![]() ![]() Even with an available outlet, there is no way to estimate the performance since they are on a different floor and there are too many unknown variables at play. Powerline networking is completely out of the question because there are no available sockets in the electrical room. But they are still not suited for latency sensitive and bandwidth intensive applications like HD media playback/streaming. My Wi-Fi network at home is very robust, including two Meraki MR18 access points in mesh mode. But many WIFI devices operating in close proximity and streaming large uncompressed files proved to be a very painful and sluggish experience. ![]() My HTPC, IPTV box and Xiaomi TV box support 802.11n and 802.11ac. So I had to first settle for wireless with very unsatisfactory results. When I first moved into the new house late last year, MoCA 2.0 adapters were not widely available because they are undergoing final certifications. Fast network performance is essential for a smooth user experience, especially because my other two devices (IPTV box and Xiaomi TV box) are also very bandwidth intensive. My HTPC is used to play uncompressed videos and the viewing of my large (1.2TB) collection of family and travel photos from my FreeNAS server. The only option was to use wireless, powerline networking or MoCA. Unfortunately there was no CAT5 outlet in the living room, which is where my HTPC, IPTV box (cut the cord many years ago) and Xiaomi TV box reside. I’ve recently moved to a new location and the builder was nice to enough to place a CAT5 outlet in every room wired to a central location in the electrical room, which greatly helps with future network expansions. The author agreed to have it published on SmallNetBuilder and has been compensated. This article originally appeared as a post on SNBForums.
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