Great info, but something is wrong with the audio on this one. Balance is off for the voice audio, which makes it very hard to listen to with headphones.
Same here. Had to change modes on my home theater system finally to find one where audio of voice came through. Coincidently, this has been happening more and more with RUclips.
I'm building in another year, and several of your videos have been excellent for helping me prepare. I've got a long doc with everything to keep in mind! Thank you!
Pull/Draw strings are great help. Either put the string in place as part of first cable run, or have contractor install a pull string when conduit is installed.
OTA coax. The option I used to eliminate the COAX going all over the house was to purchase a TABLO OTA DVR Tuner. It is located in my network area and 1 COAX cable goes from the roof Antenna to the TABLO Digital Tuner. The TABLO is plugged into the network and any Network ready or add on sticks like FireStick can access the TABLO from any network connected room. Unfortunately, I still have RUclips TV for 2 channels that the wife likes to watch, but it is ready if needed for hurricanes. Great video!!!!
Just by luck, a friend will be remodeling his home where all the walls will get opened. I told him here is his once in a lifetime chance to wire the home for the next 50 years. Aside from the usual CAT cables, I don’t know how to recommend what type of fiber optic cables he should run. All I know is for every copper network jack, there should be at least one fiber optic so that when the LAN reaches more than 10Gbit, he needs fiber in the house. The same with CAT cable running to the ceiling and high in the wall to deliver data to access points. Sooner or later, APs will accept fiber optic as the data input. Should I recommend that he runs a CAT6 and a fiber cable to the same locations where the APs will be mounted? The CAT6 is to provide power via PoE and the fiber for data.
I completely understand the need to future proof a home and if you are opening up the walls for a remodel, then now is the time to do it. When it comes to fiber (which I haven't ran any in a home before, but have ran plenty in data center environments), if you are just talking about AP locations, you could either run fiber like you suggested or you could pull a copper cable and put in ENT flex Tubing to each AP location that would allow you to pull whatever cable future APs require. My fear is that this fiber would be costly to add and may never get used... By putting in a pathway to the APs (or wherever you think you may need fiber), you can upgrade cabling to whatever you want based on where the technology goes and ENT is considerably cheaper to install than Fiber... That is just my 2 cents. If you are set on pulling fiber and going to use Unifi Equipment, here where they talk about the types of fiber and transceivers that work with their gear... Multimode or Single mode fiber would work. help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016435194-Intro-to-Networking-Fiber-Optic-Cable-and-Transceiver-Types
@@ethernetblueprint Thank you for the response. I have read the fiber page on the UI website. It has good basic intro to fiber. Can you recommend a video on RUclips that goes into detail on the actual deployment of fiber in the home?
I kinda looked around for you, but didn't really see much for the home use... I read a couple of things on Reddit... some say Multimode, some say Single mode... I don't think it matters much honestly... I'm sorry I'm not more help in this area.
Would you rpefer male or female ends for ceiling drops? usually going to either a camera or AP. thinking of doing female and then using a short patch cable.
I usually just do male ends for not cameras and APs. I just make sure there is some slack there incase you ever have to re-end a cable. You can usually shove the extra in the wall or ceiling cavity.
During the building process, a floorplan is usually provided. I am simply try to find the cleanest version of that and taking a screenshot with the snipping tool, saving it to computer and uploading to Design Center. I will do one for each floor of the home and upload the separately. Yes, Unifi Design Center is free to use. You will need to create a free Unifi account though which only takes a couple minutes.
A couple comments I will make. Wifi is great. But if it it can be hard wired it *should* be hard wired. Especially, IMO, security cameras. Wifi, even good wifi, can be spotty and with security cameras, it's not worth the risk. Take the time to get good, hard wired cameras.
Well said. I have had a very similar experiences with wifi cameras - even with good wifi. But POE camera systems can be a bit more pricey so it is a common approach. Thanks for sharing!
Name some alternatives. Reason why Ubiquiti get away with poorly designed products and shitty specs (ex U7 Pro Max) is because there’s no real competition for prosumers
I don't want to stir the pot here, but Unifi is a top seller in the prosumer market for obvious reasons. Is it the best networking gear you can buy? No. Would I use it in an enterprise environment? Probably not... But, lets be realistic here... for a typical home network, it works well, is priced right and is easy to learn. For the rest, I guess we will just have to agree to disagree.
This is the best low voltage channel on RUclips.
Wow thanks. It’s passion of mine and I don’t plan on stopping.
Great info, but something is wrong with the audio on this one. Balance is off for the voice audio, which makes it very hard to listen to with headphones.
Info for the left side of the brain only
Thanks for confirming this. I thought it sounded off too but didn’t do anything different than normal. I’ll look into for the next video.
Same here. Had to change modes on my home theater system finally to find one where audio of voice came through. Coincidently, this has been happening more and more with RUclips.
Shame really. Would have loved to watch this.
@@thaitichi You have to get it into mono or stereo mode. It will sound just fine then.
