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Originally Posted by BruceThiel
If I want to use the phone lines to have wired internet in all bedrooms, will I need to have the modem and a splitter in the garage to connect to all the lines? In know there is a WiFi capable CAT6e line from the garage to above the refrigerator so I also assume modem in garage hooks to that line to then have a WiFi router above the refrigerator. There are no phone lines to living room or Lanai so I assume no wired internet to those areas from the garage. So many cable lines but using them usually means separate internet boxes or maybe they are for if you want to choose one room for the modem and Wi Fi router thus using WiFi for all other rooms.
My options appear to be Xfinity or Spectrum. I will stream TV.
STD CABLE PREP (2) CABLE PREPS: BEDROOM-3 BEDROOM #3
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This is a little confusing but something i've thought about.
First, what year was you home built? If it's not brand new it probably has Cat 5E cable which is fine. The fact that you mentioned the blue cables were intended for phone tells me your house is a couple years old like mine.
Anyway, You actually have three options for internet since you are streaming. Xfinity, Spectrum and your house may be wired for fiber. If it is you can get 1GB internet for $65, no taxes from Quantum Fiber.
If you go with cable, as mentioned, you can have the cable company connect the cable modem at any cable connection such as one of the bedrooms where there is also a phone jack is located. These days you get a modem/router/wifi or modem and router/wifi setup from cable. Either way you can connect one port of the router to the phone connection after you re-wire it with an RJ45 jack. Then in the garage find the other end of that Cat5E cable and put an RJ45 connector on it. You then need to get a netgear or any brand hub and install it in the white low voltage box in the garage. Once done, plug in the Cat5E cable to the hub. At this point you can connect any or all of the blue Cat5E connectors to the hub after putting RJ45 plugs on them and on the other ends re-terminate each phone jack with a RJ45 connector. Essentually you are feeding the data connection from the cable router back to the low voltage panel in the garage whrere all the other wires to the other rooms are located. After all this is done you will have wifi and hard wired internet.
The easiest solution in my opinion and what i have done is to get Quantum Fiber at Get Blazing Fast Quantum Fiber Internet for your Home or Business. The tech will trace one of the blue Cat5E wires in the garage to a room of our choice. We choose one of our bedrooms that we are using as an office. Then he will install the wifi enabled router. You should get very good speeds via wifi throughout your home and your done. If you want you can go the next step by getting a Netgear Orbi and one satellite and use it's wifi instead of the wifi in the Quantum Fiber router. The advantage is with the Orbi setup with the satellite it will give you almost 100% full speed wifi coverage because you have two wifi devices that you can install on either end of your home which look like one to all your devices. You will have to turn off the Quantum Fiber wifi to make this work but it's simple but for most people you shouldn't need this "extra step" setup unless you want the absolute best coverage and speeds for gaming for example. The wifi should be more than enough to satisify all your streaming needs.
Hope this helps.
You can PM me if you have any questions.