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Networking Dilemma

Hi there good folk,

The new place i am moving into has the internet come into the house on the other side of where I am planning to have my office + my NAS(which needs ethernet). I much prefer having my stuff connected through ethernet, but not sure what do now, as I cant really run cables across the house. Am also renting the place so cant drill holes in walls etc.. As far as I know, there are two ways for me to get ethernet in my office:

  1. COAX to POE: The place does not have ethernet ports in the walls either, but it does have some wallmounted coax sockets. Is it worth looking into coax to poe adapters for either end of the sockets? Not sure how much of a fan I am of this due to the amount of cables this ends up being.

  2. The other way would be to have a WiFi-extender in my office, but i guess this will sacrafice some more speed than the other solution(?). This way I would have a small switch connected to the extender which will get me some more ports too.

I am planning on buying into the Unifi prodcuts, specifically the Unifi Express device as a router. While expensive, I love the polish and feature set and control it brings. What other Unifi devices should I get into, considering probably wont be able to use PoE?

Lemmy know your thoughts, opinions and the rest - am open for all sorts of solutions!

mystik ,

MoCA is a way to send wired Ethernet up to (300mb/s, at least the version i have) over coax. Verizon fios would provide these devices to send internet to set top boxes over existing coax cabling, but you can get a pair of these devices and send Ethernet in on one side, and Ethernet out the other side.

I have noticed however, it adds a bit of latency to the connection, which may be trouble.

MystikIncarnate ,

Hello friend.

You can get 2.5gbps MoCA now. You may want to consider upgrading.

Nice username btw

spearz ,

What about power line adapters? I’ve got a pair and they just sit there doing their thing, no config needed, just plug in and away you go. So long as you’re on the same electric circuit, they’ll connect over that. Mine are made by TP Link and never had a problem (not sure if Unifi make them, sorry).
Best of luck to you!

Sunny OP ,
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Didn't know this was an option even, will defo look into this asap and evaluate wether this fits my use case or not, thanks!

OminousOrange ,
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I had a set of four for getting ethernet around the few places I rented. There was maybe the odd quality decrease when there was a lot of electrical load, but they worked great otherwise.

Sunny OP ,
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A set of four what? I'm sorry, not quite following.

OminousOrange ,
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Sorry, four of the power to ethernet plugs. You put one near your router to essentially supply internet to your house's electrical circuits, then distribute the others where you need them, such as office, living room if you want to connect a TV or console, etc.

MystikIncarnate ,

Depending on where you live and what your power circuits look like (not the outlets, the circuits that power them), you may have a great, or very poor experience.

I'd need to know what country you live in to know more, since power wiring standards vary from country to country. In the USA and Canada (I'm in Canada and the USA is the same), we use split phase and crossing the split phase will severely hinder the ability for powerline to perform.

It's a viable option, not my favorite option, I'd recommend MoCA (coax) over powerline, but it's ultimately up to you.

Sunny OP ,
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I live in Norway, thanks for the tips though!

NeoNachtwaechter , (edited )

Where is this happening? Which country, which laws?

NAS on WiFi works, but it is less fun than NAS on a cable.

Powerline works only with solid copper wire installed in the walls, connecting these rooms with as few interruptions as possible. Never with flexible lines.

P.S. corrected PoE to powerline

Sunny OP ,
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Norway.
It works, but I dont have a networking card anyways and much prefer having things wired if possible.

NeoNachtwaechter ,

I guess you should simply talk to the landlord about your needs, and try to find an agreeable solution together.

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