- Aug 12, 2012
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Hi. So I have recently been bit by the ethernet bug and would like some opinions on how my network should be structured. Our modem and router are on the top floor of our 2 story house. Everything else is in the basement. My objective is to find an alternate solution to running ethernet straight through the living room, which is what I'm doing now. Drilling holes in anything is not doable. When our house was built the electritions wired cat3 for phone and coax for cable tv to basically every room. All the coax and phone lines go down to the basement right above all my servers. I was originally going to disconnect the two cat3 cables in one of the adjacent room on the top floor and use them until I realized they are only capable of 10mb/s 
. Then I found an ethernet to coax adapter on amazon. My plan is to use a coax jack in a room adjacent to the router to run directly downstairs. Since that room doesn't need cable tv, Ill probably disconnect it from all the splitters so It's a straight line downstairs and has minimal interference. The adapters I looked(Actiontec Ethernet over Coax Adapter Kit for Homes without MoCA Routers) are only capable of 270 mbps. I'm worried that this will cause a bottleneck between phones connected wirelessly to the router and everything connected downstairs, such as my nas and plex clients. I also have my nas connected to the switch using nic teaming so I'm getting 2gbps. I found a startech adapter on amazon that said it was gigabit ethernet capable. But those were double the price.
Sorry for the long post but ultimately here is my question. Should I spend $240 for the startech adapters of get the actiontec for $120. Is there any flaws in my plan. Thanks in advance!
Will post network typology below.
http://imgur.com/Oqpe7dF
. Then I found an ethernet to coax adapter on amazon. My plan is to use a coax jack in a room adjacent to the router to run directly downstairs. Since that room doesn't need cable tv, Ill probably disconnect it from all the splitters so It's a straight line downstairs and has minimal interference. The adapters I looked(Actiontec Ethernet over Coax Adapter Kit for Homes without MoCA Routers) are only capable of 270 mbps. I'm worried that this will cause a bottleneck between phones connected wirelessly to the router and everything connected downstairs, such as my nas and plex clients. I also have my nas connected to the switch using nic teaming so I'm getting 2gbps. I found a startech adapter on amazon that said it was gigabit ethernet capable. But those were double the price. Sorry for the long post but ultimately here is my question. Should I spend $240 for the startech adapters of get the actiontec for $120. Is there any flaws in my plan. Thanks in advance!
Will post network typology below.
http://imgur.com/Oqpe7dF
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