CAT 6 ISP and POE distribution

dnickel79

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I have a new home that has all cat 6 run back to a storage room where the fiber based internet will enter from the service provider. I have five cat 6 internet feeds that go to boxes throughout the house (mainly behind TV mounts) for internet based TV as well as an office for the google mesh router to plug into. I also have 4 exterior and 3 interior POE feeds. I won’t be utilizing any type of DVR so I’m wondering what the best type of switch/splitter I should buy in order to keep all internet feeds at good speeds and also power the cameras? What 16 channel unit would you recommend that has at least 8 ports for POE?
 

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I'd recommend getting a managed switch off ebay. I use a HP Procurve 2620 24 port POE+ switch which has 12 POE and 12 standard network ports. You could probably find one for around $40.
 

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I do not put all my eggs in one basket. I use multiple smaller 8 port switches spread around the house for connections. Cameras do not provide much of a data load for a modern network.
I use netgear GS408PP. it provides more than enough power for all my POE needs. I also have a UPS on each switch. All my camera system and alarm system are on UPSs

https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/poe-switch-suggestion-list.23070/
 

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I have a new home that has all cat 6 run back to a storage room where the fiber based internet will enter from the service provider. I have five cat 6 internet feeds that go to boxes throughout the house (mainly behind TV mounts) for internet based TV as well as an office for the google mesh router to plug into. I also have 4 exterior and 3 interior POE feeds. I won’t be utilizing any type of DVR so I’m wondering what the best type of switch/splitter I should buy in order to keep all internet feeds at good speeds and also power the cameras? What 16 channel unit would you recommend that has at least 8 ports for POE?
I have minimal cat 5 cables run in my house - I built it 30 years ago. Three years ago, with total dependence on my sons who work in IT, we went with a Ubiquiti network. We use their firewall feeding a 24 port POE switch that feeds two 8 port POE switches. It's still a minimal system but I enjoy the flexibility and monitoring capabilities of the software.
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Nice setup and nice diagram. And having two sons with IT experience sure is a plus!

Q: You're using daisy chained devices. Are you concerned about the latency that may be introduced?

Eg: Your Xbox (far right, middle) traffic has to go through the:
1) Study Access Point, then
b) Study switch, then,
c) basement switch.
Don't most folks recommend a home run for each wired device, ie: cable from the device back to the main switch which is connected to your cable modem (or fiber modem)

With a fiber-feed to the house, maybe the latency from multiple hops doesn't really have much of an impact to overall throughput?

Thanks,
Fastb
 

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That whole group of devices has to pass that route. They are all wireless, fed from the study Access Point (a Ubiquiti wifi device). Physically that 8 port switch sits on my study desk, right next to the Access point. The Core 24 port switch in the basement is about 30 feet away. Latency has been a non issue for anything so far. We do have 'gigabit' service from our cable provider (~800mbs down and 35 up).
Although I am a EE I leave all these decisions to the kids :)
By the way. . . I made my first Cat6 cable up the other day and no one was more surprised than I was that it actually worked!
 
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