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December 27, 2022

Cleaned up the network/media closet

Closet glow-up full of patch panels, storage hacks, and before/after.

One closet to house all our networking and media equipment. Most of the hard work was done by the previous owner with the CAT6, HDMI, and speaker wires all in wall.

One closet to house all our networking and media equipment. Most of the hard work was done by the previous owner with the CAT6, HDMI, and speaker wires all in wall.

Here’s the network panel close up. I’m not super stoked about putting my eero gateway in here to act as the router but currently not sure what to upgrade to. Suggestions welcome.

Network panel close up. I’m not super stoked about putting my eero gateway in here to act as the router but currently not sure what to upgrade to. Suggestions welcome.

View of tools peg board (IKEA) and spare cable storage (shoe organizer from Amazon).

View of tools peg board (IKEA) and spare cable storage (shoe organizer from Amazon)

Living room (behind the TV). A bunch of stuff here for Philips Hue backlight syncing + HDMI 2.1 compatibility.

Living room (behind the TV). A bunch of stuff here for Philips Hue backlight syncing + HDMI 2.1 compatibility. More info in the diagram.

Detailed diagram of the wiring:

Living Room
Media Closet
Samsung S95B TV
Hue Play HDMI Sync Box
7.2 Surround Sound
EZCOO HDMI 2.1 Splitter
Denon AVR X1700H
Wireless
HDMI_2.1_IN
HDMI_2.1_OUT
HDMI_2.0_OUT
In_Wall_Speakers
In_Wall_Sub1
In_Wall_Sub2
Under_Couch_Sub
HUE_HDMI_OUT
HUE_HDMI1
HUE_HDMI2
HUE_HDMI3
HUE_HDMI4
TV_HDMI1
TV_HDMI2
TV_HDMI3_eARC
TV_HDMI4
Nintendo_Switch
Apple_TV
PC
Xbox
PS5
AVR_HDMI1
AVR_HDMI2
AVR_HDMI3
AVR_HDMI4
AVR_HDMI5
AVR_HDMI6
AVR_HDMI_OUT
Speakers_OUT
Sub_OUT1
Sub_OUT2

Can’t see the wires when the TV is mounted:

Can’t see the wires when the TV is mounted

Bonus: before the cleanup:

Bonus: before the cleanup

Join the discussion on /r/HomeNetworking.

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