Ethernet all run through the walls. Jacks in every room. Everything that can be hardwired.
It’s gonna run so good
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iamthetot@piefed.ca 13 hours ago
HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 1 minute ago
This is the ideal, but teenage HeHo had fewer options. A big spool of CAT5 run across the house was a godsend
alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 13 hours ago
I’d a coworker who asked the builders to put ethernet jacks in.
They put rj11 phone jacks in instead.
yaroto98@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
A lot of builders run ethernet and terminate it with the rj11 port plates. The cable behind it is still ethernet. They just don’t use like half of the wires.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 11 hours ago
My previous apartment had rj11 jacks in the wall, but it was cat5e cable in the walls. Popped off the face plates, reterminated the cords as Ethernet, voilà!
taiyang@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Imma bout to rip holes in my wall to get a cable upstairs. WiFi is simply awful.
motionofethre@piefed.social 10 hours ago
I’ve been planning the same, but I don’t have detailed enough diagrams to safely do it
SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
I took a retired enterprise switch from my office, and can finally make use of the dual ports on my homelab, downloader, and PC. Holy shit is it nice. It’s like 20x faster than my wifi was. I transferred 2 TB of movies to my server in like 35 minutes.
BlackVenom@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
That says more about your storage than network
corvi@piefed.social 8 hours ago
I ran a couple of cables for the highest priority stuff, but I’m using MoCA for the rest and it’s been great. Even for game streaming I’ve not noticed a difference, though I don’t play any fast-paced FPS games these days.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 13 minutes ago
We used powerline adapters at my old place. I was always kind of nervous about that but they did work fine for a few years.
nullroot@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I ran a few hundred feet through the basement and walls. I offered to hard wire everyone else in the house but strangely none of them accepted. So is just my bedroom and my office and some laid down prep work to go anywhere else in the house if needed
unitedwithme@lemmy.today 13 hours ago
laughs in 48-port PoE switch
Concealed or not, welcome to the hardwire gang.
0x0@infosec.pub 40 minutes ago
My Aruba is great for the 3 things ive got connected to it because why not
FunnySalt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
I’ve got ethernet running through the house, without running it through the walls. I’ve used cord covers but it’s still a bit tacky looking, TBH.
It’s totally feisable to runs through the wall via the attic (my house is a single story on a concrete slab) but I don’t want to do that particular job. Might pay someone to do it some day, but it’s pretty low on list of things to throw money at.
A__Lemmy_User@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
I have an ethernet cable going from the dining room, up the wall, through 1 door, on the ceiling, through a second door, then back down into my pc.
REDACTED@infosec.pub 10 hours ago
Meh, after testing high-end router, I realized there is pretty much no difference in speeds and latency, went completely wireless.
djdarren@piefed.social 9 hours ago
One nice thing about my rented house is that a previous owner (possibly my landlord) ran an ethernet from the lounge at the front right to the small bedroom at the back, upstairs. So, router > Deco node > ethernet > Deco node > 1gbps switch. Then I have three PCs upstairs wired to that switch, and they all get the full glory of our 1gbps fibre.
But, like, the rent is almost £1400 a month, so…
DummyWOW@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Interesting choice given the effectiveness of Ethernet degrades at 100ft
AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 27 minutes ago
He is testing limits of ethernet and his family
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
You might be confusing feet and meters
krisevol@lemmus.org 13 hours ago
Plus how fast modern wifi can go. I can’t see any advantage.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 12 hours ago
I can’t see any advantage.
Doesn’t quit working every time somebody microwaves a burrito.
unitedwithme@lemmy.today 12 hours ago
OK. I’m going to ELI5 this bit. Not being mean, sarcastic, or trying to talk down. I don’t know you’re knowledge level, so I apologize.
Imagine 2 different 1" pipes. One gets its dedicated supply running to your house, and the other gets divided among all the houses in a cul-de-sac.
Your house will have the best water pressure, unaffected by any neighbors, so your showers, laundry, etc, all runs perfectly fine.
Your neighbors, however, may or may not have adequate pressure, and depending on your many “devices” are relying on water, some get barely any flow at all. Devices that are furthest away get nothing.
So, theoretically, you get a pipe of water as do your neighbors, but the best time for your neighbors to use it is when there’s fewest utilizing. But you can’t really gauge when that is, so it’s often unreliable.
The more technical side is, wireless has the potential to go beyond 1Gbps which is great! However, many current WiFi 6, 6E, and 7 routers/APs still only utilize a 1Gb Ethernet port, so you’ll have a bottleneck regardless. Signal strength depends on obstructions, which could be walls, furniture, pipes, electrical, insulation, etc. 2 devices close by don’t get the same signal, SO many variables come into play that are resolved by dedicated connections like Ethernet. The more devices that share your 2.4GHz, 5GHz, & 6GHz the more shared the signal gets. A 2.4GHz has longer range but slower speeds and its often saturated by IOT devices. 5GHz & 6GHz devices benefit from better throughput, but suffer signal degradation easier.
I hope that helps. Happy to answer any other questions.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
You did conceal it right
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 24 minutes ago
Why would you hide your pride and joy? Do you conceal your beautifully carved table legs??
ickplant@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Image
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Lmao
Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.ca 4 hours ago
What do you recommend? Just the clips or something else to conceal it
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Ideally youd run it through a crawlspace, basement, or attic. Drill a hole at either end through the floor, pull the cable, and seal the hole with silicone caulk.