Behind the plates it was all cat5e.
Ethernet in every room.
In your home it s the speed and reliability of the internet connection.
Monoprice was my friend here.
My setup is likely overkill for many people.
Especially if you have 16 port for 6 rooms i would assume ports 1 6 would be on but who knows label your panel.
Rinse and repeat through every room.
How to get ethernet in a room without a ethernet jack tp link av1200 powerline adapter gigabit w power outlet pass through up to 1200mbps.
I put four ethernet jacks at each location in the office and living room and single ethernet jacks in the bedroom and the kitchen.
Setup is even easier than powerline just screw in the coax cable plug in ethernet and power on.
If your telephone or cable point is in the living room and your study is at the other end of the house you might have to extend the range of your network or create a new one that has a wired.
You might prefer to.
Wi fi routers entranced us all with their promise of easy setup and constant connectivity while wired ethernet.
Having a wired network at home allows you to have a private high speed network for internet access file sharing media streaming online gaming ip security cameras and much more.
And the same speed in every room even with over 150 meter coax runs.
No issues with interference etc.
You may have heard that money makes the world go round.
At some point in its history the humble rj 45 ethernet connector got a bad rap.
If you lack the appropriate speed to power multiple connected devices or to stream rich media content on the playstation 4 it won t matter how good of a router ethernet switch or extender you buy the wi fi signal won t be strong enough.
My apartment had rj 11 ports in every room and one in the closet.
Run to the room on label or randomly choose rooms if no label.
If no labels this could take a while.
They all terminated with just a wire nut behind the plate in the closet to connect a phone line in every room.