[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by jrref

Someone reached out to me yesterday knowing I've been helping my friends and neighbors and others here in the Villages wire RJ45 Jacks and put connectors on unterminated ethernet cables, etc.., asking if I could run New ethernet wiring to rooms that don't have existing wiring.

As I mentioned, speaking to several new homeowners in the newer areas in the South, the Villages is Not installing ethernet connections in all the rooms unless you request it or pay for their "Smart Home" package like they used to. I'm not sure if this is a cost cutting measure or that most people feel they don't need the jacks given all these new homes have Wifi from Centric Fiber installed at build time.

In homes built circa 2012 and newer north of Rt 44 and in Fenney and DeSoto and other nearby areas, RJ45 jacks using Cat5 wiring were installed in most rooms for telephones. Fortunately, this existing wiring can be used for ethernet wiring when the jacks are re-wired.

So when you need to add new ethernet wiring, you can do it yourself or call an electrician to do the work. If you have a "stick built" home this is probably very easy to do. If you have the new tilt wall construction, I'm not sure how they add this wiring. Either way, you are probably best to forget about the ethernet wiring and focus on good wifi coverage.

For those who are experts and want a hard wired connection to their computor or streamer in their home theather, you can get systems like the Orbi 770 or 970 which have their own wireless backhaul system giving you near wire speed wirelessly at ethernet port switch at the satellite units where you can hardwire your device to it. I have such a system and can get 5Gbs max, which is crazy fast, over this wireless backhaul given the distance between the main and satellite units. You can also approximate this with other less expensive wifi mesh systems.

I read all this and realized I needed to copy/paste it into Google Translate. The translation came back in English and said, "Hire someone competent to do this."

Good advice, think I'll follow it.