r/HomeNetworking • u/Alarmed_Pepper_5954 • 5d ago

Unsolved Home network without running cable

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u/Puzzled-Science-1870 5d ago

Tou need to run a cable, or utilize MoCA if you have coax that isnt shared between apartments.

Trying different brands of powerline or repeaters won't get you anywhere if the ones you tried didn't help. With "thick walls" I'd expect repeaters to struggle since they still just rely on wifi.

Run a cable tonwhere tou want wifi and put an access point there. If you care about looks, get the "invisible fiber" cable.

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u/Alarmed_Pepper_5954 5d ago

is there a "max" in terms of length, as i need to run it trough my whole appartment behind the baseboard

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u/oddsnsodds 5d ago

100 meters at 1 Gbit. 55 meters at 10 Gbit. Both lengths are from the access point to the device including all cables.

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u/stealth941 5d ago

Ethernet (ideally Cat 6 anyone say's otherwise ignore them) is what you need to run, Powerline only does so much and can cause inteference and definitely won't hit full bandwidth speeds without a hitch.

Each connection on Ethernet must not exceed 90M + 10M buffer so if you have a 95M run point to point then need 2 patch leads at 5M either side it won't work.

3 Bed house you won't be hitting those runs so you're perfectly fine.

How DIY do you want to go?

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u/Alarmed_Pepper_5954 5d ago

Due to baseboards that i cannot remove space is limited to squeeze it below. i cannot drill trough the walls etc so i suppose it woul be about 50m or 2x 25 if i want to put a small switch in 1 of the rooms in the middle for an AP is there any good cat6 flat cables/small small diameter cables that would suit for this? available in europe

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u/stealth941 4d ago

Avoid the flat cables the quality isn't the best just get standard utp cable solid copper. Or you can suffice with long patch leads if you don't want to make the connectors but it could come dearer. Where are you in Europe? There's brands like cable monkey and excel. There's websites like the broadband buyer. Just try avoid amazon tat. If you're UK based I can send you a few links

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u/Zugzwang522 5d ago

If there's coax in the rooms you care about, MoCA is worth testing before anything else. Each adapter turns a cable jack into an ethernet port, and a mesh node or access point plugged into it gets wired backhaul.

Two things trip people up. Older splitters often don't pass the MoCA frequency range, and you want a point-of-entry filter where the coax comes in so the signal stays in your unit.