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Old 08-07-2024, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by villagetinker View Post
My understanding is that the Wi-Fi is expected to be located in the kitchen(?) above a cabinet, and this provides connectivity to all of the devices in the house. If I recall correctly this term started to appear for houses south of 44 and also as I recall these do not have the CAT 5 wiring preinstalled. For these homes there was one coax cables installed from the garage to the kitchen.
However, I completely agree with the previous comment to ask specifically what "smart home" refers to.
Unfortunately, the outlet above that cabinet is "switched", and can be shut off with a wall switch... We simply put the router on top of another tall cabinet that had a internet wired outlet behind it...

Don't know if others have the same issue.
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