Hello everyone, i'm planning a renovation for my house and i would like to run Ethernet cables to each room for reliable internet access.
Some background information about my house: I'm unable to do in-wall cabling so i'm doing cable trunking instead. Currently my power cables are in trunkings. I'm re-running my old worn out power cables.
I'm staying in Singapore.
The following is my network diagram :
I'm going to run Ethernet cables for computer 1 & 2 and laptop as they are situated in 3 different rooms.
The integrated wireless modem(IWM) is provided by my ISP and only has 4 gigabit Ethernet ports. (FYI, the IWM cannot be changed as it runs custom firmware for my ISP VLAN integrated services.
I have decided on Cat 6 Ethernet cable as i want to future proof my house for 10Gbps connections
My questions are:
1. Should i run Patch Cat 6 cables parallel with my power cables in the same trunking? (Performance/interference issues??)
2. Would running an STP/SSTP cat 6 along with power cable solve the interference issue? and is it worth the extra cost?
3. What is the minimum length of separation for Cat 6 cable and power cables to prevent interference?(if any)
4. Is there a need to use Single copper cat 6 cables VS stranded copper Cat 6 cables for trunking?
5. I am considering having a NAS in future, should i get a gigabit Switch to connect my computers,NAS and PS4 console? Will there be any internet speed bottlenecks ?
6. Is there anything i'm doing wrong with my Home network? or any optimization that can be done?
Any help will be very much appreciated.
Thank you !!!
