[ale] Future-proofing a house for networking -- what to run?

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

For myself I'm working to simply put the low-voltage flexible orange
conduit through the walls so that I can then run whatever I want through
it now and down the road can pull whatever I need to later through the
conduit without having to open the walls again.


On 9/11/2017 9:33 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi Alers,
>
> If you had the ability to future-proof your house (imagine open studs,
> so you could run anything you wanted), what would you run.  Assume a max
> of 6 cables per drop?
>
> Last time I ran 4x Cat6A and 2x RG6.  However I'm never using both RG6
> F-connectors, so I figured I could replace that with something else.
> And before you ask, yes, I *AM* using all 4 RJ45 connectors in some of
> my drops (and in one place I wish I had MORE Rj45).  So, what else
> should I run?
>
> My current theory is 4x Cat6A, 1x RG6, and 1x Fiber.
>
> However I'm not sure what kind of "fiber" to run, nor what kind of
> connector I should use.
>
> Any suggestions or recommendations?
>
> -derek
>


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