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re: Networking guys (kork?) critique my whole house infrastructure
Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:03 pm to CAD703X
Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:03 pm to CAD703X
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fair point. so pull the cable for the cameras all the way to the basement or are you saying its ok to plug the cameras into the switch in the top floor closet but just keep the NVR in the secure area?
Keep the cameras plugged into the top-floor switch, but place the NVR securely in the basement server room. Your NVR and all your recorded footage is locked safely behind the heavy server room door. Moreover, wiring sanity, you only have to run short cables from the cameras to the nearest closet, not all the way through the building's framing to the basement. Because you have 4 distinct home-run lines, the 15% bandwidth hit from the cameras is entirely isolated on its own wire and won't affect anyone's 4K streaming or server backups.
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:10 pm to bluebarracuda
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CAD is a smart cookie though, seems like he knows how to use AI pretty well too. Configuring the switch for home use is stupid simple even with no background in the Cisco CLI world.
Could also get it to run through Home Assistant, creating a shitty Catalyst Control Center/DNAC (And DNAC/CCC is already shitty )
Fair point but he fails to realize he will have to manage this network for his friend. He is creating a nightmare.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:23 pm to broadhead
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He is creating a nightmare.
i think i'm going to keep the 4 switches and 12 line star configuration for now. a. we already have the equipment
b. we can always upgrade to a 2.5 or 10gb switch later
the only thing i'm not doing is adding fiber inside his walls. maybe i should just run it for now (even if we aren't using it) to each of the 3 'node' rooms and just 'cap it' or whatever it is you do with unconnected fiber so its there for the future.
This post was edited on 6/1/26 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:27 pm to broadhead
quote:thats a pretty compelling price point. i wonder if 100' is enough? these say rated for outdoor..would they work inside walls as well? i can't imagine why not.
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Amazon has fiber cables ready to go.
so it sounds like it wouldnt hurt anything to pull 4 fiber lines (at $30 each a steal!) and i guess just leave the excess wire in a wall panel in the basement server room or something. fiber isn't affected if there's a giant loop right because its...optical right?
cad knows nothing about fiber
Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:28 pm to CAD703X
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the only thing i'm not doing is adding fiber inside his walls. maybe i should just run it for now (even if we aren't using it) to each of the 3 'node' rooms and just 'cap it' or whatever it is you do with unconnected fiber so its there for the future.
Fiber is cheap and future proof. If you run Cat6 you still need to pull it from your L1 closet up to each individual closet. You can't daisy chain the switches, technically you can but it is such an elementary way to do networking. You also need conduit or a path from each floor to each closet.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:30 pm to CAD703X
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hats a pretty compelling price point. i wonder if 100' is enough? these say rated for outdoor..would they work inside walls as well? i can't imagine why not.
so it sounds like it wouldnt hurt anything to pull 4 fiber lines (at $30 each a steal!) and i guess just leave the excess wire in a wall panel in the basement server room or something. fiber isn't affected if there's a giant loop right because its...optical right?
cad knows nothing about fiber
Amazon has different lengths, I just gave you can example. Your fiber would go vertical from the server closet up to each other rack/closet.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:32 pm to broadhead
quote:again i mispoke earlier. currently we pulled the 4 cables direct from each closet to the server room. there's no daisy chaning. i just confused myself because i'm doing this all in the abstract and i'm not at his house becaues he lives across the state.
Fiber is cheap and future proof. If you run Cat6 you still need to pull it from your L1 closet up to each individual closet. You can't daisy chain the switches, technically you can but it is such an elementary way to do networking. You also need conduit or a path from each floor to each closet.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 12:33 pm to broadhead
quote:ok good deal. let me find out the run length.
Amazon has different lengths, I just gave you can example. Your fiber would go vertical from the server closet up to each other rack/closet.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 1:42 pm to CAD703X
Also, get loads of extra pull string and make sure to always have some in the conduit for future cable runs
Posted on 6/1/26 at 1:49 pm to bluebarracuda
thank y'all so much for the advice! 
i take all ya'lls opinions very seriously. i'm old enough to know i know nothing so always thrilled to get advice from you rock stars who have done this for years.
i take all ya'lls opinions very seriously. i'm old enough to know i know nothing
so always thrilled to get advice from you rock stars who have done this for years. 
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