House Plan attached - please advise on what to buy!

wazza23 on 25/02/2019 - 01:53

https://imgur.com/a/VpiuunT

Hi all,

I have attached a picture of our house plan – it is 3 months away from completion.

The cabler has come and laid the wiring in the roof and walls and what we ended up doing was:

Cabling ready for 2 APs which are indicated by the 2 red circles
Wired network points x 2 in theatre , 1 in tv recess living room, 1 in bed 2
Cat6 cables to 4 future camera points indicated by red rectangles on the perimeter of the house.

Everything will lead back to the red rectangle i've shaded in the garage. That is where we have a power point and will have an enclosure.

The plan as soon as the house is finished is for myself or someone to come and wire the APs, and wire the cameras. And maybe help me connect it up.

The question is – what do I need to buy to make it all work!

wireless APs – AC LITE? Nano HD?
Switch with POE?
Router?
NVR?
NAS?
Which camera?

Any other considerations?

It isn't too late for me to add more data points as heavily suggested by the wiki.

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • BryceW on 25/02/2019 - 02:21

    Really depends on usage, how many people in the house and internet speed.
    My setup is somewhat similar, I have:

    2 x Unifi UAP-AC-LRs. Pretty similar to the Lites but larger antennas.
    16 port Unifi switch with POE
    Unifi USG3 as the router

    Used to use a Synology 415+ as my NAS running Unifi controller in a Docker container. Swapped that out to a dedicated server running the Unifi controller and a ton of other things.

    This house came with a network rack in the garage which is super handy, but if I was rebuilding this place, I would put it in a cupboard inside. Aussie summers get hot and I dont like my hardware also getting hot in the un-airconditioned garage.

  • wazza23 on 25/02/2019 - 03:57

    Edit – it’s my wife and I and 2 babies . Not huge usage. Garage is insulated. NBN fttn

  • boomramada on 25/02/2019 - 07:51
    +1

    I will put network port on every room, specially the one towards front door bell (for Ring doorbell) that's just me :)

    • wazza23 on 26/02/2019 - 01:11

      Do I need some power cables to run down there too? Can't see anything with Ring regarding hardwiring network cables?

      Can you please clarify!

      • boomramada on 27/02/2019 - 08:47

        Well, if you get the expensive Ring, you can use POE or Ring Pro you can twisted the network cable and send power over it (18v). Its possible.
        Or just send a cable from your powerpoint (Ring Power pack) to doorbell, better way of doing it (18v).
        Plus don't put camera inside of the house, just get a ring doorbell at the front and ring cam at the back. Ring has cheap cloud recording which is important.
        You need to monitor entry points, why you want to monitor inside? Unless you doing any dealings and you want to monitor the transactions? :)

  • ihbh on 25/02/2019 - 08:16

    It's interesting how the once ubiquitous lounge room at the front of the house has disappeared for theatres and the like nowadays.

    • 87percent on 25/02/2019 - 09:18

      theatre room is perfect for babies to sleep in too..

  • Ryanek on 25/02/2019 - 09:02

    I'm curious, which direction is your house facing?

    • wazza23 on 25/02/2019 - 09:26

      North, how come?

  • syba on 25/02/2019 - 09:41

    Seems like your house has brick walls internally which is a bit strange nowadays. Is good for putting a TV up on the wall (strong to fix to), but painful if you want to run extra cables anywhere. You mention that your garage is insulated? Looks like a single skin brick wall to me. I have brick veneer walls to the garage (brick outside with a plasterboard lined stud wall inside with insulation) but still gets quite warm in summer as it not air-conditioned and only ventilated from windows (which by opening them on hot days won't cool it down anyway). I put wired points in all my bedrooms (haven't connected them all up yet, but have the cables in the walls for when I want them) and probably should have put one at the front door for doorbell/intercom, but too late for me know.

  • lachhelix on 25/02/2019 - 10:05

    Cool looking house mate!
    Very jealous.
    If I were you I'd future proof and run cabling to every room - just in case. Unifi wireless is great, but nothing beats a good cable for reliability & performance!

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 25/02/2019 - 10:37

    Off topic but what's your plan for the theatre room? Looks like it will be well acoustically insulated which I love.

  • Shaun R on 25/02/2019 - 11:22

    Cat6 cabling is cheap, and just in case one of the cables carks it, you'd be better off running 2x or 4x to each location.

    This also gives you the flexibility to do things like HDMI-over-Ethernet, so you can put things like your amplifier, streaming boxes, etc. in the server cabinet and not cluttering your Family Room.

    You'll probably want to put ehternet in the ceiling of the theatre room, too (for a projector). Definitely put 4x on the wall for components.

    I'd move the ceiling AP in the hallway south, immediately above the entrances to Bed 2 and Bed 3. Move the one in the hallway outside the Activity Room south to in front of the linen closet - this will give you better signal from the Master Bedroom. Then, put another one somewhere in your Kitchen/Dining/Family room, as this will then get you a good signal to your backyard.

    I'd also put 2x to your master bedroom where a TV may go (probably on the southern wall that adjoins the ensuite?).

    Your "Activity Room" is likely to become where you'll want to set up a desk or two for your kids when they get to school age, so it would be wise to put at least 2x ports there, too.

    Any reason for putting the rack in the garage and not the internal walk-in store room next to the powder room? It'll be much cooler in the middle of the house than the garage.

  • beeawwb on 25/02/2019 - 11:28
    +1

    My partner and I built ~18 months ago and the technology inclusions have been the most useful, figuring we'd stick as much future proofing in now rather than having to install it down the track.

    That includes at least 2 ethernet points in every room (4 in the lounge), a wifi extender in the ceiling, hard-wired Ring doorbell, wifi deadbolt (Kevo), wireless security cameras (Arlo), as well as power points with inbuilt USB charging in every room (2 on each side of the master bedroom).

    Pretty much the setup is that all the ethernet points run to the garage and I just picked up a 16 port switch and stuck it on a shelf underneath them. The doorbell, camera base station, and wifi extender all run through the walls and emerge at the same point and plug straight in to the switch or modem depending on what I felt like plugging in to at the time.

    Only addition I'd make would be to run a UPS to the modem / NBN box / camera base stations. We had an attempted break-in over Christmas (one of many on our street) and the offenders turned off the mains power before attempting to break in so the cameras were on (wireless, battery) but had nowhere to send data to. Our neighbours caught it all on their cameras but it identified a pretty critical point of weakness.

  • wazza23 on 25/02/2019 - 23:40

    Great tips, thanks all. Cabler coming back in next couple of days and putting more network points in and an extra ceiling access point. We will also cable for a video doorbell.

    Keep the tips coming for what equipment to buy for this set up. Including cameras?

  • Happytimes on 27/02/2019 - 20:01

    My 2 cents. I recently had a chat with an IT friend about cameras so recommended me cameras that are powered over LAN (power over ethernet). Wireless cameras can be hacked and the battery operated ones would requerire to keep an eye on the batteries otherwise you have to run extra power cables. Additionally if the cameras are powered over internet they can be connected to a UPS.

    Apologies if I used the wrong technical terminology.

    Cheers

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