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I wish ethernet only cost "a few hundred dollars". I am currently about $600 in the hole and I haven't even bought conduit, new drywall, or another switch. I a

I wish ethernet only cost "a few hundred dollars". I am currently about $600 in the hole and I haven't even bought conduit, new drywall, or another switch. I am guessing it will be in the $1,000+ range when I am done. That's assuming I don't need to go get another 1,000 foot roll which I am guessing I might (doing 48 drops + PoE) --- While interesting, I don't think the article really was for me. It felt shallow and like an info dump rather than a real opinion piece. The solution to "I have bad internet" is ethernet yet the author seems against or as if it is stepping back into the past. We rely on wires to get it into the house generally, why are you advocating for getting rid of wires then being confused when your coverage sucks. The technology is there to have good wireless internet (wifi mesh driven by ethernet) but the author seems like they want to complain rather than looking at the problem rationally.

mindslight 3y ago
"Doc, the Wifi AP doesn't work very well when I put it in a metal box" ... "Have you tried not putting it in a metal box?" It feels like the author has a self-induced problem where she indeed knows better. But she's trying to emulate what she thinks a non-techie would do, and getting that quite wrong by limiting herself to fewer pieces rather than widely available off the shelf products meant to solve the problem properly. Obviously the metal box is meant for modem+router+switch, and then you hang wireless APs off of where the ethernet cables run to. When I was in an apartment that had a similar setup, I found it a bit limiting and still ran various ethernet lines under rugs and whatnot, but it was much better foundation than draping cables in hallways and stairways.