Home network wiring

[Dean037]

Hi everyone hope you are all well, I live in a 3 bed house , router is in living room, we are getting a full house rewire early next year so I am trying to prepare.

I will be getting cctv in future so I thought I would get Cat 6 cable to loft and have nvr in loft.

Then I thought If 1 cable into loft from roiter I could get a switch so can have 1 wire from router in and have 11 spare ports , 1 for router and 2 to each bedroom, so that's the plan.

Any help or opinions welcome as don't know best way to go about it. I am only wanting to bedrooms as why not get 2 to each room for pc and tvs etc. I keep reading how lofts are not ideal for electrics but don't want nvr in bedroom so that's why wanted in loft, also thought ideal place to run cables down. My loft in boarded amd seems nice and dry, others say they have always had in loft with no issues.

Any help would be great.
Thanks dean

 

[Dean037]

Get 2 run up to the loft. 2 to each room and of course mains in the loft.
Sounds like you have a decent enough plan.
Are you getting cables terminated to patch panel? If not just go for decent cat5e as it’s easier to terminate and no performance difference.

Getting mains in loft for NVR , would you get 1 cable ran from router in living room up to loft, then into a switch / bub also called ethernet splitter (think that's same as patch pannel) then 2 cables from the pannel down into each room to a plug on wall.

Is it a gigabit ethernet switch

You think that's the best way ? Or would you place the splitter in a bedroom ?

I thought loft seemed easiest and logical
Any brands recommended tp link or net gear?

The speeds will be good from cables hopefully and I think I only need the 1 from router to loft then rest coming from switch that that 1 wire plugs into.

How does that sound
Thanks dean

 

[Dean037]

Thanks for all great advice. Looking at switches and down to 2 tp link ones

LS108G and TL-SG108S anyone know the difference ?​

8 ports will do for now. One going in and 2 to each room and one for nvr.

Also in loft would you add wall sockets (female) and do short wire onto switch from the router as I was planning on just using wires straight into switch at the loft.

Thanks dean