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Amen to this. I moved house recently and the only things I did were running CAT6 from where the internet enters the house, up to a PoE switch in the loft that
by mattlondon 3y ago
Amen to this.
I moved house recently and the only things I did were running CAT6 from where the internet enters the house, up to a PoE switch in the loft that then has a few Wifi6 APs connected to that.
Everything is wifi (all cameras, smart switches etc, office laptop, a single RPi4 for "projects" and so on) and all seems fine. The only device that is directly connected via ethernet is a headless gaming desktop that lives in the loft that I occasionally use for streaming games to a laptop.
But kudos for this guy if that is what he wants to do. Personally I did not enjoy doing the cable runs (especially for external-grade CAT6).
- 8fingerlouie 3y agoMy cameras are still POE (UniFi Protect), but i had already run the cables for it, so not much point i replacing them just for the sake of moving to WiFi. My "server" is also wired, as is my Hue Bridge, Tado Bridge and other "IoT" devices that doesn't support wifi, but when it comes to user accessible machines there is exactly one, which is my "go to" machine in case the router/switch dies and i can't get on the WiFi.
- archon810 3y agoHow are you liking Unifi Protect?
- 8fingerlouie 3y agoFor what i use it for, it does it's job well. I also run a HomeBridge to bridge protect to Apple HomeKit, to have a backup of the footage.
- appel 3y ago> The only device that is directly connected via ethernet is a headless gaming desktop that lives in the loft that I occasionally use for streaming games to a laptop. Really curious how you set this up, sounds like it could be the perfect solution for me.