sites. I manage to stay beneath the various consumption caps (to stay free) by a little margin every month. I started out with a cloudkey but - didn’t want to deal with having multiple cloudkeys or configuring adoption over residential isp / dynamic. And running a cloudkey at each site means some of the neat stuff (like a two click site to site vpn which requires both sites be on the same UniFi server) isn’t available. |
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Waiting to find out "why wired?" v wifi View Quote On wifi each device is allotted a time it can transmit, more devices longer that time becomes. Think of it as token ring but more chaotic since no one knows who has the token. |
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Waiting to find out "why wired?" v wifi View Quote The thing is, no device is actually wireless. It’s gotta be powered. And if you’re going to have to pull wire, you might as well make it easy on yourself and pull cable. The device gets powered and a hardwired data connection, with all the advantages over wireless. |
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I had to pay $200 extra to get 9 jacks put in. It was $25 per extra jack when starting a new fiber account. I know it might sound like a lot but I had to do it for a few reasons.
1. I don't fit in the attic. ![]() 2. My house was built in the 60's and it is a tri-level, the previous contractor couldn't even update all the electrical with all the sheetrock removed unless you removed a wall or two. ![]() 3. It took the guy 10 hours to run all of the cables and he had all the tools. ![]() The only thing is I only got Cat5e. ![]() |
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Quoted: Collision detection vs collision avoidance. It's a big deal. On wifi each device is allotted a time it can transmit, more devices longer that time becomes. Think of it as token ring but more chaotic since no one knows who has the token. View Quote Most people would only end up with less than half a dozen wireless routers and even that would be easier than pulling cable through a house. Just spitballing here. |
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What if, for latency/speed critical devices, you dedicate a wireless router to each device that is plugged directly into the switch and modem? Make it discoverable my MAC address only or whatever and pie the single device to it. That way each wireless network has only ONE device? Most people would only end up with less than half a dozen wireless routers and even that would be easier than pulling cable through a house. Just spitballing here. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Quoted: Collision detection vs collision avoidance. It's a big deal. On wifi each device is allotted a time it can transmit, more devices longer that time becomes. Think of it as token ring but more chaotic since no one knows who has the token. Most people would only end up with less than half a dozen wireless routers and even that would be easier than pulling cable through a house. Just spitballing here. Bottom line, you use wireless where you have no choice, and for people’s iPhones and iPads. Other than that, wire everything. |
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I had to pay $200 extra to get 9 jacks put in. It was $25 per extra jack when starting a new fiber account. I know it might sound like a lot but I had to do it for a few reasons. 1. I don't fit in the attic. ![]() 2. My house was built in the 60's and it is a tri-level, the previous contractor couldn't even update all the electrical with all the sheetrock removed unless you removed a wall or two. ![]() 3. It took the guy 10 hours to run all of the cables and he had all the tools. ![]() The only thing is I only got Cat5e. ![]() View Quote |
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No, at $200/9 jacks/10 hours, the only one who got raped is your installer. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I had to pay $200 extra to get 9 jacks put in. It was $25 per extra jack when starting a new fiber account. I know it might sound like a lot but I had to do it for a few reasons. 1. I don't fit in the attic. ![]() 2. My house was built in the 60's and it is a tri-level, the previous contractor couldn't even update all the electrical with all the sheetrock removed unless you removed a wall or two. ![]() 3. It took the guy 10 hours to run all of the cables and he had all the tools. ![]() The only thing is I only got Cat5e. ![]() Those places still use wifi. ![]() |
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No, at $200/9 jacks/10 hours, the only one who got raped is your installer. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I had to pay $200 extra to get 9 jacks put in. It was $25 per extra jack when starting a new fiber account. I know it might sound like a lot but I had to do it for a few reasons. 1. I don't fit in the attic. ![]() 2. My house was built in the 60's and it is a tri-level, the previous contractor couldn't even update all the electrical with all the sheetrock removed unless you removed a wall or two. ![]() 3. It took the guy 10 hours to run all of the cables and he had all the tools. ![]() The only thing is I only got Cat5e. ![]() And that is what the ISP charged, bet the guy who did the work got far less then that. Hell, that many drops could cost over half that just in materials. In case you ever wondered what a professional home automation guy's personal AV rack looks like, well. ![]() ![]() Lets just say my desire to spend money on this stuff and put effort into it has been ruined by doing it for a living for almost two decades. |
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lol very similar to mine. although I just scored one of these from a job that was under construction. no idea where I can fit it. or what the hell I'm going to put in it but I have wanted a rack for a LONG time. kinda like this but its heavier duty. 1.5" solid steel slab on the bottom for ballast lol. https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-2ktyxsrgtc/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/22805/28606/383573-001__36998.1511984969.jpg?c=2 View Quote I have a small lab built on a HTPC with ESXI on it now, but I hope you have a good time for a while with the rack. |
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Crooked plate screws.
