Tom Ezio
2023-02-12 17:43:46
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Many thanks, Karl.Jonas, for your post, which seems understandable and helpful to me, thus giving me more confidence. Best regards from TomWhat you write is completely correct. The setup is [Router in the basement] --(one cable)-- [Switch in the basement]--(many cables)--[Patch panel in the basement]--(many cables)--[Room connection]. "Actually," you could also omit the patch panel; it does nothing. But it allows you to firmly screw down the cables from the rooms and then connect the respective patch panel port to the switch. The switch, in turn, brings the data from the many rooms onto the one cable to the router. Even a simple TP-Link TL-WR940N WiFi router for €20 does everything you want in the room. The data rate is also completely sufficient. The only reason for "faster" WiFi might possibly be simultaneous transmission via multiple WiFi devices (six kids streaming Netflix on their phones). Then it is good to go a bit more expensive, e.g. Linksys EA7500v3 for €50. All these inexpensive access points / WiFi routers work with their own power supply, i.e. you need a power outlet for them and the cable lies around. In contrast, with PoE the power comes via the LAN cable and you can save the power outlet. The devices are a bit more expensive, e.g. NETGEAR WAX214 for €100 and usually have NO additional LAN port, i.e. LAN (from your router/switch/patch panel) goes in, but there is no port for a PC or TV. So suggestion: where multiple devices really should be connected via cable (e.g. living room) place a router WITHOUT PoE, then you have multiple ports and plenty of power. In the other rooms place a WiFi access point WITH PoE, then the ugly cable to the power outlet is omitted.