A little backstory. I used to live in a single story home that I ran CAT6a wiring. I had the main cable line go down the wall to the TP-Link router that had 4 ports on it. I ran one wire to 4 room locations and then used small switches to add multiple devices in each room. This limited my attic time. In my new house I need to run network wire also. It is a 2 story house so the network will be very large already. I'm thinking of getting a small rack and putting a large switch in it along with patch panel and the whole 9 yards. My big question is do I need to run a separate and descreat CAT6a wire from the room to the rack switch? Meaning if I have a TV, PS4, blue-ray player, DVR in one room, do I need to run 4 individual wires to the switch in the "server closet"?
Will there be any benifit to this approach than running one wire and daisy chaining switches in each room? The cool geek factor is there but what about better reliability and speed. I want to future-proof my home network as much as possible.
Will there be any benifit to this approach than running one wire and daisy chaining switches in each room? The cool geek factor is there but what about better reliability and speed. I want to future-proof my home network as much as possible.