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Residential networking baseline
Wi-Fi, structured cabling and switching baseline that a Smart Citizens installation depends on — the foundation for every automation layer.
Best practices
- Structured cabling before drywall closes
- Wireless survey after furniture arrives, not before
- Document AP channels and re-survey annually
Common mistakes
- Relying on the router placed in a metal cabinet
- Running Cat cable next to a bus-bar or dimmer trunk
- Sharing IoT + owner devices on one SSID
- Skipping the UPS 'because there's an inverter'
Engineering checklist
- Cat6 minimum to every AP, TV, camera, controller and rack
- PoE budget calculated with 20% headroom
- One AP per 90–110 m² of occupied area on villas, one per apt for typical layouts
- Guest / IoT / owner SSIDs on separate VLANs
- UPS on the rack for controller + core switch
Recommended workflow
- Coverage design from floor plan
- Cable pull + termination
- Rack install + labelling
- Wireless commissioning + survey
- VLAN + policy configuration
- Handover with SSID/PSK card
Related standards
TIA-568
IEEE 802.11ax
IEEE 802.3bt (PoE++)