{"id":3519,"date":"2013-01-28T16:36:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aboutrc.com\/?p=3519"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:36:54","slug":"hardwiring-the-house-fast-connections-for-synology-nas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/?p=3519","title":{"rendered":"Hardwiring The House: Fast Connections for Synology NAS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A couple of days ago, this was my sorry state of affairs in terms of wireless coverage at home. \u00a0I have been using Verizon’s FIOS for a while now. \u00a0They have great service, but Ive been noticing that the network at home just kept running slow as molasses. \u00a0I’ve always been a wired network guy, but since not being around networking and that side of tech for a while (I used to teach CIW, Net+, A+, MCDST stuff many moons ago), I wondered if the tech had gotten any better. \u00a0I didnt want to break into my ol suitcase of wiring. \u00a0After a couple of days of this I was like “Im supposed to be getting 35Mbit up and down.. ive had ENOUGH”<\/p>\n

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In my master bedroom, I knew that they had a bunch of cabling done, but it didnt make a lot of sense. \u00a0This is kinda what it looked like, minus the data panel on the left. \u00a0There were exposed wires everywhere and nothing was really connected. \u00a0This made me think that there was a lot of work that needed to happen to drop a new set of lines into the house. \u00a0After calling a networking guy, they estimated it be about 115 dollars a drop for each of the lines.<\/p>\n

This made me go back and take a look at all of the ports in the house. \u00a0It appeared that every port in the house that was a phone, was actually a internet port. \u00a0Taking the covers off of all of the plugs revealed that each of these ports had actual CAT5 cabling on to it, but was only using 2 of the 8 ports.<\/p>\n

Im assuming that they did this to just enable phone stuff, and that it would at least leave it future proofed for data. \u00a0This convinced me that I could take this on my own. \u00a0I dug out my Networking toolbag, old spool of wire and taps, and went to work.<\/p>\n

I’m not opposed to doing this kind of stuff. \u00a0I’m just not very handy. \u00a0At all. \u00a0I once had to have someone repair a wall because I tried to hang a picture. \u00a0Imagine swiss cheese – but instead. \u00a0Its a wall. \u00a0Ask Jenn. \u00a0I positively suck at manual stuff. \u00a0I do know my limits. \u00a0This however seemed like I could do it.<\/p>\n

I went through the house and re-terminated everything so they were set to all 8 wires. \u00a0Then I went to Home Depot and got 2 sets of data ports (thats one that I had already installed at the top). \u00a0From there I ripped out all of the wires from the phone jack and plugged them down into the data ports, testing them to make sure each connection was solid.<\/p>\n

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In a perfect world, I wanted to place my router and switch all in this box and have it powered intarnally. \u00a0Then I could have all of the networking stuff in one place and have Wireless Access POints and servers out somewhere else. \u00a0This cable scared the bejeesus out of me. \u00a0If i can destroy a wall by trying to hang a picture, imagine how much of a home i’d have left trying to do electrical. \u00a0Thankfully my friend Kathy’s husband Rich came by and helped me install this Leviton power outlet<\/a> that came made for my box.<\/p>\n

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After Rich’s setup, all of the components took shape very quickly. \u00a0I was able to get all of the components into the housing, get all of the ports wired, get all of the cables patched, and throw the model and switch into the panel. \u00a0Put the cover back in and Jenn gets her closet back. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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So how much does this wired connection speed things up? \u00a0Apparently quite a bit. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0 Now, the next step in the process is to setup the Synology DSM1812<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0and get a good backup going for all of these images. \u00a0As I move into the next process, I will definitely blog it out. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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