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One day, you will be happy to be rid of it. I wanted one for a long time, had one for a long time, and was delighted when I got rid of it all and left work at work. :) I have a small lab built on a HTPC with ESXI on it now, but I hope you have a good time for a while with the rack. View Quote ![]() ![]() |
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There's a limited spectrum for Wi-Fi. I generally see 10+ routers inside my house from all my neighbors. Adding a bunch more is not a good idea. Bottom line, you use wireless where you have no choice, and for people's iPhones and iPads. Other than that, wire everything. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Quoted: Collision detection vs collision avoidance. It's a big deal. On wifi each device is allotted a time it can transmit, more devices longer that time becomes. Think of it as token ring but more chaotic since no one knows who has the token. Most people would only end up with less than half a dozen wireless routers and even that would be easier than pulling cable through a house. Just spitballing here. Bottom line, you use wireless where you have no choice, and for people's iPhones and iPads. Other than that, wire everything. If it sits still and has an Ethernet port, it gets wired. If it moves, or does not have an Ethernet port, then it uses wireless. I'm a dork who takes things too far, so I even have a parallel 2.4g network just for IoT on a completely different network to keep my home network clean. If you ever really want to have fun, use one of the "rogue SSID" killers built into some of the pro-grade gear on your neighbors networks. ![]() |
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This is the song of my people ![]() Mine is a total mess right now. I had 24 runs done, i should have put more in since i want to put cameras in now. http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32716236917_b1702c9dd5_k.jpg View Quote ![]() And do you seriously power up a 7600 at home? In 2019? ![]() ![]() I have a 1RU switch with more capacity than a 7613 ![]() I just scrapped a half a dozen 7609's for sheet metal value ![]() |
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Here's my Unifi goodness. Ran Cat6 all over the home just this past December. ![]() https://i.imgur.com/JRXDedz.jpg I love me some Cisco, but it's overkill for my home...however, I play with it for a living. ![]() View Quote ![]() ETA: After seeing everyone else's setups I'm almost embarrassed to show mine. Almost. |
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That's beautiful! Essentially, that's the setup I wanted to build, with the addition of a 1U Synology NAS. I didn't really have a good place to mount the rack in this house though, so I just replaced the existing SMC with a larger one and went with a USG 3P, US-8-150W, and a UAPACHD. I virtualized the controller on my Synology, which sits in another room. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/94506/20190413_122215small_jpg-920168.JPG ETA: After seeing everyone else's setups I'm almost embarrassed to show mine. Almost. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Here's my Unifi goodness. Ran Cat6 all over the home just this past December. ![]() https://i.imgur.com/JRXDedz.jpg I love me some Cisco, but it's overkill for my home...however, I play with it for a living. ![]() https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/94506/20190413_122215small_jpg-920168.JPG ETA: After seeing everyone else's setups I'm almost embarrassed to show mine. Almost. I've been lamenting that there is nowhere in my closet-poor house to hide a decent rack, but I bet I could make that work if it will fit between the studs. |
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What enclosure is that? I've been lamenting that there is nowhere in my closet-poor house to hide a decent rack, but I bet I could make that work if it will fit between the studs. View Quote https://www.leviton.com/en/products/47605-42w It's the biggest one they make AFAIK, but it's still barely adequate ![]() ETA: The patch panel in the upper left corner is also Leviton (https://www.leviton.com/en/products/476tm-624) |
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My current house (built in 2007, we bought in 2017) came pre-wired with CAT5e. Unfortunately whoever installed it was a moran and didn't label anything, they didn't attempt to have any kind of organization, no patch panel, half the ends aren't terminated...
I've been here a little over 2 years and still haven't gotten the motivation to fix it yet. ![]() I have (3) Apple AirPort Extreme routers running, 1 as the main router and the other two as access points. They're all wired-in (I at least put in the effort to figure out which wires correspond to which rooms the APs are in) so there's no multiple wireless hops, at least. Works perfect for us. We can stream HD signals to multiple TVs at once without a hiccup. If we had a more extensive backup solution I'd likely fix the wired setup. Maybe one day I'll get off my butt and do it. |
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I remember your "how do I fix this cabinet door" thread. Good luck!
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