coolmanfever
Standard Member
hello all,
I am building my new home consisting basement floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor. Each floor is about 2000 square feet. I did lots of research on Mesh wifi and Eero seems like the best one and ease of use for the money in the market. So I pre-ordered a 3 pack Eero router and plan to install one of each Eero 6 router on each floor once I move in.
The contractor has ran Cat5e ethernet wires from the following rooms to main floor living room where the modem will be installed:
1 x wire from basement living room's wall where TV will be mounted
1 x wire from the main floor living room's wall where TV will be mounted
2 x wire from main floor's office room where two desktop computer will be setup
1 x wire from each 2nd floor bedroom's wall where TV will be mounted (total 4 bedrooms so 4 wires from 2nd floor)
This means I will have total 8 ethernet wires all gathering in my main floor living room near nearby where the modem will be installed.
I intend to place one Eero router in basetment living room, another in main floor living room, another in 2nd floor master bedroom.
My question is...
Is this better to terminate all the ethernet wires into female jacket panel on the wall of main floor living room near the modem? like this Amazon product ASIN B07449GM9For
Is this better to terminate all the ethernet wires into male ends and connect male ends into gigabit unmanaged switch close by the modem in the main floor living room? like this GS308 — 8 Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch
This is my time post and first home DIY network setup. Hopefully I will get some suggestions from the experts in the community. Thank you so much.
I am building my new home consisting basement floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor. Each floor is about 2000 square feet. I did lots of research on Mesh wifi and Eero seems like the best one and ease of use for the money in the market. So I pre-ordered a 3 pack Eero router and plan to install one of each Eero 6 router on each floor once I move in.
The contractor has ran Cat5e ethernet wires from the following rooms to main floor living room where the modem will be installed:
1 x wire from basement living room's wall where TV will be mounted
1 x wire from the main floor living room's wall where TV will be mounted
2 x wire from main floor's office room where two desktop computer will be setup
1 x wire from each 2nd floor bedroom's wall where TV will be mounted (total 4 bedrooms so 4 wires from 2nd floor)
This means I will have total 8 ethernet wires all gathering in my main floor living room near nearby where the modem will be installed.
I intend to place one Eero router in basetment living room, another in main floor living room, another in 2nd floor master bedroom.
My question is...
Is this better to terminate all the ethernet wires into female jacket panel on the wall of main floor living room near the modem? like this Amazon product ASIN B07449GM9For
Is this better to terminate all the ethernet wires into male ends and connect male ends into gigabit unmanaged switch close by the modem in the main floor living room? like this GS308 — 8 Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch
This is my time post and first home DIY network setup. Hopefully I will get some suggestions from the experts in the community. Thank you so much.