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Newbie here... hopefully I'm posting this in the right area. While my house is being renovated I am taking the opportunity to run as much Cat6 cabling through my house as practical. After looking...
Yes that will work.
Recommend using NG unmanaged swtiches for best operation and compatibility. NG GS 10x and GS30x series switches with out any character at the end of the model# would be recommended. I.e. GS 105 or GS 308.
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Recommend using CAT6A STP cabling in wall if you do have the opportunity to install LAN cabling. Good operation, performance and interference reduction and get some future proofing for speeds up to 10Gb on the wire.
Thanks for the comments/suggestions, CrimpOn.
Regarding the ISP entrance, what happened to your son is exactly what is happening now at my place. Currently have Spectrum cable that comes in one side of the house and am moving to fiber optic, which comes into the other side of the house. I am using a wireless media enclosure to centralize everything, and will have both cable and fiber optic running to it from the entry points on each side of the house. The fiber optic cable (2 runs, since I have enough cable) goes through a conduit, as any future service is likely to enter the house where the fiber optic comes in.
It may be a little short sighted, but I don't plan on wiring for cameras or other smart devices. The only camera I have right now is hooked up to a little solar panel - which works okay, but not great. The biggest issue is any of those devices would be in the older part of the house, and those walls are not being ripped apart... so access to run the cable would be a huge challenge.
Hadn't thought of the certification. I'll look into it.
Thanks again.
So glad you are thinking ahead. Conduit is especially helpful because it allows for future installations.
Cameras are often installed high. If there are ways to get cable into the roof space, that would provide flexibiliity.
Because of the difficulty in running cable through my 60 year old house, I started with WiFi cameras, but immediately ran into issues with powering them. (Not a fan of solar panels everywhere, and I like to keep electronics "out of the weather" if at all possible.)
Good Luck!