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Originally Posted by jrref
I'm not sure where in the Villages you are talking about but in the newer areas where Centric Fiber is the provider, the fiber optic cable comes into the data cabinet in the garage then over to the top of the kitchen cabinets. There the fiber is connected to a "box" that terminates the fiber and provides the router and WiFi functions. You will also see a blue ethernet wire from the top of the kitchen cabinet that runs back to the white data cabinet in the garage enabling you to install an ethernet switch and feed the rest of the ethernet jacks in you home if you connect it all up.
As one poster mentioned, the Centric WiFi is pretty good and should cover most of your home but if you have jacks behind your TVs and or desktop computer, the internet will work better and more consistently if you hard wire these devices.
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South of 44 and fiber isn't an option. All non terminated ethernet cables are in the low voltage box in the garage. At wall outlets in the home, the cables are behind blanks and aren't terminated.
I determined which ethernet cable was above the refrigerator in the low voltage box. Terminated both ends. Put the Spectrum modem in the low voltage box and connected the ethernet cable. I then connected the wireless router above the refrigerator and plugged it into the always live plug-in on the outlet. None of the other ethernet cables were used. I have great coverage for my 3 bed/3bath designer home including streaming all TV programming.