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Angry_Gandhi's avatar
Angry_Gandhi
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2 months ago

How to plan for VM in renovation

Hi all,

I'm doing a renovation and am confused about how to go about looking into the future in order to get VM in the house.

The below image shows the electrical plan I've made.

My intention is to have the router/networking hub under the stairs (purple triangle) and a VM TV box in the sitting room and family room (blue squares).

The work is still under way - internal walls for example aren't even up.

I will be using WiFi meshes, an ethernet hub & the router will be put into modem mode.

My questions are:

  1. Should holes be drilled in the external walls in preparation for the TV boxes?
  2. If so, will these holes definitely be used by VM?
  3. Is there a VM department where I can talk to someone about the plans and my intentions?
  4. How would I go about having the router put under the stairs (I want the cabling to be as un-noticeable as possible) ?
  5. I'm not sure whether I should use coaxial ports for the TV boxes - are these needed?

In the family room I intend to have a media wall and the TV going over a recess.

The TV box won't be on show - I'm concerned that by doing this we're not going to be able to use the VM box or it'll be dodgy/temperamental. 

If anyone can help with the above that'd be great.

Thanks,

Sean

 

2 Replies

  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
    Very Insightful Person
    2 months ago

    I hate to complicate the situation further.

    First question to ask is are you in a legacy VM cabled area or one of the new NexFibre FFTP areas. VM now runs three different types of network depending on location & they all have different installation scenarios & also different equipment in the house.

    Also VM only provides TV streaming boxes as standard now. These are WiFI or Ethernet connected, but do NOT record TV channels. V360 recording boxes are only provided by request (at additional cost) in legacy HFC or RFoG network type areas. ALL multiroom boxes are now the streamer type hence no coaxial requirement. The V360 main box does require copper coax from an external source in HFC areas & internally in RFoG areas.

    NexFibre FTTP is a single fibre connection direct to the hub. VM are also well into an upgrade program that will see FTTP being rolled out & eventually replacing HFC/RFoG connections in the coming years.

  • Tudor's avatar
    Tudor
    Very Insightful Person
    2 months ago

    "I will be using WiFi meshes". You could use a mesh system, but it would work much better if the units were Ethernet cabled back to your router. Better still is to use Wireless Access Points. I use WAPs, but ceiling ones which are PoE ones, they only need just an Ethernet cable. They look like fire alarm units and you have no unsightly wires trailing about. Even with a standard mesh system your have to have somewhere to place them and mains power.

    My setup is VM Hub5 under the floor under the stairs, stays very cool. Plain router, no WiFi, under the stairs with PoE network switch for WAPs and cameras. Ceiling mounted WAPs upstairs and down. V6 in living room, Ethernet cabled back to the router.