- Oct 31, 2020
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Hello all,
I am building my new home consisting basement floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor. Each floor is about 2000 square feet. I plan to install 3 pack Eero pro router on each floor once I move in (one in basement, one in main floor living room, one in 2nd floor master bedroom).
https://eero.com/shop/eero-pro-6
The contractors completed the following:
1 ethernet keystone jack is installed in the basement living room TV wall
3 ethernet keystone jacks are installed on 1st floor (2 in office, 1 living room TV wall)
4 ethernet keystone jacks are installed on 2nd floor (1 for each bedroom TV wall)
(see photos for keystone jacks)
There is also another ethernet wire started from electrical panel room in the basement. This wire is nearby the location where internet modem can be setup. The main purpose of this wire is to send main internet signal from modem in basement to 1st floor living room where all other ethernet wires are gathered inside a custom build cabinet. (see photo below)
all ethernet wires for the whole house are gathered together in living room on the 1st floor and hidden away from a custom cabinet (see photo below). I am not 100% sure if he has setup another point to allow internet modem installation near the cabinet other than the basement . I will have to double check that with him.
The contractor is telling me that he plans to install a switch inside the cabinet once cabinet is fully finished and terminate all the ethernet wires into male jacks so they can be plug into a switch. If I want these wires to finish into patch panel, I will have to find my own internet network company to hard wire them into patch panel.
I do not plan to expand my home network with wired connection for future. At most I probably will have two or three computers connected together by local wired network and highly used TV's for each room can be connect by wired network. So I do not anticipate adding more devices in the future to wired network once all setup.
Do I really need a patch panel for my case? Is patch panel worth it and why ? Or is installing switch in the cabinet good enough for my usage?
Hopefully to hear some experts to chime in! Thank you for all your ideas!
I am building my new home consisting basement floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor. Each floor is about 2000 square feet. I plan to install 3 pack Eero pro router on each floor once I move in (one in basement, one in main floor living room, one in 2nd floor master bedroom).
https://eero.com/shop/eero-pro-6
The contractors completed the following:
1 ethernet keystone jack is installed in the basement living room TV wall
3 ethernet keystone jacks are installed on 1st floor (2 in office, 1 living room TV wall)
4 ethernet keystone jacks are installed on 2nd floor (1 for each bedroom TV wall)
(see photos for keystone jacks)
There is also another ethernet wire started from electrical panel room in the basement. This wire is nearby the location where internet modem can be setup. The main purpose of this wire is to send main internet signal from modem in basement to 1st floor living room where all other ethernet wires are gathered inside a custom build cabinet. (see photo below)
all ethernet wires for the whole house are gathered together in living room on the 1st floor and hidden away from a custom cabinet (see photo below). I am not 100% sure if he has setup another point to allow internet modem installation near the cabinet other than the basement . I will have to double check that with him.
The contractor is telling me that he plans to install a switch inside the cabinet once cabinet is fully finished and terminate all the ethernet wires into male jacks so they can be plug into a switch. If I want these wires to finish into patch panel, I will have to find my own internet network company to hard wire them into patch panel.
I do not plan to expand my home network with wired connection for future. At most I probably will have two or three computers connected together by local wired network and highly used TV's for each room can be connect by wired network. So I do not anticipate adding more devices in the future to wired network once all setup.
Do I really need a patch panel for my case? Is patch panel worth it and why ? Or is installing switch in the cabinet good enough for my usage?
Hopefully to hear some experts to chime in! Thank you for all your ideas!