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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
Not sure I understand the situation accurately, being more of a visual person, but I would consider rewiring the house for best results.
I had a second wiring closet installed in the garage, and the outside wire comes into the garage into a cable modem, from there it goes to a separate router capable of Network Address Translation (NAT), and then to a switch for each ethernet cable run. . . The router only handles two house ethernet ports, and I have 9 ethernet outlets, one at each cable outlet, plus a ceiling overhead wifi access point, so that's why i had to add a switch. . there were no 8-9 port routers at any reasonable price point 5 years ago. . today, there is.. .
all equipment is rated at 1 GB speeds, so that there are not physical speed reductions. There have been no problems with temperature so far, and speeds are acceptable, based upon time of day usage. .
personally, i would use PoE wireless access points and install them on the ceiling, from a switch where the fiber connection is made. . and then hard wire connections to the TV locations for hard wired speed for TVs
but this is just my limited knowledge of your house and my preference for hard wire over wifi for security reasons
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What you are describing is the way a home should be set up but very few here in the Villages from my experience, have a set up like that.
What I'm finding is a good Wifi7 wifi device placed on top of the kitchen cabinets works well in every Villages home, even a premier home, that I've been in. Some homes have an odd layout that may require an additional extender or node but that's about it. The reason why this works is because most are streaming and using a wireless laptop or tablet so as long as they are getting reasonable speed all over the home, it's fine. Very few are looking for or need full speed at all points in the home.