On Tuesday, 28-05-2024 at 12:05 Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 05:09:02PM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote:
>
> > Folks:
> >
> > At some point this year, I'm moving into a new house, and it is not wired
> > for internet (WHY aren't new houses wired with Cat5/6/7?). The local
> > internet provider will likely provide a wireless router, as they all do. My
> > idea is to put a device which receives wireless signal from the
> > router/modem, and has an RJ45 jack in it in each room. So each room would
> > have one of these, and the devices in it would be hooked to that device via
> > cat 5e. I hope that's clear.
> >
> > I'd like to shop for such a device, but I don't know what it's called. Can
> > anyone provide advice, and possibly preferred brand names? I'd appreciate
> > it.
> >
>
> I did some more research, and it looks like I must have misstated the
> problem.
>
> Let's assume I can't get in the attic and wire the place. Let's assume that
> I've got a wireless router/modem in, say, the garage. Let's say I have
> three rooms with devices I want to connect (one way or another) to my
> router/modem.
>
> It appears there are two solutions. One is wifi extenders, and one is a
> mesh network. In both cases, the device sits in the room and communicates
> via wifi to the modem/router. The devices in the room connect to the device
> via ethernet cable.
>
> How does that sound? Any dissenting opinions? Any brand recommendations?
>
>
Paul,
My sister's house has a raked roof (i.e. no cavity), and sits on a concrete
slab. Without removing sheets of iron from the roof there was no simple answer
for running a Ethernet cable.
One suggestion given to us was to run Ethernet cable in conduit on the outside
of house. Not an elegant solution.
How many rooms you want to have computers in? The more rooms you have could
increase complexity of your solution.
What we ended up using was Mesh system. As a proof of concept I used two
FRITZ!Box 7490 as I own two of these devices, and very much like them. One
FRITZ!Box 7490 was used as the router/modem, the other as the repeater (this
modem has dual features). This worked quite well. Fortunately my sister does
not play first person shooter games as I believe Mesh systems slightly increase
network latency.
https://avm.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Global/Produkte/FRITZBox/7490/Special_en/7490_special_en.html
We found that walls are too good at soaking up Wifi signals. The distances
between modems and computers was the main challenge.
If you had the money, I would get a cable installer to do a proper job of
running cables. I used to be an Electrician, hence I am familiar with running
wires, so in my own home I ran Ethernet cable where ever needed (and we have a
cavity ceiling). I am guessing this option is not possible for your situation.
George.
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