Boost your old house's Wi-Fi performance.
Boost your old house's Wi-Fi performance.
It's quite straightforward—just lay the cables everywhere and install switches where you need multiple connections. This is the standard method and very simple for most people. For me, just sticking cables on the walls works fine, though if you're more skilled you can run them through the walls and use wall plates for Ethernet ports. I don’t know much about it, but it seems tougher with concrete walls and much simpler in a typical house like the ones in the US.
It's a bit trickier with brick or concrete wall houses, isn't it? When my parents constructed their home, I asked the electrician to lay CAT5e cables alongside the coax for cable TV inside the wall cavities. Many homes in my area use concrete—even the interior walls—for hurricane resistance. I didn’t plan to drill myself, but I wanted a tidy appearance. After the work was finished, I connected and tested all the Ethernet and coax onto combined wall plates, then installed the modem, router, switch, etc., on the upper level where everything met. It made things much easier! I picked up some skills by searching online and watching YouTube tutorials.
The structure is made of sandstone, not concrete, and it could weaken over time. Observing other comments on this thread, I plan to connect via the house exterior (there’s climbing honeysuckle so it will stay concealed). Now I require a method for the garage, which stands alone as a separate building, since the Tesla needs to charge there and recharge regularly only when connected.