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Ok... here I'm going to take notes and stuff about the construction of my home network. Pictures and descriptions to follow.I had CAT6E UTP run all over my house by an electrician (I tried first myself, but failed. The electrician told me years later that my house was the single most difficult and irritating job he'd ever taken. More at another time), alongside RG6 coax, and audio-grade STP for speakers. It all terminates into a server closet in my basement, which I had just finished patching down on a trio of patch panels (haven't done the STP yet...)
ANYway, here's the port layout:
| CAT6E UTP Patch panel #1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port | Panel | Panel Port |
Floor | Room | Location | Service | Live |
| 1A | 1 | 1 | 2F | master bed | north wall | ethernet | |
| 1B | 1 | 2 | 2F | master bed | north wall | ethernet | |
| 1C | 1 | 3 | 2F | master bed | north wall | phone | x |
| 2A | 1 | 4 | 2F | second bed | north wall | ethernet | |
| 2B | 1 | 5 | 2F | second bed | north wall | ethernet | |
| 2C | 1 | 6 | 2F | second bed | north wall | phone | x |
| 3A | 1 | 7 | 2F | linen closet |
south wall | ethernet | |
| 3B | 1 | 8 | 2F | linen closet | south wall | ethernet | |
| 3C | 1 | 9 | 2F | linen closet | south wall | phone | x |
| 4A | 1 | 10 | 1F |
dining room |
east wall |
ethernet | |
| 4B | 1 | 11 | 1F | dining room | east wall | ethernet | |
| 4C | 1 | 12 | 1F | dining room | east wall | phone | x |
| 5A | 1 | 13 | 1F | living room | east wall | ethernet | |
| 5B | 1 | 14 | 1F | living room | east wall | ethernet | |
| 5C | 1 | 15 | 1F | living room | east wall | phone | x |
| 1 | 16 | ||||||
| CAT6E UTP Patch panel #2 | |||||||
| Port | Panel | Panel Port |
Floor | Room | Location | Service | Live |
| 6A | 2 | 1 | 1F | guest bedroom | west wall |
ethernet | |
| 6B | 2 | 2 | 1F | guest bedroom | west wall | ethernet | |
| 6C | 2 | 3 | 1F | guest bedroom | west wall | phone | x |
| 7A | 2 | 4 | B | man cave | east wall |
ethernet | x |
| 7B | 2 | 5 | B | man cave | east wall | DEAD | |
| 7C | 2 | 6 | B | man cave | east wall | phone | x |
| 8A | 2 | 7 | B | man cave | center wall |
ethernet | |
| 8B | 2 | 8 | B | man cave | center wall | ethernet | |
| 8C | 2 | 9 | B | man cave | center wall | phone | |
| 9A | 2 | 10 | B | man cave | workstation | ethernet | x |
| 9B | 2 | 11 | B | man cave | workstation | ethernet | x |
| 9C | 2 | 12 | B | man cave | workstation | phone | x |
| 10A | 2 | 13 | 1F | kitchen | west wall | phone | |
| 10B | 2 | 14 | 1F | kitchen | west wall | unused | |
| 2 | 15 | ||||||
| 11A | 2 | 16 | B | basement | electrical box | unused | |
| RG6 coax patch panel | |||||||
| Port | Panel | Panel Port |
Floor | Room | Location | Service | Live |
| 1X | 1 | 1 | 2F | master bed | north wall | ||
| 2X | 1 | 2 | 2F | second bed | north wall | ||
| 3X | 1 | 3 | 2F | linen closet |
south wall | ||
| 4X | 1 | 4 | 1F | dining room | east wall | ||
| 5X | 1 | 5 | 1F | living room | east wall | ||
| 6X | 1 | 6 | 1F | guest bedroom | west wall | ||
| 7X | 1 | 7 | B | man cave | east wall | ||
| 8X | 1 | 8 | B | man cave | center wall | ||
| 9X | 1 | 9 | B | man cave | workstation | ||
That's all for now... if you have any recommendations for a good XLR or TRS patch panel for the STP, please let me know.
Currently, I'm using an ActionTec router that came with my FIOS service as router/firewall/wireless. It kinda stinks, but does the job. I'm planning on configuring it to just pass everything off to another router that I install OpenWRT onto. I need to first pick and buy a cheap router from their hardware list. If anyone has any advice, please let me know! I'm leaning toward the ASUS WL-500g Premium.
