Wiring Your House for Networking

Re:Wiring Your House for Networking by thefz on Saturday April 13, 2024 @02:50AM (#40021097)

Came here exactly to say this. Single mode bidi fiber does not care about electrical interference, is cheap, super thin so easy to pull, future proof, and can carry up to 40GBps if you have the money. 10Gbps optics are quite cheap nowadays. You can also have LC or SC keystone jacks.

Copper is crazy expensive.

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Re:Wiring Your House for Networking by toomuchtodo on Saturday April 13, 2024 @11:34AM (#40023771)

Copper for power over Ethernet is a necessary evil.

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Re:Wiring Your House for Networking by thefz on Saturday April 13, 2024 @12:01PM (#40023994)

Only if you need PoE, though.

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Re:Wiring Your House for Networking by adriancr on Saturday April 13, 2024 @07:06PM (#40027043)

What do you use poe for inside the house?, outside I would assume cameras and those could be on a separate switch/network.

I run fiber to an outside poe switch with sfp+ that has a grounded power socket and from there poe, in case of shorted wires due to pests or lightning nothing dies in the house.

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Re:Wiring Your House for Networking by toomuchtodo on Saturday April 13, 2024 @07:58PM (#40027373)

Wireless access points.

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