Getting the home infrastructure ready for 10GBps

[askorpion]

I want to know more about my condo apartment's network infrastructure, if is ready for 10 GBps like if the ethernet cable laid is CAT6 or above.
Also more importantly I want to know how are the 2 LAN ports connected - i have one LAN port at Living near TV, and the other at the study room.
Usually in Singapore condos, is the both LAN ports are connected to the ONT/ONR modem (at telco riser in a cabinet) directly (star network) or daisy chain ? One of the ISPs is saying for the second router (as AP) to be wired connected to LAN, we need to run a ethernet cable from the main router in the living room to the second router in the study room. Can someone help me understand and what solutions are possible. Thanks.

 

[BBCWatcher]

I want to know more about my condo apartment's network infrastructure, if is ready for 10 GBps like if the ethernet cable laid is CAT6 or above.
Also more importantly I want to know how are the 2 LAN ports connected - i have one LAN port at Living near TV, and the other at the study room.

I'm not sure anyone can answer that question definitively without a physical inspection. What were you told about the cabling in your home?

Usually in Singapore condos, is the both LAN ports are connected to the ONT/ONR modem (at telco riser in a cabinet) directly (star network) or daisy chain ? One of the ISPs is saying for the second router (as AP) to be wired connected to LAN, we need to run a ethernet cable from the main router in the living room to the second router in the study room. Can someone help me understand and what solutions are possible. Thanks.

Yes, if at all reasonably possible your wireless access points should rely on wired connections, not wireless hops.

But you won't get anywhere near 10 Gb/s speed even on Wi-Fi 7, not in the real world anyway. Thus the wired backhaul doesn't have to be 10GBASE-T. Even 2.5GBASE-T is rather decent for a Wi-Fi 7 access point. In other words, it's very unlikely that the wires in your home will constrain any devices connecting wirelessly to (wired) Wi-Fi access points.

 

[keenklee]

IMHO.
ONT need a router. LAN points from rooms connect to router.
ONR no need router. LAN points from room connect to the ONT.
If not sufficient points on the router or ONR, use a switch.
It is a star topology.
It is not a daisy chain because daisy chain need 2 LAN points.

If ONT, the router usually is wireless.
If ONR, not sure if it got wireless.
If want wireless at the living room, connect the living room LAN point to a AP or router-AP.
If want wireless at the study room, connect the LAN point to an AP or router-AP.

P.S. Router-AP is a router running as an AP.

Not able to help if the network points in your condo is cat6 or not.

P.S. I try not to mention MESH to avoid confusion.

 

[askorpion]

IMHO.
ONT need a router. LAN points from rooms connect to router.
ONR no need router. LAN points from room connect to the ONT.
If not sufficient points on the router or ONR, use a switch.
It is a star topology.
It is not a daisy chain because daisy chain need 2 LAN points.

If ONT, the router usually is wireless.
If ONR, not sure if it got wireless.
If want wireless at the living room, connect the living room LAN point to a AP or router-AP.
If want wireless at the study room, connect the LAN point to an AP or router-AP.

P.S. Router-AP is a router running as an AP.

Not able to help if the network points in your condo is cat6 or not.

P.S. I try not to mention MESH to avoid confusion.

Regarding the ethernet cable wired in the apartment, the condo mgmt confirmed it is CAT6, which is good I think. But the diagram supplied by them is very primitive. It did not specifically show 2 lines to 2 seperate LAN ports. It only showed generally one line going from modem termination point to data port. But, my apartment is wired with 2 LAN ports. I assume it is star network.

Interestingly, on the LAN port at the study room, there is signal, LED flickering on the LAN cable. Once I tried connecting a old router as AP. On the router it showed one red light (sorry do not remember which one). Means did not succeed to connect to internet. May be I connected the ethernet cable to routers WAN port.

 

[keenklee]

Regarding the ethernet cable wired in the apartment, the condo mgmt confirmed it is CAT6, which is good I think. But the diagram supplied by them is very primitive. It did not specifically show 2 lines to 2 seperate LAN ports. It only showed generally one line going from modem termination point to data port. But, my apartment is wired with 2 LAN ports. I assume it is star network.

Interestingly, on the LAN port at the study room, there is signal, LED flickering on the LAN cable. Once I tried connecting a old router as AP. On the router it showed one red light (sorry do not remember which one). Means did not succeed to connect to internet. May be I connected the ethernet cable to routers WAN port.

IMHO.
At the termination point, on the wall, there need to be 2 data point socket. 1 for the living and 1 for the study. If the termination point cable connect to the 1 data point socket and the study room got activity, means the living room won't get any signal.

 

[BBCWatcher]

Regarding the ethernet cable wired in the apartment, the condo mgmt confirmed it is CAT6, which is good I think.

Yes, good, but surprises are possible. If you try 10GBASE-T and it isn't stable, you'll simply knock it down to 5GBASE-T (probably that).

But the diagram supplied by them is very primitive. It did not specifically show 2 lines to 2 seperate LAN ports. It only showed generally one line going from modem termination point to data port. But, my apartment is wired with 2 LAN ports. I assume it is star network.

Probably.

Interestingly, on the LAN port at the study room, there is signal, LED flickering on the LAN cable....

You mean it's a live port now? That's interesting. Are you able to figure out where the other end is?

 

[aftaab2]

10 GB router (10 GB uplink/ 10 GBdownlink) router / switches still quite expensive I think .. considering 2.5 GB router / switches.. wondering how best to keep options open for future upgrade.. also anyone got any lobang for 2.5 GB router or switches

 

[keenklee]

10 GB router (10 GB uplink/ 10 GBdownlink) router / switches still quite expensive I think .. considering 2.5 GB router / switches.. wondering how best to keep options open for future upgrade.. also anyone got any lobang for 2.5 GB router or switches

IMHO.
Can consider
D-Link DMS-F206XT 6 Port Web Managed Multi Gigabit Ethernet Switch with 4×2.5G and 2×10G RJ45 Port

At least got 1x 10Gbe to use for whatever purpose.