Networking your house

Apparently before the start of your renovation, you should start to plan your networking layout already. At least check where your data points and telephone jacks are in the house, check with your contractor/ID if you need to change the location of those points depending on your carpentry, then arrange for the home networking guy to do some magic for you! *Painting of the house needs to be done only after all these are done, so make sure to do your logistics first!

Some really useful links to kickstart:

Pat Notebook
Qanvast: Easy Hacks for Maximising Your Home Fibre Broadband
Hardwarezone: Preparing yout Home Fibre Broadband

You can engage BTO Home Networking for this particular need.
According to the pricing package:
For 4/5 room new flat. We have a package deal specially for it.
Package deal is 3 data points ( 3 rooms ) for $90.
3 Data point
1 Data patch panel point ( Utility Panel )
1 Digital voice loopback ( Free with 3 points done )
5 point will be touch on Patch panel will be included at no extra together the digital home line loopback. once done, you can enjoy your home digital line in the living room instead of having them at the utility panel. Additional points is at $30.

To simplify and paraphrase mainly from PatNotebook:

1. Understand the network design first:

source: MyRepublic

2. Check your utility cupboard on the ONT and RJ45 Data point location


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3. Catch: Every room is cabled up with CAT6 cable but yet they are all terminated with a telephone jack and not a network RJ45. There is one data point in the living room though.

4. Call BTO Home Networking to do the following:

- Replace all telephone points with RJ45 keystones and convert the telephone points to data points. 

Source: PatNotebook

- Open the utlity box and convert it to a mini network patch panel area

Source: PatNotebook

- Do not use the wireless fibre optic router in the utility point. Switch off the wireless function and use it only as a router as the utility cupboard is always closed and far from the bedrooms, ie wifi coverage will be bad. Instead, buy another wireless router and use it as a WIRELESS ACCESS POINT (note, not a router.. but as a WAP). Place that router in the middle bedroom (BR2) and you will get greater coverage.


- how it should look like after all the shenanigans are done:

Source: PatNotebook

When all is said and done, peace is maintained in the airwaves and on with the renovation headaches!