Reminiscing of when I did a home network upgrade.

[WizardTux]

So back in 2017 I was in a different house that I rented from a family member. and I was looking through the old forums and found these old pictures, btw this was just a home lab and I realize there are some things that I should of done better / different.

Where I ran external lines from the house (both CAT6 and coax) from the house (left) to the external garage (right).


Here is the full run.

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Then this was "version one" of the room where I had all my servers.

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And this was the AP that we had in the external garage.

 

[at54tl]

I like your Yard, looks nice.

 

[WizardTux]

I like your Yard, looks nice.

That's my old house, this house has much more usable space.

 

[Andy]

Good times! I just completed a wireless infrastructure overhaul not long ago. Always fun to keep our home networks in shape! My Wi-Fi charts look so much better now. I migrated to all mesh APs.

 

[WizardTux]

I'm likely going to wire this whole house and make the wifi better here too at some point.

 

[daisynaive96]

Some pleasant memories come to mind as I think back on my home network update. I started off with a simple configuration that was unable to meet my growing needs—slow speeds, frequent disconnections, and dead zones in specific rooms. I therefore concluded that a complete overhaul was necessary.

Investigating routers and mesh networks was the first step. In the end, I decided on a strong mesh system that could cover my entire house. To lessen interference, I added extenders, updated the router, and rearranged the devices. In addition, I spent time organising the cabling and setting up QoS (Quality of Service) for gaming and streaming.

The change was astounding once everything was in place. The signal was strong in every room, the speeds were steady, and streaming was easy. It not only made my daily tasks easier, but its dependable video calls and quick uploads also improved my experience working from home.

 

[WizardTux]

Its amazing what some little upgrades (and sometimes major ones) can do to help the network. I recently had a HP desktop running PFSense and when it had a lot of traffic going through it it would lock up, swapping that out for a Netgate box has helped a ton and now if I want, I can get 10gig to the house.