Urgent Help : Home\Office Networking

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navino87

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Hi guys, I need help on building network. Actually it is an 4 story apartment. Ground-Office, rest of the floors are residence.

lan Cabling has been done on every floors. cables in every floor ends in electrical duct of the respective floor. the office(ground floor) has internet facility. Now the thing is tat the internet is to be shared to every floor.

Wat my electrician suggest is that, 4 switch has to be bought and it should be fixed in electrical duct of each floor. cable from the switch of office should be connected to every floors switch. And cables in every floor has to be connected to respective floor's switch. :S:S:S:S
Few facts:

1. each floor has 3-4 cables running 2 every rooms.
2. max distance that the cable travels is 20m.
3. Office has 1-2 computers connected to internet via switch.
4. Not all the computers will be used at a time.
5. the cable used is cat5(might be cat5e)

Doubts :

1. Will this work flawlessly???
2. Should i go 4 10/100 switch or 10/100/1000 (gigabit) switch? At precent There is no gigabit lan cards in any of the computers.
Plz help me out guys... Its very urgent...

Thanks in advance...

Regards,
Navin V
 
You dont need 4 switch for such a small network. I assume that your electrician has put patch panel at ground floor. if that is the case then all you need to do is plug the cables into your switch and lable them on patch panel for easy identification.

You didn't mention how many PCs there on each floor.

Get a 10/100 switch if you are just sharing the Internet.

Also mention you WAN connectivity. ISP ? ROUTER make ?
 
^^ thx bro.

Actually it is an newly constructed building. And nothing has been done except cabling... In Ground floor it is just a small office with only one computer. In each floor there might be a maximum of 3-4 pcs. and the cables of which ends up in the duct of the same floor. So, the cables cannot be extended to the ground floor.

ISP - Airtel
Modem - beetel 110bx1

Plz help me out guys, Its really very urgent
 
navino87 said:
^^ thx bro.

Actually it is an newly constructed building. And nothing has been done except cabling... In Ground floor it is just a small office with only one computer. In each floor there might be a maximum of 3-4 pcs. and the cables of which ends up in the duct of the same floor. So, the cables cannot be extended to the ground floor.

ISP - Airtel
Modem - beetel 110bx1

Plz help me out guys, Its really very urgent
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Ok. then how you gonna connect them if the cables are not terminate at ground floor. You have to lay the cable from each floor to ground floor. and that is the ideal and hassle free setup. it is better to route all the cable to single point(ground floor).
 
Ya, tat is the reason my electrician asked me to use a switch in each floor. so, cables in tat floor can be connected to it.

All i want to know is that, will there be any problem if i use 4 switches? and what is the maximum data transfer speed that i vil get n this setup?? vil there be any speed reduction if i use four switches????
 
Why not extend direct cables from all floors to a single switch on any one floor? 4 different switches sounds messy.

Unless you're going to be doing massive amounts of file transfers regularly or want the best performance at whatever cost, a 10/100 should suffice.
 
Naga said:
Why not extend direct cables from all floors to a single switch on any one floor? 4 different switches sounds messy.

Unless you're going to be doing massive amounts of file transfers regularly or want the best performance at whatever cost, a 10/100 should suffice.
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Thats what i suggested him in earlier post. :)
For Internet Sharing 10/100 is more than enough.
Ask your electrician to reroute the cables. Trust me it will be hassle free to manage from one single location.
 
ya, i get your point. but how to do that? how to extend the cable? how to attach two cables together?

And wat my electrician says s tat 'A run should be a single piece of cable with the only breaks being when it goes into a patch panel, or other network device.' so, will it be advisable to join two cables?

BTW, the cable used is cat6.
 
Hi, it is never advisable that u connect two cables with a joint...but in your condition you need to extend your cable to your ground level so why not try it..cos a single switch is very easy to handle as everyone said that..just be careful when making the joint... :)
 
my suggestion would be to go with the original suggestion of 4 switches joint to a single switch on ground floor as told by your electrician.
Why: It becomes easier to isolate trouble spots on a floor if done this way. You have option of completely switching off a floor too. Plus sharing between pcs on each floor will be faster.

If you want to join wires there is one method: crimp the ends of the wires on the floors.

You get female to female lan couplers. you need to crimp every end of the wires you need to join. Then the male part (crimped end) goes to these couplers.

See this site for the coupler

These should be available here.
 
6pack said:
my suggestion would be to go with the original suggestion of 4 switches joint to a single switch on ground floor as told by your electrician.
Why: It becomes easier to isolate trouble spots on a floor if done this way. You have option of completely switching off a floor too. Plus sharing between pcs on each floor will be faster.
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Same can be done by using Patch Panel on the ground floor with single switch. :)

5 Switch setup will be Pricey.

Speed will be same if he use only 1 manageable switch at ground floor.
 
cisco_tech said:
Same can be done by using Patch Panel on the ground floor with single switch. :)
5 Switch setup will be Pricey.

Speed will be same if he use only 1 manageable switch at ground floor.
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Patch panel setup could be pricey too if each panel is only used to terminate 3-4 cables.

Options you have:

1. You can extend each of those cables with a cat-5 extender (like a cat3 extender where there is 1 RJ-45 receptacle at each end) and run all the cables to the ground floor --- Not a very good option as it surely doesn't fall in "structured cabling" category but may work if you are on a budget. Be prepared to have issues once in a while.

2. Forget the existing cabling and lay fresh cabling between and use a good switch. ---This is the best method but probably also irrelevant cause this is something must definitely occured to you but doesnt fit in your budget. However, when you include the cost of multiple low-end switches and this, it may not be that much of a difference.
 
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