Hello,
First time poster, was looking for ideas or to see if the builder has the right one.
I'm getting a house built and having some Cat6 cabling done in wall to all bedrooms and 2 lines run to each of the living room/family room. It will be 7 runs total.
The idea we had was install 1 outlet in the living room next to where the cable company will install the media gateway ( it's rather large and most likely will need to stay in the living room )
Connect from my router to the socket in the wall and run that cable back with the other 7 lines to a central spot ( which isn't so central, will be in the master bedroom closet, which has the most available space ) I'll have an 8 port switch in the closet and from there will run the 7 lines to the spots that were chosen. I really don't feel like I need a patch panel or will need to expand this set up.
The run from the living room to the switch will be about 60', then from the switch to the other drops will be anywhere from 60' to 100'. ( accounting for the cable going up the the roof and back down again , single level house )
Does this idea seem okay? Or are any of the runs to long. I wish there was a more central location to install the switch, but the prints for everything else have already been done. There is a closet slightly closer to the living room, but it seems like it will be stuffy and cramped. I would like to keep the switch/cables out of the living room.
Thanks
