I’ve read the sticky Proper Network Installation and I’m looking to install cable in my house now. I just moved into a two story house and the ISP has run the ethernet through the attic into one of the bedrooms. Ideally I would want the equipment to be in the basement, but I think I have to have a split network. I’m planning on putting the router and a small switch in a bedroom closet to serve the 2nd floor. I’ll locate the another switch in the basement to server the main level and basement.
I’m going to have an opportunity to run the cable between floors soon. We are planning on doing some work in the bathroom and I will have access the wall with the drain. I’m planning on running the cable next to the drain (next cavity over I hope) since that goes from basement straight up to the attic. I’ve been searching through other threads for ideas and came across a few references to “smurf tube”. Anyone have experience running that inside a wall? I’ll have access from the basement and from the second floor. Hopefully I can run the tube through the first floor while the second floor wall is open. Then I’ll have a conduit I can use whenever the cable gets outdated.
I’m planning on the split network because I figure it would be too difficult to run a lot of cable between the basement and attic. I can use a few cables to hook the two switches together to make it easier. I’m looking at the Ubiquiti Unifi switches that have a 1G SFP in them. I’m debating if I should run the cat6 Ethernet as the link between the two or just run a fiber. I can get some inexpensive fiber jumper cables from monoprice (consensus seems to be it’s fine for home network use), but companies use fiber trunk. The only place I can find pre-terminated fiber trunk is lanshack.com, which is like $300 for a 50ft run of 6 strand LC connections. For home use, if I follow the sticky thread guidance and find a fiber patch panel, is there anything wrong with running a few long regular patch cables between the floors instead of the fiber trunk? I’ll have to figure out some way to support the cable in the attic, but that’s the only downside I can think of.
One more question, as I’m running cable through the attic, especially fiber if I go that way, should it be elevated in the rafters or just run along the floor? Not like there is much work going on, but I do plan on replacing the attic insulation afterwards and don't want the cables to get messed up.
I’m going to have an opportunity to run the cable between floors soon. We are planning on doing some work in the bathroom and I will have access the wall with the drain. I’m planning on running the cable next to the drain (next cavity over I hope) since that goes from basement straight up to the attic. I’ve been searching through other threads for ideas and came across a few references to “smurf tube”. Anyone have experience running that inside a wall? I’ll have access from the basement and from the second floor. Hopefully I can run the tube through the first floor while the second floor wall is open. Then I’ll have a conduit I can use whenever the cable gets outdated.
I’m planning on the split network because I figure it would be too difficult to run a lot of cable between the basement and attic. I can use a few cables to hook the two switches together to make it easier. I’m looking at the Ubiquiti Unifi switches that have a 1G SFP in them. I’m debating if I should run the cat6 Ethernet as the link between the two or just run a fiber. I can get some inexpensive fiber jumper cables from monoprice (consensus seems to be it’s fine for home network use), but companies use fiber trunk. The only place I can find pre-terminated fiber trunk is lanshack.com, which is like $300 for a 50ft run of 6 strand LC connections. For home use, if I follow the sticky thread guidance and find a fiber patch panel, is there anything wrong with running a few long regular patch cables between the floors instead of the fiber trunk? I’ll have to figure out some way to support the cable in the attic, but that’s the only downside I can think of.
One more question, as I’m running cable through the attic, especially fiber if I go that way, should it be elevated in the rafters or just run along the floor? Not like there is much work going on, but I do plan on replacing the attic insulation afterwards and don't want the cables to get messed up.
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