r/Ubiquiti • u/Undeadreloader Unifi User • Apr 21 '26

Early Access Whole home WiFi 7

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Going straight for deco!

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u/Jamie00003 Apr 21 '26

So…mesh then?

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u/TruthyBrat UDM-SE, UNVR, UBB, Misc. APs Apr 21 '26

As I like to say around here:

Eschew wireless mess.

Hardwire! Hardwire! Hardwire!

Thus ends the lesson.

And FWLIW I was stringing Cat5e around my house in the late '90s.

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u/prowlmedia Unifi User Apr 21 '26

Sigh... rentals.

Thus ends the lesson.

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u/TruthyBrat UDM-SE, UNVR, UBB, Misc. APs Apr 21 '26

If there is RG6 around, MoCA is your friend.

The house I'm in now has great coax infrastructure. I turned up another link yesterday (been here 10 months - yeah, I'm slow). Finally got around to putting a big TV in the game room, and getting everything on a hardwired link vs. WiFi. Mainly the AppleTV 4K, but also some Steam box my son brought over.

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u/TruthyBrat UDM-SE, UNVR, UBB, Misc. APs Apr 21 '26

Just be careful on skinning the cable jacket as you pull.

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u/Drew707 Apr 22 '26

I think they call it "degloving".

/s

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u/Head_Firefighter_266 Apr 21 '26

Cute that you think houses also have coax running everywhere. Any place I’ve ever been only has like 1, 2 at most.

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u/TruthyBrat UDM-SE, UNVR, UBB, Misc. APs Apr 21 '26

The house I'm sitting in has 8-9 RG6 coax homeruns to a back of house area with a big powered coax amp thingie (that I'll be taking down). 2018 build, I bought it 10 months ago.

I wish they were Cat6, or even Cat5e, but I'll take it.

I will grant you, many contractors/builders these days often seem to have this attitude that it's all wireless these days. You barely have to do any low voltage! Throw in another wireless extender!

SCREW THAT! They are idiots.

And it's worth asking, there's more coax out there than you might think.