Home Networking Infrastructure
Physical and logical network infrastructure documentation covering cabling, switching, wireless, and device connectivity across the home.

Physical Infrastructure
Physical layer documentation — structured cabling, patch panel, rack, switching hardware, wireless mesh, and server network interfaces.

Network Closet & Structured Cabling
Overview
The network closet is located in the Basement Electrical Panel room, which serves as the central termination point for all Ethernet and Coax runs in the house. This is not yet a finished closet — it is an open area with a floor-standing rack in place. Full rack buildout (patch panel punch-down, cable labelling, power management) is planned for Summer 2026.
Status: Work in progress. All Ethernet runs are currently raw ends. Patch panel is not yet installed.
Rack
Property
Detail
Type
Floor-standing
Size
6U
Status
In place, not fully secured or built out
Note: 6U is tight at full population. Current planned rack residents: 24-port patch panel (1U), GigaPlus switch (1U), 5-port PoE switch (1U), PDU (1U) — leaves 2U spare. Consider upsizing before finalizing rack procurement.
Patch Panel
Property
Detail
Type
24-port Cat6 keystone
Status
Not yet installed — pending cable labelling
Blocker
All 18 runs require labelling at both ends before punch-down
Ethernet Runs — Full Inventory
18 total runs. All Cat6 runs were self-installed post-purchase. Cat5a runs are builder-installed dual-purpose cable.
#
Room / Zone
Count
Type
Notes
1
Basement Gym
1
Cat6
Single wall plate (unfinished). Feeds Deco AP, TV, PoE injector → Front Yard Camera
2
Living Room
1
Cat6
Self-run through wall. Feeds unmanaged switch → TV + AppleTV
3
Front Yard
2
Cat6
Run 1: from Network Closet → Reolink camera (active). Run 2: from Gym PoE injector → future gas meter camera (Fall 2026)
4
Back Yard
2
Cat6
Run 1: PoE → outdoor Deco X50-Outdoor AP. Run 2: unconnected — reserved for future WAN failover (Starlink or UniFi SIM)
5
Garage
1
Cat6
~50–70ft via conduit. Feeds Deco X50-Outdoor AP (PoE-powered from Closet)
6
Kitchen
2
Cat6
Run 1: Deco BE11000 AP (primary node). Run 2: spare / unconnected
7
Kitchen
1
Cat5a
Builder run — awkward termination position, unconnected
8
Media Room
1
Cat5a
Single wall drop — daisy-chained switches downstream
9
Guest Bedroom
1
Cat5a
Not directly in use for Ethernet — MoCA adapter at desk end
10
Office
1
Cat5a
Feeds Deco XE75 Pro AP + MokerLink switch → homelab + work desk
11
Master Bedroom
1
Cat5a
PoE — feeds Deco X50-PoE on-wall AP
12
MoCA Network Feed
1
Cat6
Dedicated run from Network Closet to Coax splitter for MoCA/OTA distribution
Labelling status: Starting from zero. Previous labels have fallen off. Full re-labelling required at both ends of all 18 runs before patch panel work begins.
Coax Infrastructure
A coax network runs in parallel to Ethernet throughout the house, fed from the Network Closet via a coax splitter.
Signal sources at splitter:
OTA antenna (attic-mounted, amplified)
MoCA Ethernet bridge (1x adapter at Network Closet end)
Coax-capable rooms:
Room
Active Use
Living Room
Coax present — current use TBD
Media Room
Connected to TV (OTA)
Guest Bedroom
MoCA adapter → desk Ethernet
Master Bedroom
Coax present — not actively in use for MoCA
MoCA Adapters:
Location
Role
Network Closet
Coax → Ethernet bridge (network side)
Guest Bedroom
Coax → Ethernet bridge (endpoint)
MoCA expansion is possible but unlikely. The Guest Bedroom use case is a unique placement issue where Coax terminated at the right desk location but no Ethernet run was present.
Outstanding Action Items
 Label all 18 Ethernet runs at both ends (Network Closet + room end)
 Install 24-port Cat6 keystone patch panel in rack
 Secure and complete rack buildout
 Verify IoT network isolation method (see Wireless page)
 Install gas meter camera on Front Yard Run 2 (Fall 2026)
 Determine WAN failover solution for Back Yard Run 2 (Starlink vs UniFi SIM)
Last Updated
2026-06-18

