Good afternoon. Please advise, if not difficult. We are finishing repairs in a new building. From 3 rooms and a kitchen (Internet sockets are installed there) cables are stretched and hidden under the ceiling (finished with plasterboard). A small hatch was left. Internet provider (http://www.tkl-vidnoe.ru/, stretched the fiber-optic cable also there (to the ceiling). As far as I understand, install a Wi-Fi router with direct connection of all cables in this hatch (taking into account the possible connection of a set-top box, a router will probably be needed with at least 5 LAN ports) is impossible (access is complicated, if, for example, you need to reboot, besides, the signal via Wi-Fi will be transmitted with interference).
What do you advise how to install the equipment with minimal visibility of cables? Maybe install an Internet outlet on the wall (where a Wi-Fi router can be connected), and the cable from it can also be brought to the ceiling (into the hatch)? And all the available cables (from the rooms and the kitchen, the provider's cable) are connected in the hatch through a hub or a switch? Unfortunately, I am not very versed in this technique, and the installers do not really explain. Thanks.
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Good afternoon. To look at all this, it is very difficult to find your way. I'm only interested in one thing: the cable from the provider is connected directly to the router, is there a regular network cable with an RJ-45 connector, or do you need some other equipment?
I do not know by what technology the provider gives the Internet. But most likely, you will not be able to connect the cable from the provider and from the outlets through one switch, or hub (this is practically the same thing).
The cable about the provider must fit into the WAN port of the router, and already from the router it can be wired through the LAN, well, over the Wi-Fi network.
As a rule, all Wi-Fi routers have 4 LAN ports. You write that you may need 5 LAN ports. What for? You only have 3 sockets. Or are there several in each room?
Well, putting the router in a hatch under the ceiling is also not a good idea. It will most likely be badly cooled there. Or is it not very crowded there? You can also look at the article: where to install a Wi-Fi router in an apartment or house.
Wi-Fi shouldn't be a problem. If there is no coverage throughout the apartment, then it will be possible to install a Wi-Fi network amplifier, or connect another router or access point to one of the sockets.
With set-top boxes for IPTV, you need to immediately decide. Honestly, I don't think you will have more than 4. It seems to me that it will be difficult for a router to keep such a load.
Again, there are many different nuances. In my answer there is nothing specific, I understand, but it is very difficult to advise something blindly. Maybe my assumptions will somehow help you decide. You can unsubscribe in the comments.
19.08.17
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Asked by Aro
