[bdorman]

My wife and I will occupy our new home in January, so I'm trying to prepare a few things. Very excited to miss our first Chicago winter!

I've heard that a cable modem and wireless router must be located (or wired at) the home's point of entry...and new build's point of entry is in the low-voltage box in the garage.

Is this the case? If so, are you able to get decent wireless reception even though the router is in a metal box in a concrete brick room?

Any education will be much appreciated.

[Jimjane]

Mine is located in the house behind my TV. Never seen one in a metal box in the garage.

[Chatbrat]

My centurylink modem is in a metal fiber optic cabinet in the garage. My router is next a communications outlet (phone & cable)

[OldManTime]

I have been wireless for about 15 years now, never have I heard of that. Both of mine are on an interior wall, where Cable enters the home in a closet, then into bedroom (ManCave), attached with Velcro

[John_W]

I also have Century Link but we have no modem. Whenever I call them they refer to my service as 'to the curb'. We do have a Century Link box in the garage but it's a plastic wall box that's labeled 'Cyper Power'. I was told there was a backup battery in the box, so in case of a power failure we wouldn't lose our phone or internet. Last summer our phone/internet went out for the only time in 4-1/2 years and when the tech came, he said apparently a nearby lightning strike had knocked out the battery and he put a new battery in the box and service came back.

Anyway, I can show you where we put the router in our courtyard villa. Century Link put one double jack inside our house, it's at the end of the bar on the partition wall at the far right of this photo. One jack is for telephone and the other is for internet. We just plug our router directly into the wall jack. The bar is two-tier, so the router hides below the top of the bar and just inside the wall. Our smart TV is about 25' away and our laptop we can take anywhere.

[Chatbrat]

I have the link box--thought it was modem-All I know Centurylink is great, had comcast for about 6 weeks, Dish for 1 year-Centurylink 21/2 yrs

[MikeV]

Anywhere there is a cable outlet in the house.

[N44125]

MikeV...absolutely correct, anywhere there is access to cable, I.e., cable outlet. We have a cable outlet in EVERY room of our home plus the lanai. Only rooms without an outlet are the bathrooms and laundry room. We have Comcast cable and Internet.

[N44125]

Further to my previous post....cable outlets were installed by the builder and not as a option. These outlets should show up on your printed house plan.

[zcaveman]

My cable modem/wireless router is an all in one unit from Comcast and it sits under my computer desk in my man-cave.

Z

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by zcaveman

My cable modem/wireless router is an all in one unit from Comcast and it sits under my computer desk in my man-cave.
Z

Same here, sits under my computer desk and works fine.

[CFrance]

Our modem/router is in the living room. Comcast.

[jblum315]

My modem/router is on a shelf under the TV in the living room. The TV in the bedroom has its own little box. My computer is in another room and everything is wireless.

[tialarre]

I had Brighthouse install additional cable jack above cabinet above refrigerator. I had electrician install electric outlet (always live - not switched). My modem and wifi router are on top of cabinet above refrigerator (center of house). This way we get best coverage over all of the house (garage, bedrooms, and lanai). Also, modem and router are plugged into battery backup (also on top of cabinet above refrigerator). Laptops don't lose internet connection even when power is out.

[DonH57]

Both of ours were under the television stand until they ran off or the geckos took them. The little boogers!