| Lots of LAN users get this problem or one like it, in their Small Or Home
Offices. Getting those Cat 5/6 cords off floors, where they can be damaged or become their own
OH & S risk. This example has multiple issues: |
| The phone socket (network boundary) is in a less than ideal location
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| Computers accessing Internet/LAN are at the opposite end of the room/workspace
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| There are no accessible built-in ducts; the building is concrete-rendered brickwork
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| Doorways in all directions, including full-length built-in cupboards (bottom of diagram)
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| From a purely wiring perspective there are a couple of ways around it:
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| Routing equipment near the network boundary, example: ADSL router by the phone
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| Routing near the workstations,with a phone or LAN cable to the socket (a phone extension)
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Either way, and whichever direction the cable takes, there needs to be some sort of safe
conduit. AV equipment is also going somewhere in the room, so communications cables need protecting.
| | The NK Solution | |
Only the entrance way (top of diagram) has enough wall space to accommodate a conduit, which will have to
go over that doorway. Clearing the adjoining window has kept cables away from the AV equipment,
TV etc. | |
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Cables can then follow the floor/wall skirting where it's unobstructed, through a corrugated
conduit that's flexible enough to turn corners. Both conduit types are available
from local hardware stores.
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| Cabling rules
| | The examples shown are customer cabling, suitable for
rented premeses. Wiring inside walls or other building structures is subject to more
stringent rules, requiring owner approval as well as a licence. | |
Cablers should also provide certification their work complies with AS/ACIF S009:2006, and standard wiring
advice with clearly legible plans. Diagrams using standardised symbols like those shown here.
| | Connecting from a network boundary to 'the street' (10-pair black line
on diagram below) should only be carried out by the telco, such as a Telstra cabler.
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Simple wiring plan, 2 phone connections | 
| | Fitting corrugated conduit to a 'bell-end'
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