Where would you put your router installation?

[Hazy_Living@79]

Apologies if this has been posted to the incorrect section.

So Metrofibre is coming tomorrow morning to install fibre into a new place that we've just bought.

Here's my super accurate floor plan:


Access to the house is through the arrow on the right (front door) and through the garage.

Walls are kinda accurate, although there's no wall from the dining area into the kitchen.

The up arrow are the stairs.

This is the upstairs. We'd obviously want internet access to all areas of the house, and I am planning on using a Mesh network, but if you had the choice, where would you ask MF to put the router point? I'm thinking the study, so I can run a cable to my PS and TV box etc, and so that the WiFi is good for work purposes.

 

[People$champ]

I would put it centrally in the living area that would then send signal equally to all sides (Omidirectional) just check if there is a plug outlet nearby as it needs to be plugged into the wall socket. Since you live in a double story you may have weak signal to the 2nd floor. Is there a place somewhere where you would put the router centrally that can be drilled through the floor to pull a lan cable through to the second floor to place an access point ? The other method woul be to drill through the wall to the outside and run a outdoor rated lan cable on the wall on the outside and through the wall on top.

 

[Mzezman]

Apologies if this has been posted to the incorrect section.

So Metrofibre is coming tomorrow morning to install fibre into a new place that we've just bought.

Here's my super accurate floor plan:

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Access to the house is through the arrow on the right (front door) and through the garage.

Walls are kinda accurate, although there's no wall from the dining area into the kitchen.

The up arrow are the stairs.

This is the upstairs. We'd obviously want internet access to all areas of the house, and I am planning on using a Mesh network, but if you had the choice, where would you ask MF to put the router point? I'm thinking the study, so I can run a cable to my PS and TV box etc, and so that the WiFi is good for work purposes. View attachment 1774603

I would put it in the study / TV room - you're likely going to need more than 1 access point - one for each floor

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

I like to put the ONT and router somewhere that nobody is going to touch it often and where there is nobody going to clean often so chances of interfering with that optical cable is minimum. So on top of kitchen cupboard is a great place.

 

[Kosmik]

1. Do not run the wifi off thier router, get yourself a dedicated AP or when you can mesh, especially in a multistory dwelling.
2. My first priority would be the fibre coming on and a location for the ONT. I would want that somewhere out of the way but somewhere you can work with centrally.
3. Trenching/cabling from outside should be in as minimally general interference as possible. What do I mean? If trenched, deep enough so dogs or animals can't access, must be properly conduited. If on a wall or a wire, situated in such a way as to avoid monkeys etc. breaking it. A snapped fiber cable is a MUCH bigger PITA than running or having a cat6 lan cable.
4. Put the router whereever high bandwidth devices need cable connection. Keep in mind, most offer only about 3-4 lan ports so consider a small switch if you need more cable vs wifi. Cable your AP to that router directly, avoid running cables to the AP rather than a dedicated switch router. You can but in a high bandwidth household you may get into trouble with bottlenecks.

 

[A3@MBB]

In the garage in a network cabinet.
From there you go wired into your home to devices and wifi AP's.

 

[_Jakes_]

Here's my layout as an example.

If had the choice I would have run the ONT to the Garage and then lan to all the TVs and mesh routers.

I had trouble with Wi-Fi in the main bedroom, despite having a wired access point (AP) in the office next door.

Solution:

• Turned off the wired AP
• Reduced the signal strength of the main router

The Wi-Fi signals from the wired AP and the main router were causing interference with the mesh AP located in the centre of the house.

 

[Hazy_Living@79]

Thanks so much for all the help everyone. I'm a bit of a layperson here, so didn't even know the fibre can be run outside. I'm liking the option to either:
1. Just run the ONT to the garage, and sort out the cabling from there; or
2. Run the ONT to the study and then do the cabling from there.

Thanks again.

 

[Mzezman]

Thanks so much for all the help everyone. I'm a bit of a layperson here, so didn't even know the fibre can be run outside. I'm liking the option to either:
1. Just run the ONT to the garage, and sort out the cabling from there; or
2. Run the ONT to the study and then do the cabling from there.

Thanks again.

are you getting your own router / access point? if so, have you decided on which one?

 

[longboy]

are you getting your own router / access point? if so, have you decided on which one?

I recommend the Ubiquiti brand for the Access Point.

My setup is lan cables through the walls. Polyfilla after that to cover the gaps. They terminate in a plastic case with RJ-45 jacks (mounted and not obvious-looking) for all rooms that have a pc/smart-tv/laptop.

Cat6e cables installed through the walls neatly and covered up nice with trunking.

WiFi range extender works for the outside areas and phones inside. There's 2 x fiber links (Vuma Reach (20/10) for R399 monthly in case Openserve goes down. Openserve Main is a 500/250 connection.

 

[Mzezman]

I recommend the Ubiquiti brand for the Access Point.

My setup is lan cables through the walls. Polyfilla after that to cover the gaps. They terminate in a plastic case with RJ-45 jacks (mounted and not obvious-looking) for all rooms that have a pc/smart-tv/laptop.

Cat6e cables installed through the walls neatly and covered up nice with trunking.

WiFi range extender works for the outside areas and phones inside. There's 2 x fiber links (Vuma Reach (20/10) for R399 monthly in case Openserve goes down. Openserve Main is a 500/250 connection.

Unifi is great but pricey

Can also look at Reyee, Cudy and possibly even the all-in-one mesh systems like Deco

 

[Kosmik]

Thanks so much for all the help everyone. I'm a bit of a layperson here, so didn't even know the fibre can be run outside. I'm liking the option to either:
1. Just run the ONT to the garage, and sort out the cabling from there; or
2. Run the ONT to the study and then do the cabling from there.

Thanks again.

A small dedicated 8 port gigabit switch is cheap if you have high bandwidth devices , or even to distribute round the home to other APs vs extending AP's.

And nothing stopping you from actually putting it in the ceiling, just needs a plug point.