General network questions

Dean037

Dean037

Dean037

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Hi everyone, basically I am getting a house rewire soon, I was going to get 2 network cables into all 3 rooms fed from loft and living room and 2 cables to loft,

however now I am thinking could I just get 2 cables into loft from living room For cctv and 2 cables to one of bedrooms and fot a wifi mesh network.

Everything in house seems to work at moment and all om wifi so if I can improve that and not get cables to all rooms i don't see a need, also would save me money.

Is this a viable option?

do all cctv systems need a hardwired connection? Hivkvision system

Means a lot less cables running up walls etc and don't think electrician was keen but sure he will run a few amd I cam connect, but if going to every single room he may say get someone else to do that.

Thanks dean
 
My HikVision cams all need cables (they're 10/100 ports). As Chris said, it's pointless doing a rewire and omitting Ethernet. Personally, depending on the network kit I'd run a 10G fibre backbone to the loft (assuming WAN is elsewhere) and then do copper drops from there into the rooms. For example, a pair of switches with SFP+ uplink ports (one in the living room by the WAN and one in the loft) and a bank of copper ports. That way you'll have a 10G+ capable backbone for future upgrades, needing only switch and router upgrades as time goes on. YouFibre et al. already offer 8-10Gbps with more on the horizon. A 20 metre fibre patch cable is only about £20-30. An Alta Route10 or similar is under £200 and does 10G SPF+ and 2.5G copper with 10G IPS/IDS.

Failing that, use Ethernet but either way cable it.
 
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