Re: Network

[Kyle Gordon <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How geeky are you? Geeky enough to have a central server feeding data
to XBMC around the house, and all your phones connected via VoIP?
Chuck an Elgato box into the mix to feed live Freeview/Satellite onto
the network, and you've got AV everywhere using Cat5/6 and TCPIP :-)

That's my hints and advice all spent :-)

Kyle

On 9 June 2012 22:03, Bryan Smith <bryan@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> "Flood-wire with data cable" is the constant advice offered
to folks
> like me who are engaged in a major refurbishment, so that's exactly
what
> I have done - 30 lines of cat6 to a centrally located cupboard on the
> first floor. I have also bought a 3+8 PABX and a distribution
amplifier
> (Labgear HDU681S) for the TV. There is a brand new TV aerial whose
> cableemerges in N0, as does the telephone line. I intend to use the
Cat6
> for the telephones with little BT to RJ45 adaptor cable thingies at
the
> points of use.
>
> N0 is surrounded by foil faced thermal insulation, so I intend to
mount
> my Netgear DGN1000 modem router just below the first floor in an
> under-stair cupboard in the hope that my grandsons will be able to
> connect with their mobile devices. The under-stair cupboard is
furnished
> with a power point, a Cat6 and a telephone cable from N0.
>
> So far so good - I hope. I think I now need to install a patch panel.
> Please can anyone recommend an affordable way to do this. What is the
> minimum kit that I need? I think I may also need a switch - managed? -
> gigabit?
>
> I am still unsure why I am doing all this - I certainly can't afford
> proprietary AV distribution systems and I can't see how to do AV
myself.
>
> Have I lost the plot? Any advice will be appreciated.
> --
> Best regards,
> Bryan Smith
>
>
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