I'm building in another year, and several of your videos have been excellent for helping me prepare. I've got a long doc with everything to keep in mind! Thank you!
You are quite welcome. I wish you the best!!
Pull/Draw strings are great help. Either put the string in place as part of first cable run, or have contractor install a pull string when conduit is installed.
Absolutely. Great suggestion. Especially in the tube for the ISP since their installers can be picky on that part.
OTA coax. The option I used to eliminate the COAX going all over the house was to purchase a TABLO OTA DVR Tuner. It is located in my network area and 1 COAX cable goes from the roof Antenna to the TABLO Digital Tuner. The TABLO is plugged into the network and any Network ready or add on sticks like FireStick can access the TABLO from any network connected room. Unfortunately, I still have RUclips TV for 2 channels that the wife likes to watch, but it is ready if needed for hurricanes. Great video!!!!
Absolutely love the Tablo... Great device.
@@ethernetblueprint Future video... TABLO/Network install
I will have to add that one to the list....
Just by luck, a friend will be remodeling his home where all the walls will get opened. I told him here is his once in a lifetime chance to wire the home for the next 50 years. Aside from the usual CAT cables, I don’t know how to recommend what type of fiber optic cables he should run. All I know is for every copper network jack, there should be at least one fiber optic so that when the LAN reaches more than 10Gbit, he needs fiber in the house. The same with CAT cable running to the ceiling and high in the wall to deliver data to access points. Sooner or later, APs will accept fiber optic as the data input. Should I recommend that he runs a CAT6 and a fiber cable to the same locations where the APs will be mounted? The CAT6 is to provide power via PoE and the fiber for data.
I completely understand the need to future proof a home and if you are opening up the walls for a remodel, then now is the time to do it. When it comes to fiber (which I haven't ran any in a home before, but have ran plenty in data center environments), if you are just talking about AP locations, you could either run fiber like you suggested or you could pull a copper cable and put in ENT flex Tubing to each AP location that would allow you to pull whatever cable future APs require. My fear is that this fiber would be costly to add and may never get used... By putting in a pathway to the APs (or wherever you think you may need fiber), you can upgrade cabling to whatever you want based on where the technology goes and ENT is considerably cheaper to install than Fiber... That is just my 2 cents.
If you are set on pulling fiber and going to use Unifi Equipment, here where they talk about the types of fiber and transceivers that work with their gear... Multimode or Single mode fiber would work. help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016435194-Intro-to-Networking-Fiber-Optic-Cable-and-Transceiver-Types
@@ethernetblueprint Thank you for the response. I have read the fiber page on the UI website. It has good basic intro to fiber. Can you recommend a video on RUclips that goes into detail on the actual deployment of fiber in the home?
I kinda looked around for you, but didn't really see much for the home use... I read a couple of things on Reddit... some say Multimode, some say Single mode... I don't think it matters much honestly... I'm sorry I'm not more help in this area.
Would you rpefer male or female ends for ceiling drops? usually going to either a camera or AP. thinking of doing female and then using a short patch cable.
I usually just do male ends for not cameras and APs. I just make sure there is some slack there incase you ever have to re-end a cable. You can usually shove the extra in the wall or ceiling cavity.
Question what are you doing to get the map of the home? Also is doing the design in the design center free or ?
During the building process, a floorplan is usually provided. I am simply try to find the cleanest version of that and taking a screenshot with the snipping tool, saving it to computer and uploading to Design Center. I will do one for each floor of the home and upload the separately. Yes, Unifi Design Center is free to use. You will need to create a free Unifi account though which only takes a couple minutes.
RJ6 cable?????
Did I say RJ6?!? Hahaha
Hey...that house looks familiar
Are you spying on me? (kidding)
A couple comments I will make. Wifi is great. But if it it can be hard wired it *should* be hard wired. Especially, IMO, security cameras. Wifi, even good wifi, can be spotty and with security cameras, it's not worth the risk. Take the time to get good, hard wired cameras.
Well said. I have had a very similar experiences with wifi cameras - even with good wifi. But POE camera systems can be a bit more pricey so it is a common approach. Thanks for sharing!
My left ear found this very educational... my right ear is still ignorant.
Sorry for the audio issues on this one. I don’t know what happened. I’ll get it fixed though.
Just like Apple with phones, all everyone wants to talk about with networking is Ubiquity. This is tiresome!
Name some alternatives. Reason why Ubiquiti get away with poorly designed products and shitty specs (ex U7 Pro Max) is because there’s no real competition for prosumers
@@ufomism Tplink Omada, Engenius, Aruba instant on, Zyxel nebula.... there's more and more coming.
I don't want to stir the pot here, but Unifi is a top seller in the prosumer market for obvious reasons. Is it the best networking gear you can buy? No. Would I use it in an enterprise environment? Probably not... But, lets be realistic here... for a typical home network, it works well, is priced right and is easy to learn. For the rest, I guess we will just have to agree to disagree.