Home network
27 Oct 2021
- Kevin
Here’s the set-up…
A note on Mesh WiFi…
A note on Powerline…
- TP-Link TL-PA8033PKIT, two plugs - one with three x ethernet ports, other with one.
A note on cables…
- Cat6 cable - max 1000 Meg, better shielding, not much more expensive than Cat5e
- Cat5e cable - max 1000 Meg
- Cat5 cable - been around forever, max 100 Meg
Pack of 5 x Cat6 cables - less than £10.
More reading https://www.cablematters.com/blog/Networking/cat5e-vs-cat6
graph LR
Router --- |Cat6|DecoMain
Router --- EEBoostBox
Router -.- |2.4G only, alt SSID
5G disabled|DustyWiFi
DecoMain --- |Cat6|Powerline1 %%todo, cat6 cable
Powerline1 -.- |house electricity|Powerline2
Powerline2 ---|Cat6| DecoStudy
%%Powerline1 --- Piggy
%%Piggy ---
%%Piggy --- P_Spare1
Powerline1 --- |Cat5e|PS4White
Powerline1 --- |Cat5e|LGTV
DecoStudy ---- |Cat5|SamKnows
SamKnows --- |10/100|PC1
SamKnows --- |10/100|PC2
SamKnows --- |10/100|HA
SamKnows --- |10/100|Pi400-PiHole
DecoKitchen --- DK_Spare1
DecoKitchen --- DK_Spare2
%%DecoBedroom --- DB_Spare1
%%DecoBedroom --- DB_Spare2
DecoMain -.- |2.4G and 5G|WiFi
DecoStudy -.- |2.4G and 5G|WiFi.
DecoKitchen -.- |2.4G and 5G|WiFi..
%%DecoPlug -.- WiFi...
%%DecoBedroom -.- WiFi....
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