Putting Cat 6 cable in new flat

saikatck

Disciple
Hi,

In my new home, the internet connection terminal is at the entry door, and it's little far away from the bedroom with multiple walls in between. Thus, I want to put a Cat 6 cable and use my Asus router as access point.

Typical home usage scenario - Mostly work from home for 2 people, and watching OTT/streaming services.

I have 3 options.

1. There is a coaxial outlet in the bedroom and I remove the coaxial cable, and put the Cat 6 cable. I am not sure if the coaxial cable is in a different conduit or kept together with the electrical wire. I will check and confirm over the weekend.

2. This is not recommended, but listing it. I can run the cat6 (shielded) through any electrical conduit and terminate it near the main MCB distribution box which is at the center of the house. Then I will put the Asus router as AP.

3. Ask the internet provider to extend the optical fibre cable to the MCB box, and install the broadband router there. With this option I won't be installing the AP at bedroom.

Requesting your help.

Thank you.

Regards
Saikat
 

cisco_tech

ex-Mod
saikatck said:
Hi,

In my new home, the internet connection terminal is at the entry door, and it's little far away from the bedroom with multiple walls in between. Thus, I want to put a Cat 6 cable and use my Asus router as access point.

Typical home usage scenario - Mostly work from home for 2 people, and watching OTT/streaming services.

I have 3 options.

1. There is a coaxial outlet in the bedroom and I remove the coaxial cable, and put the Cat 6 cable. I am not sure if the coaxial cable is in a different conduit or kept together with the electrical wire. I will check and confirm over the weekend.

2. This is not recommended, but listing it. I can run the cat6 (shielded) through any electrical conduit and terminate it near the main MCB distribution box which is at the center of the house. Then I will put the Asus router as AP.

3. Ask the internet provider to extend the optical fibre cable to the MCB box, and install the broadband router there. With this option I won't be installing the AP at bedroom.

Requesting your help.

Thank you.

Regards
Saikat
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1) If you do not want to remove the coax you can convert them to MoCA 2.0 network. It will split coax into ethernet and from there you can extend it.
2) This option is not recommended but you can run fiber. it is immune to Electro-Magnetic Interference and Radio Frequency Interference. You will need SFP converter.