On 5/27/24 19:05, Paul M Foster wrote:
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?
On 5/27/24 20:14, Paul M Foster wrote:
Coincidentally, I used to be an electrician too, but we almost never
ran low voltage except for doorbells.
The house in question appears to have a generous attic, but they've
blown in two feet of insulation I'd rather not disturb. And that
much insulation makes the headers of walls very hard to find. Also,
I'm not in my 20s anymore, and crawling around in attics is
difficult.
In the house I'm living in now, I did go into the attic years ago
with cat 5e and wired up the living room.
FWIW, in the house we're buying, I need internet (wired) in the
living room, bedroom 2 and bedroom 4. Also, it's concrete block
construction (outer walls).
On 5/27/24 21:50, Paul M Foster wrote:
Well, if I'm gonna run cat 5, I might as well just put a jack in each
room.> No POE needed. The only reason for wifi at all in this case is
so I don't *have* to run cat 5.
From what I've read, TP-Link gets good reviews.
FYI my previous coax cable suggestion will likely involve MoCA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_over_Coax_Alliance
Another idea is power-line communication. I seem to recall reading that
an RF choke should be installed on the incoming electrical service to
prevent interference to/from the neighbors, but STFW I do not see any
mention of that today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerline_Ethernet
David
