![]() ![]() If you're planning to have a nice theater room with surround sound, prewiring for that is also a good idea, as long as you know ahead of time where you actually want everything. That way, for example, a new connection like fiber or a different TV service can be reasonably added in the future.įrom there, my preference is to run coax and a pair of ethernet cables to the living room and master bedroom, and if you have them, bonus room or office. My suggestion, if practical, is to have a distribution panel or "structured media center" in some location where it will be easy to later add a new connection to the outside, like a first floor closet over a crawlspace or against an outside wall, or in the basement. I and probably others would find it very informative if you reported back on your experience with the reno after it's all done. I'll have to defer to others on cost, etc., but I'll be watching this thread, as I'm considering a reno for our next house purchase in a few years. You mentioned Direct TV, so if you have a roof or wall mounted dish, I imagine the wiring would by necessity be more complicated than what I had to do, which probably reinforces doing it while the walls are open. Works fine (and we've since cut the cord and only get Internet via the cable anyway), but it would have been nice to be able to put the router, network server, and other things upstairs in the office rather than crammed in the TV cabinet. For example, we ran the cable outlet straight through the wall right behind the TV in the living room. It actually has worked out okay, but that's because it's a smallish rowhome and I've been able to manage all the needed hookups with wireless tech (e.g., we have a TV upstairs that we run using an Amazon Fire Stick connected to our wireless network), but it would be nice to have had the option to have some hard wiring for these things. I bought a house that had been "renovated' by a flipper (never doing that again.), and for some reason they didn't put in any in-wall TV or ethernet wiring. You might also think about whether you want in-wall wiring for speakers, security cameras (depending on where you live), specialized lighting (eg undercabinet lighting, automatic lighting in a closet), and specially placed outlets (e.g., in a cabinet so you can make a device charging shed) (I'm borrowing from a wish list I put together, so perhaps not relevant to you). You'll have to give some thought as to where you want the outlets and such, but you'll have the chance to have them exactly where you want. I understand it's a lot cheaper to do that wiring in advance while the walls are open. The overall propagation distance between the router and my working space is less than 6 mteres and there is only a wooden floor and a lath/plaster wall to block the signal.Haven't been in your shoes yet (although I've seen my parents and a close friend both build houses and watched the thought process that went into it), but I'd suggest doing that, especially if you'll be living in the house. I guess I could install a repeater which hopefully would give me a better signal strength, but I never needed one for the old VR600/AC1600 based system. However it usually reconnects afer a few moments. The Android WiFi Analyzer shows a signal level of somewhere around -70 to -75 dBm for the 2.4 GHz signal and something below -80 dBm for the 5 GHz signal.Īs a mitigation for the poor WiFi stability I have turned off the 5GHz wireless, This gives more reliable wireless access, but it still drops outs several times per hour. Occasionally I can detect signals from local buses that pass the end of my property, but the signal is very poor. My nearest neighbour is at least 60 metres from my house and usually I can't even detect a signal from any of their routers. The router shows 7.4 db Margin on the downlink and 6.2 dB on the uplink If I leave either of these clients running for maybe 10 or 20 minutes the 2.4 GHz link is dropped in favour of the 5GHz link even though the 5GHz link hardly connects. With the VR2100 router both my Laptop and my Android data-pad the 2.4GHz channel connects significantly more slowly than to the old VR600. However I have been used to the VR600 working reliably in our upstairs bedrooms. At higher signal strengths this is not a problem. I recently replaced a VR600/AC1600 with a new Archer VR2100 and I am now experiencing instability on the wireless link. ![]()
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