Networked house thread

[UK4X4]

Gents

I know this is more of a cabin site - but I'm just looking at electrical wiring for the house and was wondering what the modern house in the US comes with in regards to internet -TV connections phone connections

Whats the latest gear-

what where and why ?

[itpdk9]

Most everything in my house works off of wifi and is wireless.  I would imagine most homes are the same now.   

[UK4X4]

There you see - a usefull answer actually !

so the wired house is already outdated 

around here a phone is a phone- I see on amazon you can get a 5 handset syetm for 130USD - so ok yep get it 1 phone hookup !

In our bogota house we have 1 power socket per room and 2 in the lounge - 1 lighbulb per room too...so I'm a bit lacking in comparisons

So how's about satellite tv etc ? where's that heading in the TV nation !

[MountainDon]

I would still place a phone jack in each occupied room, two or more in large rooms, just like we did in 1985. That lets you place any DSL modems and any wireless phone base stations where you want or prefer. Ditto on cable outlets for TV. More jacks makes more freedom of placement, IMO.

[yankeeredneck]

I put on average 5 Cat5e cables at every TV location. Some say a bit over kill but if you have a BluRay, Apple TV or what have at a TV location, it is more reliable of a connection to be hardwired. For phone, I put 2 Cat5e in each phone location, which would be 2 locations in the bedrooms, 2 in the livingroom and one location in the kitchen. The reason is that you can use one for networking or for phone. Most people are now going to a VOIP ( voice over internet ) phone system, where it is available. I did new home construction on the home automation side for about 10 years and I am now 3 months away from my BS in IT with a concentration in network engineering and software engineering.

In any home, you do not know how much coverage you will get with just the router, so sometimes you might have to add a access point or two.

As far as Coax (TV cable) I put 3 in each tv location. I have seen people do both satellite and cable in the same room. Wire is cheap and it makes sense to do it over kill the first time or drill a hole in the floor or wall after all your hard work.

[JRR]

I'm about as low-tech, and cheap, as one can get ... I have long ago disconnected the phone land line and the tv cable away from the house.  Most of our tv comes "over the air" with a roof-top antenna.  The internet, and some tv, we get though a mobile wifi hotspot ... fairly low cost and great for travelling. The wife and I have separate, non-contract, cellular phone accounts from different suppliers ... for better "coverage" on trips.  We like to stay "in touch" ... especially with our money!  Except for a little tv cable, no room-to-room hookups ... just electricity.

[muldoon]

20 year network engineer/architect here, my house is wired with cat5e/6/6a depending on when I did it.  I agree with ethernet to every bedroom and every tv location. 

I also ran rg6 (cable) and cat5 for phone. 

This probably has more information than you are looking for, but take a look at this site:

http://www.structuredhomewiring.com/

[UK4X4]

So some more food for thought...

we don't have any free TV - only way is satelite

Wifi nothing close enough, although I'm bringing a higher power larger wireless antenna this time to see if I can get the ski resorts wifi.

We do have phone- so probably internet too when we get it hooked up, I have wireless in my present house but have to hang an antenna down the stairs to get it direct from the modem, so wireless does still have its limitations

I've done building networks before so running a few extra cables wont be a major issue-

I guess running dual RJ45's for each socket- one for data and one for voice will do it using Cat 6-6a

Then a TV point for each room - I guess these days at high level for panel TV's ?
rather than at floor level

[roadtripray]

I haven't built my house, yet.  When I do, I will probably run CAT6 and coax to each room.  It may be overkill, but you never know what you are going to want to do in the future, and wired is still faster and more reliable than wireless.  Like someone else pointed out, it gives you flexibility in deciding where to put your DSL modem, or other peripherals.  I am also a computer nerd and will be working from home, some as well.

For those of you who may have noticed, my "Builder thread" says I'm building a builder's cottage, which is basically a one-room project.  I haven't updated my thread in awhile but I may be changing my project.  That's one reason I've been so silent is I've been re-evaluating my project and will probably update that thread soon when I decide.  Although I'll probably change my mind again before it's all said and done  .

Peace,
Ray

[flyingvan]

My audiovisual nerd buddy told me all I had to run from the blu-ray to the flatscreen (before the interior siding went up) was coax.  OK, so I ran coax---he's a guy who helped develop the hard disc back in the day...Later, when I asked him how to plug coax into an HDMI port, he asked 'Why didn't you run HDMI cable?' GAAH!  I was able to run it under the house and fish it up but it took all day and wasn't easy.  I think next time I'll run 1" PVC pipe with sweep bends so when they come up with the next greatest thing it'll be easy to run