Well you can't take cat6 everywhere and sometimes you have to rely on wifi but you can take fibre everywhere.
Yeah put whatever shit you can think of in the walls while they are just framed. Get recessed power outlets where you might put a TV on the wall, add some HDMI or display port outlets as well and run them into closets etc if you can. Wires suck, so the more you can hide now the better.
you went too fast, 10gbps is the economical limit for home networking these days (and it being cheaper over fiber than copper is what swayed me to delve into the "unknown" territory of handling fiber cable and SFP* equipment)
Sorry don't know about specifications 😞
well the 25gb where mainly for bandwidth concerns. I have 2 unraid servers both used for NAS and running VMs.
I'll feed 3x OS2 duplex cables to my office. I presume OS2 is the best cable (as opposed to the OM fiber)?
Was 1080p NOT enough in the 1080p is enough days?
if you actually want this many fibers there are cables where the outer sheath/armor is shared and there are 4/8/12 slightly-protected 1mm thickness strands coming out of it (with appropriate connector), but i guess the thickness of running many individually-sleeved fibers isnt an issue for you so it doesn't matter
Gotcha. I have AT&T fiber but inside the walls is cat6. Anyway, always go hardwired ir at least have that option!
Just got information it is OS1 (but is used only for indoor)
When we built our new home we had this done as well they ran pvc for every room for all the wiring including the 10 gig fiber to every room of the house off the 10 gig switch even though at present our internet speed is 3 gig
To be honest CAT5E was finalized in 1999 and it still good enough for every single home network (1G) - although now we've got FTTP this will be quickly surpassed. CAT6 was introduced in 2002. It's 20 years old, yet we are such a long way until we see 10G in a house!
I would run 6a and yes a few fiber strands from key locations. Just in case.
You can use the USB Ethernet adapters and get higher bandwidth.
Wired for VR is still better, but when you are talking wireless for VR you are talking about a PC hooked up to a router with cat 6, then using the wireless headset 6 feet from the router.
i have a 20m from modem to router and 15m between router to PC. could do with less but wanted to play it safe. got a bunch of it wound up but better have more than i need than less. could come in handy.
I know but it does suck
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That depends on your ISP. What you SHOULD DO is to have ducts that conects your office to the outside of your home. That way, the fiber that comes from the ISP can arrive into your office. There, you can assembly your internet gear (that can perfectly rely on cat6) to you entire house. It won't matter if you spread fiber across your home, most home gear (tvs, computer, laptops) cannot connetc directly to fiber. It only needs to arrive to the ONU (the equipment that receives the internet signal and convert it to whatever, mostly RJ45), and every ISP have its own equipment and specifications for conecting the fiber to ONU (could be EPON, GPON and whatever). You should not worry about that, just make way (usind electric ducts) for the ISP fiber to arrive at the point where you want to make the adequate infrastructure (install switches and etc. I imagine that this place should be your office) and let the installer put the main equipment with their fiber there. Then, you conect the ONU to a good and reliable switch and distribute the good old RJ45 trough your home. Don't forget to put acces points at the places where you want good Wi-Fi and, if necessary, put a good router (a basic microtik could do the job) between the ONU and the Switch, it the router provider isn't enough for you management needs.
So wait, every single VR thread is shit up by people whining about wireless headsets that require their own fucking router????
why should the ISP have a monopoly on using fiber cabling ?
Well I don't have a dedicated router and it works fine but yeah you need a pretty solid connection. The whining about the wire isn't about the set-up part its just not comfotabke for room scale stuff when you are turning and walking about. It's a non issue for stuff when you are sat down.
I don't think that ISP should have monopoly on fiber, I've never said that. I said that it's a hassle of standards converting (sometimes ln both ends of a single connection) that won't bring significant gains in everyday home usage, and will cost significantly more, no matter what math you use. It's pretty ridiculous to have a fiber distribution rack inside a home, when the internet connection arrives at 10Gb (being generous) and every single device will need a converter verter form fiber to RJ45, an will conect to a GigaLan at the best scenario, excluding, of course, some high end computer, that probably will be in the very same room of the equipment and can have specific gear to it, even a 10Gb RJ45 network.
10gbps fiber costs:
He's not running an office with dozens of computers inside his home, you failed to consider that, at most, most homes have 2 to 3 desktops max, and I'm talking about laptops, gaming consoles, streaming boxes and even IOT devices. All of them ALREADY HAVE it's own network interfaces, and he will not BUY THEM like you're insisting to calculate. On the opposite side, if he went the fiber route, OP will need to buy a bunch of unnecessary converters just to make them work, not to mention that they all will work at a fraction of the fiber speed. I know what's your intention with your answer, but you failed to consider that's a home network after all. No matter how future proof your solution is, it'll be underutilized 90% of the time, meaning it's not a smart decision to invest on such a infrastructure at this time. It's better to invest on quality ducts that will allow him to easily change the cabling in the future, if and only if he's in need of that.
That's it. Just make sure you have the space to pass whatever will be your needs in the future.
Running both is also not cost effective. He will spent extra to underutilise fiber in maybe 2 to 3 devices. Not an smart decision, considering cost effectiveness. I stand to my opinion that fiber is overkill for home networking. It will only increase cost and complexity of his own network, without bringing anything substantial to the equation besides being "future proof".
I wish I ran conduit however much of the electric work is complete and the builders are moving quickly. Furthermore trying to run conduit along brickwork is going to require a lot of work.
I agree he could pass the OS2 and let it just sit there, not utilizing it unless he needs in the future, but not making any double standards network right now. I agree that the cable itself is cheap, if he can, pass it and let it rest until it's really needed, don't invest any extra penny on optic network for now.
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It's interesting that you had to break your walls to pass conduit trough. I also think that op should reconsider and also pass some, it's the most future proof thing he could do. After all, breaking everything after living in the house is harder, messier and more expensive than doing it now.I did not know that.
