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Best wifi wiring / system for new home?
Posted on 2/3/26 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 2/3/26 at 2:16 pm
We are building a new home. The internet route would come in to the home on one end and I worry the wifi will not reach other rooms. What is the solution here? Multiple routers in the house? A home network? Thanks for any advice!
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Posted on 2/3/26 at 2:57 pm to Fishwater
Run ethernet cable to everywhere you plan on putting a TV (including bedrooms), a PS5, or a computer (including to the patio.) For high usage places like your home theater, your office, have them pull 2 instead of one.
They may ask you where you want the "homerun," which is usually a centralized closet where they will probably put the alarm panel.
In a 5,200 square foot home, that got me by with one wireless router downstairs in the living room. I would ask the builder to make sure to use a patch panel for termination of all of the cables. I wasn't paying attention and ended up with all the cables in the wiring panel just hanging free, which made organizing it a PITA. All of that wiring cost a little over a grand (although 2014.) If you wait until after the drywall goes up, it will probably cost 5x that.
They may ask you where you want the "homerun," which is usually a centralized closet where they will probably put the alarm panel.
In a 5,200 square foot home, that got me by with one wireless router downstairs in the living room. I would ask the builder to make sure to use a patch panel for termination of all of the cables. I wasn't paying attention and ended up with all the cables in the wiring panel just hanging free, which made organizing it a PITA. All of that wiring cost a little over a grand (although 2014.) If you wait until after the drywall goes up, it will probably cost 5x that.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 3:12 pm to Fishwater
BTW, even if you end up wanting to do mesh, because you have a sprawling house, this will enable you to plug the mesh pucks into the ethernet, which will make them faster (because they're not eating up Wifi throughput on communicating to the other pucks or central router, which is called backhaul.)
Posted on 2/3/26 at 3:27 pm to Fishwater
not gonna lie, i wired my whole house for all kinds of direct wired wifi access points and ended up installing a google home wifi system with 4 pucks a that my cousin had that and wasn't using. Been 6 years and i've never looked back. multiple tv's, devices, gaming systems all running and never have an issue.
This post was edited on 2/3/26 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 2/3/26 at 3:33 pm to Fishwater
Got talked into a ubiquity system by a friend and have been very happy over my Google mesh.
Running Ethernet wires in your attic is a bitch
Running Ethernet wires in your attic is a bitch
Posted on 2/3/26 at 3:36 pm to eng08
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Running Ethernet wires in your attic is a bitch
true, but if he's building, he'll have free reign.
This post was edited on 2/3/26 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 2/3/26 at 3:46 pm to Fishwater
ethernet ports in every room and one in the ceiling in the middle of each floor.
Posted on 2/3/26 at 4:08 pm to Fishwater
I personally have a Unifi Dream Machine SE with 8 cameras and 3 access points. I would do the same again if i were building. The UDMSE has a hard drive for the cameras and can control everything from one platform, home or remotely.
Posted on 2/4/26 at 10:51 pm to PHNBK
Have a TP Link Deco Mesh system with 4 bases. Have 23 devices running simultaneously with no problem. Have Rev fiber going into my house to the modem.
Flawless performance in a 6400 sq. ft. 3 story house
Flawless performance in a 6400 sq. ft. 3 story house
Posted on 2/5/26 at 7:15 am to Randall Savauge
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free reign
The term is “free rein”.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 8:40 am to PHNBK
Similarly setup and really like it as stated above.
One of the best things has been the level of control I have over the internet and devices with my kids. I don’t argue abt stuff anymore just turn off devices.
One of the best things has been the level of control I have over the internet and devices with my kids. I don’t argue abt stuff anymore just turn off devices.
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