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jasperchai
post Dec 27 2011, 10:38 PM

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hi guys... need some information..

my new home which is a double storey house is doing renovation. so im thinking to apply for UNIFI and my dad wants those cable being concealed.

so my plan is:

1) have those CAT5e cable concealed from 3 bedrooms at 1st floor to the living room at Grd floor.

2) since the telephone pole is at the back of the house. ask the UNIFI contractor to install fiber to 1 of the bedroom which also at the back of the house.

then from that bedroom connect the FWS - BTU - RG - STB (at the living room via the concealed CAT5e)

is that okay ?

jasperchai
post Dec 28 2011, 10:41 AM

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QUOTE(IwanAGP @ Dec 28 2011, 01:05 AM)
First, you must confirm where's your fibre distribution point. If you've confirmed than it should be fine.
Have you forgotten your phone line? Connected to the BTU. If you wanted to place it in the living room, you might need to conceal cable for it too. Other than that, I don't see serious problem but you must plan how your wall socket(RJ45 port) will be installed. Since from the first room, you wanted to connect to 2 more rooms and to living room. That means you'll need 3 ports + 1 for telephone at the first room and 1 port each at remaining rooms and living room. I have no idea how are you going to lay the cable. The most hassle free solution I would say is to use wireless. Concealing 4 cables ain't so easy IMO. Anyway, just my 2 cents. With current wireless technology, everything is quite stable. I'm 99.99% on wifi. Nearly never use LAN cable to connect my PC and router.
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thanks for the response. notworthy.gif
yup. confirm the fiber distribution point is at the alley back of the house.

hmm.. forgotten about the phone line.. tongue.gif

based on kimyee73 suggestion, i think should rearrange the plan.
concealed CAT5e from Bedroom1 to BR2, BR3 and also living room (with phone line).
the new home i mention is doing renovation.. so not a problem to concealing those cables.


QUOTE(flowerhorn @ Dec 28 2011, 01:12 AM)
Whats your plan Whats your objective? Do you plan to set up a NAS? Where do you want to put your equipment at (FWS,BTU,RG,STB)? Phone? Based on what i undersand, you want your IPTV to be in your living room right? Are you planning to use a repeater/AP? U want to put it upstairs/downstairs? or just run cable?
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thanks for the response too. notworthy.gif

FWS, BTU and RG will be installed in one of the bedroom upstairs

while the STB is at the living room downstairs.

now i realise the phone must be connected to the BTU. so need to concealed a phone line from the bedroom to the living room downstairs.

QUOTE(kimyee73 @ Dec 28 2011, 09:53 AM)
It is not advisable to place your network stuff in living room due to aesthetic reason unless you can conceal it in a cabinet. You can place it in a study if you have one or in the bedroom that house the BTU. I gather you plan to place BTU at the fiber incoming location. You can place both BTU & RG there and run 2x Cat5e to living room and 1 ea to 2 other bedrooms. You need 2 for living in case you also need networkfor appliances other than STB. You can't share them with STB unless using VLAN trunking and that would cost more. You can run more Cat5e to other rooms such as downstair backroom and kitchen for future smart kitchen appliance. You can add switch to the whole setup when you need it in future. Myself have network points in 9 different locations with network centre located in family room. In case the RG location is not suitable due to inadequate wifi coverage, you can always move it to living room and place a switch at its original location to link it to rest of the room. Better still, buy a better RG than those supplied by TM.
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thanks for the response. notworthy.gif

living room im thinking to only put the STB and the cordless phone.
thanks for suggestion for installing 2 cat5e cable to the living room.. will put it in note.

my house not that big. just 3 bedroom upstairs so i think its adequate for the plan.

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post Dec 28 2011, 02:02 PM

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QUOTE(IwanAGP @ Dec 28 2011, 01:54 PM)
Which phone are you referring to? The VoIP through UniFi or your Old Phone? You need to tell this in order for us to help.
Why don't you just do the installation at your living room and conceal just cat5e from living room? Btw, cable must confirm working and better get some higher quality ones. Else if the cable is broken after being concealed... Your heart sure pain like hell  tongue.gif
Anyway, yes, google dns/open dns can allows you to open file sharing sites.
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u mean direct from living room and branch out to those bedrooms?

cos the FDS is at the back of the house. so the shortest way to enter the house is through my bedroom upstairs and branch out from there.

yup will get the better cat5e cable.. and im the one who will do the crimping and testing of the cable before finalize the conceal.

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