Comments on: Home Network / Wiring Closet

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 03:53:36 +0000

Thanks again, Jason. The great pic makes a lot of sense. The D-link is the switch, right?
So, I have two choices (I have 23 cables in different locations through the house, I use a 24 patch and 24 switch):

1) wire back all 23 cables back from the panel in the basement to great room where my modem and router are, and connect to the switch.

2) I need to find another wire which runs from great room to the basement. It will be used to connect the router in the great room to the switch in the basement. Thus, I can copy your connection from patch to switch.

The second choice appears less cost, but I am not sure if it is practical.

I will be very appreciated if you can help me to clarify and help me to make a choice.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 02:27:00 +0000

It’s generally modem > router > switch. Now using a patch panel, you could patch your connections appropriately based on where you have your modem/router but the switch always needs to be behind the router.

On the 5th photo, the bottom one is the patch panel. So if you were using that, one of those could connect from your great room directly to the modem, or cross patch to whatever your rooms your modem and router are in. From there, you could take whatever connection out of your router and patch it back into your switch. Hope that all makes sense!

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 02:13:22 +0000

To clarify the 2nd question, the wire from the greatroom to the basement is used for connection between router and switch. thank you.

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 02:10:52 +0000

Very appreciated, Jason for prompt answers. I still have one naive question: is it the correct sequence of connection: the internet– modem –router– switch. If it is, I have to put modem and router in the basement, right?
Is it anyway to have one wire, pre-wired from great room to the basement, then to the switch?

Many thanks

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 01:53:42 +0000

@Wayne, Your switch needs to be wherever your drops converge so unfortunately that probably couldn’t be in your great room. Your modem would of course be where your connection is (dsl, cable) – but it in theory could be anywhere. Your router could be anywhere of course since you could just plug it into a wall outlet and route it to the modem through your switch. Hope that helps!

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 01:45:24 +0000

Hi Jason

I am building a new house. we want to have internet wire in each room and living rooms. The builder recommend to move everything in the basement. Your illustrations help me understand a lot. However, I do have a naive question: we would like to have moden, router, and switch in the great room on the first floor, so we don’t have to go down basement to reboot. Is it possible to do this way? Thanks in advance.

Wayne

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:24:34 +0000

I liked your setup so much, I modeled mine after yours. Can I send you a few pictures that you could add to this blog? They might inspire others.

Also I ended up with an extra rack and shelf if anyone is interested.

By: Anthony Samuels

Anthony Samuels — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 12:44:51 +0000

Jade Communications did a great job with the wiring in our home. They were terrific and very professional. Nice guys, very trustworthy, and a great recommendation for anyone in Boca Raton. Check them out at http://www.jade-com.com/.

By: Okie

Okie — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 23:41:40 +0000

This may be an extremely basic question but what exactly is the purpose/advantage of the patch panel? What’s the different between your type of setup and a setup that just has a switch? Everything else makes sense to me, I’m just not understanding the relationship between the patch panel and network switch.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:06:39 +0000

I like what you’ve done, its good you have future proofed it. Ive seen some where they have put a port on each room and a few months later then have to put a switch in the room to give more ports.