Running external ethernet - cost?

Cyber-Mav said:
Waaa? Wifi can sort that.
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Maybe but it would definitely be more expensive to replace the router or buy an access point that would still require wiring in for a major improvement.

You're better off just putting a cable in that's capable of 10Gb speeds for years of future-proofing.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
Waaa? Wifi can sort that.
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I’ve spent a lot of money on proper mesh solutions and the only stuff that’s going to hit 900Mb is WiFi 6 Netgear Orbi, and they’re mega expensive.

Then you have to deal with WiFi
Cyber-Mav said:
I thought he digging to office that at back of the house in garden
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It’s a coach house so single floor but on the second floor.

Won’t need armoured cable :-)
 
If it's a modern house with hollow partition walls I'd pop a skirting board off and channel out a run to the corner and into the partition wall cavity if it were me. Neater as I don't like cables running up the exterior of a house. Depends of course if you have a partition wall on the ground floor beneath the office.
 
I recently paid £360 inc vat for 3x external cat6 and sockets 2x going up 1 floor and 1x going to back of house. Was a local sparky / AV guy and he did a great job, all neatly tacked and entry holes filled with silicon.

Other two quotes came in at 2-3x that price.
 
bremen1874 said:
At 900Mbps?
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MrRockliffe said:
I’ve spent a lot of money on proper mesh solutions and the only stuff that’s going to hit 900Mb is WiFi 6 Netgear Orbi, and they’re mega expensive.
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I do over 900Mb between upstairs and downstair using a pair of AX3 wifi 6 routers with 160Mhz channel. they were very cheap, less than the prices for wiring being quoted here, still wired is better and wires will be compatible with faster speeds as they inevitably arrive, depending on quality of cable you might be able to run upto 10Gb over ethernet but at the very least 2.5 or 5Gb.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/posts/34600074

Note that post is to LAN devices connected to the wifi APs, wifi devices connecting to the same bridge are slower due to repeating signal and the AX3s having no backhaul.
 
sandys said:
I do over 900Mb between upstairs and downstair using a pair of AX3 wifi 6 routers with 160Mhz channel. they were very cheap, less than the prices for wiring being quoted here, still wired is better and wires will be compatible with faster speeds as they inevitably arrive, depending on quality of cable you might be able to run upto 10Gb over ethernet but at the very least 2.5 or 5Gb.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/posts/34600074

Note that post is to LAN devices connected to the wifi APs, wifi devices connecting to the same bridge are slower due to repeating signal and the AX3s having no backhaul.
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When you say AX3s have no backhaul, how are they connected to one another?

I’m generally not keen on Huawei stuff - I’ve never had good experience with their networking equipment long term, and would rather have an Ethernet connection directly into fibre.
 
They connect over the wifi channel in a standard way, so would be limited in a wifi congested area as there are no extra channels for backhaul which is what the pricier gear does, you can wire a backhaul on these APs for extra performance of wifi connected devices so it doesn't have to repeat which knocks out speed due to back and forth comms but doing a point to point link wifi ap to wifi ap its pretty quick with 160Mhz channels as shown, limited by the LAN port.

definitely wired is the way to go, but if you are stuck wifi can do GB LAN speeds, I still plan to wire mine at some point though.

These Huawei are great performers but they are cheap because they aren't brilliant software wise, lacks a lot of features that something like Asus or netgear etc. have, plus some of the features it claim to have don't work well like parental control or guest wifi but its core feature of fast wifi 6 it does fairly well.

So wouldn't recommend if you need all the bells and whistles but if you want to add cheap wifi 6 to something it is fine.
 
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sandys said:
They connect over the wifi channel in a standard way, so would be limited in a wifi congested area as there are no extra channels for backhaul which is what the pricier gear does, you can wire a backhaul on these APs for extra performance of wifi connected devices so it doesn't have to repeat which knocks out speed due to back and forth comms but doing a point to point link wifi ap to wifi ap its pretty quick with 160Mhz channels as shown, limited by the LAN port.

definitely wired is the way to go, but if you are stuck wifi can do GB LAN speeds, I still plan to wire mine at some point though.

These Huawei are great performers but they are cheap because they aren't brilliant software wise, lacks a lot of features that something like Asus or netgear etc. have, plus some of the features it claim to have don't work well like parental control or guest wifi but its core feature of fast wifi 6 it does fairly well.

So wouldn't recommend if you need all the bells and whistles but if you want to add cheap wifi 6 to something it is fine.
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That’s great info - thank you :)
 
sandys said:
They connect over the wifi channel in a standard way, so would be limited in a wifi congested area as there are no extra channels for backhaul which is what the pricier gear does, you can wire a backhaul on these APs for extra performance of wifi connected devices so it doesn't have to repeat which knocks out speed due to back and forth comms but doing a point to point link wifi ap to wifi ap its pretty quick with 160Mhz channels as shown, limited by the LAN port.

definitely wired is the way to go, but if you are stuck wifi can do GB LAN speeds, I still plan to wire mine at some point though.

These Huawei are great performers but they are cheap because they aren't brilliant software wise, lacks a lot of features that something like Asus or netgear etc. have, plus some of the features it claim to have don't work well like parental control or guest wifi but its core feature of fast wifi 6 it does fairly well.

So wouldn't recommend if you need all the bells and whistles but if you want to add cheap wifi 6 to something it is fine.
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I have 3 of the quad core AX3's all wired in, they offer brilliant performance. Thinking about running a cable to the garage to put another in as the signal through to there drops fast.
 
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