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Gawd
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We're building a new home, and I'm working with the low voltage guys our builder uses on Cat6/RG6 in the house.
I'm debating on how many Cat6 drops to have in the house. My question surrounds the number of lines ran to where I'm putting RG6. All of it is going to terminate back to my network area, where I'll have a rack/patch panel/switch/router/etc.
Let's say I just run a single Cat6 to all of my RG6 locations. Can I then slap a little 5 port switch/hub on that single Cat6 to divide up the signal to all the devices (TV/Game/Computer) in that room?
Or should I legitimately run multiple lines of Cat6 to each location?
It, of course, comes down to cost. I am totally going to budget for multiple lines, but it would save me money in the long run to have only a single line ran, and then have a 5 port switch/hub divide up the signal on that single run.
What sort of problems could that cause, though? Having 5 or 6 switch/hubs down stream from my main switch back at the network room?
I'm debating on how many Cat6 drops to have in the house. My question surrounds the number of lines ran to where I'm putting RG6. All of it is going to terminate back to my network area, where I'll have a rack/patch panel/switch/router/etc.
Let's say I just run a single Cat6 to all of my RG6 locations. Can I then slap a little 5 port switch/hub on that single Cat6 to divide up the signal to all the devices (TV/Game/Computer) in that room?
Or should I legitimately run multiple lines of Cat6 to each location?
It, of course, comes down to cost. I am totally going to budget for multiple lines, but it would save me money in the long run to have only a single line ran, and then have a 5 port switch/hub divide up the signal on that single run.
What sort of problems could that cause, though? Having 5 or 6 switch/hubs down stream from my main switch back at the network room?