Switching & Core Network Hardware
Overview
The core network is built around a UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber (Whistler) as the sole router and firewall. All switching downstream is unmanaged. The Bell Home Hub 3000 remains inline as the Fiber ONT termination point but serves no routing or WiFi function.
WAN & Core Routing
Device
Hostname
Role
Location
Bell Home Hub 3000
—
Fiber ONT + PPPoE upstream passthrough
Basement Electrical Panel
UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber
Whistler
Sole router, firewall, DHCP, DNS upstream
Basement Electrical Panel / Network Closet
WAN topology:
Bell Fiber (ONT) → HH3000 (PPPoE passthrough, no NAT, WiFi disabled) → UCG Fiber WAN (10GbE) → LAN
The HH3000 remains inline rather than bypassed to support troubleshooting and recovery during frequent Bell ISP deprovisioning events. PPPoE credentials are configured directly on the UCG — there is no double NAT.
UCG LAN Port Assignments:
Port
Connected To
Speed
WAN
Bell HH3000
10GbE
LAN 1
GigaPlus Switch (SFP+)
10GbE
LAN 2
Emporia Vue (Electrical Panel)
1GbE
Switch Inventory
Switch
Model
Location
Ports
Uplink
Notes
GigaPlus
GigaPlus (unbranded)
Network Closet
2x SFP+ 10GbE, 8x 2.5GbE
UCG LAN1 (SFP+)
Core distribution switch
5-port PoE
Unbranded
Network Closet
5x 1GbE PoE
GigaPlus (2.5GbE)
Powers cameras and PoE Deco APs
MokerLink
MokerLink
Office
8x 2.5GbE
GigaPlus (SFP+)
Homelab + work desk uplink
Media Room #1
Netgear (older)
Media Room
Unknown
Single Cat5a wall drop
Daisy-chains to Media Room #2
Media Room #2
Unbranded
Media Room
Unknown
Media Room #1
AV + gaming devices
Garage
Unbranded
Garage
5x 1GbE
Deco X50-Outdoor LAN port
Non-PoE — uses downstream injector
All switches are unmanaged. No VLANs or managed switching features are in use at the switch level. IoT and Guest network segmentation is handled at the Deco/UCG layer.
Media Room note: Both switches are daisy-chained off a single Cat5a wall drop — a known bottleneck. All Media Room bandwidth is constrained to 1GbE on a single shared uplink.
PoE Infrastructure
Injector / Source
Location
Powered Device
5-port PoE Switch (port)
Network Closet
Back Yard Deco X50-Outdoor
5-port PoE Switch (port)
Network Closet
Garage Deco X50-Outdoor (via conduit Cat6)
5-port PoE Switch (port)
Network Closet
Master Bedroom Deco X50-PoE
5-port PoE Switch (port)
Network Closet
Front Yard Run 1 → Reolink Camera
PoE Injector (passive)
Basement Gym
Front Yard Run 2 → future gas meter camera
PoE Injector (passive)
Garage
Reolink Driveway Camera
Network Topology Diagram (Text)
Bell Fiber
  └── HH3000 (ONT / PPPoE passthrough)
        └── UCG Fiber "Whistler" (Router / Firewall)
              ├── LAN1 (10GbE SFP+) → GigaPlus Switch
              │     ├── SFP+ → MokerLink (Office, 2.5GbE)
              │     │     ├── Centerpoint (2.5GbE)
              │     │     ├── Lusankya (2.5GbE)
              │     │     └── Work Desk
              │     ├── 2.5GbE → 5-port PoE Switch (Network Closet)
              │     │     ├── Back Yard Deco X50-Outdoor (PoE)
              │     │     ├── Garage Deco X50-Outdoor (PoE, via conduit)
              │     │     │     └── LAN → Garage 5-port switch
              │     │     │           └── PoE Injector → Reolink Driveway Cam
              │     │     ├── Master Bedroom Deco X50-PoE (PoE)
              │     │     └── Front Yard Reolink Camera (PoE, via Cat6)
              │     ├── 2.5GbE → Kitchen Deco BE11000 (Primary AP Node)
              │     │     └── Backhaul mesh to all other Deco nodes
              │     ├── 2.5GbE → Basement Gym Deco BE11000
              │     │     └── LAN → PoE Injector → Front Yard future camera
              │     ├── 2.5GbE → Living Room switch → TV + AppleTV
              │     └── 2.5GbE → Media Room Switch #1
              │           └── Media Room Switch #2
              │                 ├── TV
              │                 ├── Xbox
              │                 ├── PS4
              │                 ├── Halcyon (Gaming PC)
              │                 └── CorSec + Smart Hubs
              └── LAN2 (1GbE) → Emporia Vue (Electrical Panel)
Outstanding Action Items
 Identify and document Media Room switch models and port counts
 Confirm GigaPlus full model number
 Confirm exact UCG LAN1 port type (copper 2.5GbE vs SFP+)
 Evaluate managed switch replacement for Media Room (single uplink bottleneck)
Last Updated
2026-06-18

