4 port behind where your tv and av stuff will go in the room.
Edit: For some reason this got removed. What's a 4 port?
The master socket sits below the TV, which is where I'll have a cabinet. Router and modem will sit on this cabinet and eth will go out into the wall hopefully.
This is what I came out with in terms of design:
Red is for master socket, where modem and router will sit atop cabinet. TV will "float" above, using the same cut in the plaster to route cables. Each blue is an access point.
Upstairs will have office in Bedroom 2 but I'd also like spare connectivity in Bedroom 3. Bedroom 1 is the master and will likely have a TV to stare at.
You want and need two sockets and are using the two sockets and one breaks for some reason then you are left with one working, run 3 and if one breaks you have a spare all ready to go to give you time to fix the broken one without it affecting anything.
My ethernet home setup is currently.
Master socket-->router--> router to switch for kit in that area and router to cat5e structured cabling socket to take ethernet to upstairs where I have another switch to run the equipment in that location (I have two points here both going up, but only use the one, as it was easier to run both at the time and not have to run a second one at a later date if it becomes required). Then upstairs I have another two sockets with cables running up into the attic (servers and Nas's stored up there), but again only one is actually in use.
Finally I have a third cable running from the upstairs location to a further room (only ran one here as the hole would only just allow one cable through, let alone two, otherwise I would have run two again).
I see what you're saying. So if I need 2, place extra 1 for resiliency? I'll have the contractor do this, seems extremely wise.
I'd love to eventually have the same in my loft, with NAS etc all running up to there hidden away. Is it worth getting that cabling put in as well at this point so that I'm ready to go for the future?