Hi guys,
Just wondering if anyone on here would be willing to give some advice on how best to expand the network in the house for better coverage, both wired and wireless?
I'm not looking to throw loads of money at it, but willing to make reasonable purchases to achieve what I need.
So I'll try and explain how it is currently and what I'm looking to do:
The main Fibre comes into the house in the living room where we have the BT router (been reasonably happy with it, no issues at all really). This feeds a small network switch on my desk just next to it, where I have my PC, a small PC (for Plex and CCTV) and a NAS drive. There is also a 20M LAN cable that is run under the living room carpet to an upstairs bedroom (this has potential that I'll explain later). There is also a Wi-Fi extender for a Roku unit (this is needed as the Roku is wireless only and has terrible Wi-Fi so won't pick up the BT wireless itself). I'm also looking to extend the wireless into the garage where the wireless currently is non-existent. I have some Wi-Fi sockets in there and they keep disconnecting due to poor signal and another Roku box that gets 1 bar of signal from both the Wi-Fi extender and the BT router due to it being about the same distance from both, but they both go through an external wall.
The potential from the 20M cable is that it could easily be ran into the loft where I could have another switch (maybe even one with POE for future proofing and to assist a possible upgrade of CCTV cameras that I've been contemplating). From here I could also get a cable into the garage without much issue, and feed a cable back into the bedroom where it is currently run.
If I can get a switch into the loft, would it be worth moving the small PC and the NAS drive up there? Would there be much issue with cold/hot temps? They're fine currently on my desk but as it is in the living room they would be completely out of the way. Would it be silly to run a cable from the loft switch to the garage and have that service a Wi-Fi AP? What would be the best sort of hardware to use?
If a network typology diagram would be better to assist, I can try and get one made up for the current and future layouts?
Just wondering if anyone on here would be willing to give some advice on how best to expand the network in the house for better coverage, both wired and wireless?
I'm not looking to throw loads of money at it, but willing to make reasonable purchases to achieve what I need.
So I'll try and explain how it is currently and what I'm looking to do:
The main Fibre comes into the house in the living room where we have the BT router (been reasonably happy with it, no issues at all really). This feeds a small network switch on my desk just next to it, where I have my PC, a small PC (for Plex and CCTV) and a NAS drive. There is also a 20M LAN cable that is run under the living room carpet to an upstairs bedroom (this has potential that I'll explain later). There is also a Wi-Fi extender for a Roku unit (this is needed as the Roku is wireless only and has terrible Wi-Fi so won't pick up the BT wireless itself). I'm also looking to extend the wireless into the garage where the wireless currently is non-existent. I have some Wi-Fi sockets in there and they keep disconnecting due to poor signal and another Roku box that gets 1 bar of signal from both the Wi-Fi extender and the BT router due to it being about the same distance from both, but they both go through an external wall.
The potential from the 20M cable is that it could easily be ran into the loft where I could have another switch (maybe even one with POE for future proofing and to assist a possible upgrade of CCTV cameras that I've been contemplating). From here I could also get a cable into the garage without much issue, and feed a cable back into the bedroom where it is currently run.
If I can get a switch into the loft, would it be worth moving the small PC and the NAS drive up there? Would there be much issue with cold/hot temps? They're fine currently on my desk but as it is in the living room they would be completely out of the way. Would it be silly to run a cable from the loft switch to the garage and have that service a Wi-Fi AP? What would be the best sort of hardware to use?
If a network typology diagram would be better to assist, I can try and get one made up for the current and future layouts?