Home Networking@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months ago

The previous owners of my house ran two Ethernet cables from the fiber modem to a point near the center of the house, where they enter the wall... and apparently never exit it.

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The previous owners of my house ran two Ethernet cables from the fiber modem to a point near the center of the house, where they enter the wall... and apparently never exit it.

Home Networking@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months ago

I’m considering clipping the cable where it enters the wall, terminating it, and buying a PoE adapter so that I can see if a single wifi router mounted in that spot will cover the whole house.

Is this a terrible idea? What should I look out for?

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Are you sure you know all the rooms in your home? Is the house bigger on the outside than you can account for on the inside?

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