Help me plan and build my own network from scratch!

jonneymendoza

jonneymendoza

jonneymendoza

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Hi all.

I am in the process of buying my first home with my partner and its a semi detached 3 bedroom that will need some modernisation done to it.

So as part of the rennovation work, i have a rare chance to go nuts and install whatever network setup i want.

Here is a diagram of how i invision it all being connected up along with the devices that wiill be wired connected.



The arrows represent the network cables that will go behind walls and floorboards.

The ethernet switch and patch panel show just one arrow/network cable but it will obviously have a cable for each device connected to the panel.

The cables i will use will be mainly OM3 fibre cables as i want to future proof my network setup and have 10gbit minimum across the board with the ability to increase the speed in the future.

For POE devices i may run a ethernet cable for those parts but the majority will be fibre.

I plan to have keystone fibre wall sockets as identified in the diagram .

I have a few questions above:

  1. If i used a 10gbit switch downstairs connected to the main router, and my upstairs switch uses a 28SFP connection between my linux server and main pc, would the router and downstairs switch cap the speed at only 10gbit? or willi get the full 25gbit transfers between the PC and and linux server upstairs both connected to 2 ports on the upstairs switch that are 28sfp ports?
  2. What Router do you recommend that has a nice UI with some advanced functionality like VLAN's etc? It also needs to connect up to community fibre internet directly as i do not want to use their supplied router/modem
  3. Do you guys have any recommendations as to what outdoor survailance camera i can use? My missus ideally wants me to install a wireless one but i am worried about battery life and the signal of transfering and streaming the video feed from outside?

List of potential switches i will use/consider:

  • Mikrotik CRS310-1G-5S-4S+IN (4 SFP+ ports and 5 SFP ports)
  • Mikrotik CRS309-1G-8S+ (this one has 8 SFP+ ports
  • Mikrotik CRS317-1G-16S+RM (one for downstairs next to router as this has 16 port SFP)
As i am using mainly fibre om3 LC cables, i will use a few 10Gb SFP+ RJ45 Copper Module - 10GBase-T SFP+ Transceiver to connect majroity of devices using bog standard cat 6a/7 cables on stuff like the ps5, printers, sky box etc.

I do believe that fibre cables do not support POE so i may need to add a POE box somewhere close to the survailance camera.

Thoughts?

Thanks for taking some time in reading this and i am open to some suggestions and tweaks for my plan.
 
jonneymendoza said:
Thanks I'll check those out.

What are your thoughts on my network plan? Too many cables?
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You can never have too many cables. Definitely run two fibres in each run with one as a spare just in case. and you’ll need a SFP(+) and PoE RJ45 switch for the camera and garden access point. Or just run CAT6 or CAT5e to those places from a central PoE switch. Running fibre to a camera is extreme overkill but so long as you go into it with your eyes open then fair enough.

SFP28 and SFP+ are compatible and will run at 10Gb speeds. SFP28 to SFP28 will run at 25Gbps. You need an SFP28 DAC in either case.

For cameras I like Dahua and Hikvision. The model depends on what you want to see, how far away it is, how wide an angle of coverage you are looking at, what you want to see, whether you want B&W or full colour night vision.
 
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I've recently come across threads on the subject on Reddit and GitHub. When I have time, I will be able to share detailed information with you. Do you already have a practical system monitoring host-tracker.com/en solution? Will it be a built-in solution or a third-party service?
 
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Simpampum said:
I've recently come across threads on the subject on Reddit and GitHub. When I have time, I will be able to share detailed information with you. Do you already have a practical system monitoring solution? Will it be a built-in solution or a third-party service?
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What do you mean by a practical solution monitor service?
 
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