[ale] Future-proofing a house for networking -- what to run?
Alex Carver
agcarver+ale at acarver.net
Mon Sep 11 11:21:38 EDT 2017
You future proof by running large diameter conduit to each of the drops.
Then you can pull anything you need in the future.
On 2017-09-11 06:33, 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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