When I had my house reinsulated last year I took the opportunity to run cables from every room to a small closet, and then a run from that closet to the router. Had some... experience, learning how to wire in the sockets, and right now only my office is connected with a bit of patch instead of the switch I'll eventually need to get the other rooms live, but it's so much more reliable than it was with WiFi or poweline. Not to mention that those technologies only just kept up with the 36Mb VDSL I've been stuck on for the last 10 years. Having ethernet means I'll actually be able to get the most out of the 500Mb FttP I'm getting next month.
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2023
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When we renovated we put Ethernet everywhere - according to my sparky we might have more ports than some medium businesses he did.
...And I still find areas where I would need one or two more. ...And I am still mad at myself for not putting a run into the kitchen and the bathroom.
Why do you find that you need a drop in the bathroom?
Smart Speakers. And it turned out it would have been the perfect spot for one of the hotspots.
I run fiber because fiber SFPs are cheaper than copper lol.
But if it doesn't move in my house, it's wired.
I think they might also use Ethernet? Usually "Ethernet" refers to the copper Ethernet cable, but I am 99% sure Fiber uses Ethernet too.
Just sharing since I'm deploying my Fiber setup at home in a bit...
Ethernet is a layer 1/2 standard, so it is technically it's anything covered under IEEE 802.3.
But for most folks Ethernet is a copper patch cable and a copper port.
My comment was more directed at the unholy costs of copper SFPs and their heat when dealing with multigig setups.
Ethernet is awesome. Super fast, doesn't matter how many people are using it, it functions as a hardware dead-switch and you can decorate your house with lovely blue cables everywhere.
Not to forget: The cables are so sturdy you can strangle attackers with them. Comes in handy sometimes.