I know we’ve discussed this a few times on here but I want to make sure that I’m doing this right.

I put an electrical outlet in my middle closet and drilled a hole to the attic.

I have a couple of 100ft cat6

I also have the 3 piece Google WiFi setup. (I had it at my old house).

I want to have my Xbox wired in the front den and my Apple TV wired in the back master bedroom.

What’s the best way to handle this?

House is 1,790sq feet.

Thanks in advance.

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Posted by nchawg

North Carolina

Member since Sep 2011

133 posts

Posted on 7/11/18 at 7:37 am to The Levee

Morning Levee. What are you asking help with? Sounds like you want to run cat6 from the den and master bedroom, up the wall, into the attic, then terminate into the middle closet. Is that correct?

Where is your ISP connection coming in at? The middle closet as well?

Most consumer grade WiFi routers have 2 to 4 Ethernet LAN jacks. If yours doesn't then get an Ethernet switch.

Not familiar with Google WiFi, sorry.

You didn't ask, but if you have a higher end consumer grade WiFi router that can do dual 5Ghz bands and a 2.4Ghz, then you can configure this to work without cables. Take one of the 5Ghz networks and dedicate to streaming devices. Use the other for gaming and whatever. Stick the other stuff (laptops, phones, Alexa, cameras, etc.) on the 2.4Ghz network.

I have one 5Ghz network for my Amazon fire TVs and I can stream 4K content with no issues. Kids Xbox is on the other 5Ghz network. Other crap on 2.4Ghz. Works well, if you have the Internet bandwidth and a higher end router.

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Posted by The Levee

Bat Country

Member since Feb 2006

10686 posts

Posted on 7/11/18 at 11:38 am to nchawg

Thanks. Yes. The IP I’ll be in the central closet. It will have a fan too.

The google WiFi is very powerful and it should handle 4K streaming. But I would like to hardwire a couple of things that matter most.

My iMac desktop
My Xbox
My Apple TV

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