Wireless — Deco Mesh
Overview
Wireless coverage is provided by a TP-Link Deco mesh network operating in AP mode — all routing and DHCP is handled upstream by Whistler (UCG Fiber). All nodes use wired Ethernet backhaul; no wireless backhaul is in use.
The network supports WiFi 7 (BE) on capable nodes with Multi-Link Operation (MLO).
Node Inventory
Node
Model
Location
Mount
Power Source
Backhaul Uplink
Primary
Deco BE11000
Kitchen
Freestanding
Passive (powered via Cat6)
GigaPlus switch (Cat6)
Secondary
Deco BE11000
Basement Gym
Freestanding
Passive (powered via Cat6)
GigaPlus switch (Cat6)
Office
Deco XE75 Pro
Office
Freestanding
Passive
MokerLink switch (Cat5a)
Master Bedroom
Deco X50-PoE
Master Bedroom
On-wall
PoE (5-port PoE switch via Cat5a)
5-port PoE switch
Back Yard
Deco X50-Outdoor
Back Yard
Outdoor mount
PoE (5-port PoE switch via Cat6)
5-port PoE switch
Garage
Deco X50-Outdoor
Garage
Outdoor mount
PoE (5-port PoE switch via conduit Cat6)
5-port PoE switch
SSID Configuration
SSID
Bands
Purpose
Client Isolation
Main (MLO)
2.4 / 5 / 6 GHz
Primary devices
No
IoT
2.4 GHz only
Smart home devices
Intended — method unverified
Guest
2.4 / 5 GHz
Guest access
Yes — no local network access
IoT isolation caveat: Deco abstracts network isolation implementation details. It is the intent that IoT devices cannot communicate with main LAN devices, but the specific mechanism (VLAN, client isolation, UCG firewall rule) has not been verified. Do not treat IoT as confirmed isolated until this is investigated.
Known Limitations & Notes
IoT device migration to the IoT SSID is in progress — not all smart home devices have been moved over yet
The Back Yard Run 2 (non-PoE Cat6) is reserved for future WAN failover — not a Deco uplink
No wireless backhaul in use — all nodes require a wired Ethernet connection
Outstanding Action Items
 Verify IoT network isolation mechanism — check UCG firewall rules and Deco app network settings
 Complete migration of all smart home devices to IoT SSID
 Document final device-to-SSID mapping once migration is complete
Last Updated
2026-06-18

End Devices — Network Interfaces
Overview
Key server and endpoint devices and their physical network interface configuration. All servers are assigned static IPs configured at the UCG Fiber. All other devices use DHCP (with or without reservations — to be documented separately).
Full static IP and DHCP reservation mapping is out of scope for this page — see Network → Logical Configuration → IP Address Management (future page).
Server & Key Endpoint Interfaces
Device
Hostname
Location
NIC Speed
Switch
IP Assignment
MiniPC Intel Core Ultra 9
Centerpoint
Office
2.5GbE onboard
MokerLink
Static (UCG)
QNAP TS-873 (UnRAID)
Lusankya
Office
2.5GbE NIC
MokerLink
Static (UCG)
N100 Server (Home Assistant OS)
Corsec
Media Room
1GbE onboard
Media Room Switch #2
Static (UCG)
Gaming PC (RTX 3060)
Halcyon
Media Room
1GbE onboard
Media Room Switch #2 (daisy-chained)
Static (UCG)
UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber
Whistler
Network Closet
10GbE WAN + multi-port LAN
Core (is the switch root)
Static (self)
Notable Interface Constraints
Halcyon is currently wired in the Media Room via daisy-chained 1GbE unmanaged switches off a single Cat5a wall drop — bandwidth is shared with all other Media Room devices including CorSec, Smart Hubs, TV, Xbox, and PS4
Lusankya has a 2.5GbE NIC but the QNAP TS-873 onboard NICs are 1GbE — confirm which NIC is active for primary traffic
Centerpoint 2.5GbE is the bottleneck on the MokerLink → GigaPlus SFP+ uplink for inter-server traffic; Lusankya is on the same segment
Outstanding Action Items
 Document full static IP table and DHCP reservation list (separate page)
 Confirm Lusankya active NIC (onboard 1GbE vs add-in 2.5GbE)
 Evaluate moving Halcyon to Office switch when rack buildout is complete (dedicated Cat6 run consideration)
Last Updated
2026-06-18