Home Network Upgrade and Cleanup | 1000Mb Fiber, Google WiFi, TP-Link Switches (Vlog)

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[@MeatChurchBBQ]

As a former VP of IT - Infrastructure….and now you’re wearing my shirt…..Thank you!!!!

[@SteveDOES]

Hey Matt, I love all your products and I’m a huge fan of your overall brand. Your comment means a lot. Thank you! :)

[@D0KH0L1D43]

Hmmmm, Meat Church ♥♥

[@lukemiller3522]

MEAT CHURCH!!! Love your Channel. I am learning a lot from you. thanks

[@bentheguru4986]

A couple of tips stood out like a Stallion in a paddock full of fine fillies. Home-made cables should always have jacket pinched inside the crimp for strength but also to keep the twists all the way to the end as much as possible. Those pictured there are crap. Switches, any that are passively cooled, mount sideways to allow convective airflow to move through, they have holes on the sides for a reason. Active cooled can be side or with ports facing down. Facing to top like yours just catches dust and crap.

[@johngrave5554]

TBH as long as he inst moving around the cables to much it should not be an issue, and those switches stay pretty cool unless you are hitting them with a lot of data which in a home setting like his, is not going to be an issue.

[@James_Knott]

Actually, the proper way to install is to bring the cables to a patch panel and the patch cords from the panel to the switch. I cringe every time I see someone do something like what I see here. In my own home, I have 2 cables running from my living room and bedroom to my "office", thanks to my cable ISP, and a 3rd I added later for my AP. They terminate on keystone connectors mounted in boxes attached to the wall just inside my closet and then patch cords the the rest of the way. The other ends also terminate in keystones. I don't bother with making up patch cords, except special situations. Patch cords are cheap. Don't waste your time making your own.

[@InternationalKarl]

Nice setup. Now time to clean up the closest. What this video shows is what s simple setup on newerbuild houses can look like without buying racks and stuff like that

[@grizzlypaws461]

This video was great. Good work! Still relevant in mid 2023!

[@James_Knott]

A few points from a guy who has done this sort of thing for a living. 1) I'd consider your install a mess and I'm not OCD. 2) Terminate those cables on a patch panel. 3) Instead of using an all in one router and mesh, go right to proper router and access points 4) Why are you calling switches "hubs"? Hubs are obsolete gear which are half duplex and almost all run at only 10 Mb, though some do 100 Mb. 5) I would not go with TP-Link, as some of their gear has problems with multicasts and VLANs, where multicasts from the native LAN leak into the VLANs. 6) I noticed you plugged power into that mesh device. With proper APs you can use Power over Ethernet (PoE), so you don't have to worry about finding AC power nearby. 7) Also, with proper APs you can have mulitple SSIDs (with VLANs back to the router) to support guest Wifi and more 8) As someone else mentioned, your connections are crap. Instead of doing that, terminate on a patch panel and use pre-made patch cords. In my network, I have a cable modem with a 500/20 connection, though I get much better than that. I also have Pfsense running on a Qotom mini PC for my router. I have a Cisco 8 port Gb switch and a Ubiquiti Unifi AC-Lite access point, which is mounted in my laundry room, where it's roughly in the middle of my condo. I also have a 5 port switch in the living room for the devices there.

[@zito88]

You should have someone who knows what they are doing come and re-terminate those ethernet cables. The wires shouldn't be exposed outside the connector. Having them terminated like that means anytime you move any cable it's gonna put tension on the individual wires and it's very likely you'll have a wire fail on you at some point. The outer protective sleeve should extend up into the connector so the pressure is on the sleeve of the cable instead of the individual wires. I'd also recommend sticking the rubber strain relief boots on them for an extra preventative measure.

[@AllenLidar]

Even better, get some CAT6 shielded cable with factory ends so that you're future proof. I'm sure that cable is 5E.

[@Ezekiel666]

Beat me to it, but I definitely second this comment by @Zito! Those stranded copper wires have flex but aren’t strong individually and need all the support they can get.

[@arlemooldijk1595]

@@AllenLidar As long as his switches support 1 Gbps max, using CAT5e isn't an issue and going CAT6 is not going to bring anything extra. With 10 Gbps switches it's not going to be troublefree with CAT5e and you need at least CAT6 (maximum length about 55 meters) or upgrade to CAT6A (up to 100 meters). Shielded is normally not needed in a household. But I agree on using factory made patch cables, though. 😉

[@wildcatphd]

I just got my Google fiber tv to new google tv conversion kit and was at a loss as to how I was going to connect all of my smart home things since my fiber jack is not anywhere near all the boxes!!! Thank you for making this so simple!!!

[@notayoutuberlol]

Nice video! I'm curious how did you make the modem stay in the electrical box? Did you have to drill holes?

[@nocturnal5906]

Great setup. One suggestion if I may. I have the same router and you are correct, it gets pretty hot. So much that it was having a problem keeping cool in my setup. I solved the issue by installing a laptop chill pad underneath the router and it is powered via USB which is the router has USB ports. It's been working great for the past 2 years. The chill pad is fairly quiet and I understand it runs constantly, but the good thing is it's fairly cheap to replace if needed.

[@G1NZOU]

Good tip, my router also has a single USB port (usually intended for a USB stick or hard drive I think for sharing, but with a NAS not necessary), so clever use of the existing port. Luckily my router doesn't run that hot but I'll definitely keep this in mind if I switch to a different one.

[@absolutium]

Your mesh access point should be set next to the NAS as its likely to use beamforming to increase performance.. a confined space is worst case scenario for beamforming.

[@mitube4u]

To even more room in the network cabinet you can remove that POTS splitter and push up those coax cables up into the hole above, if you don't plan on using those. I ended doing that to make room for some Raspberry Pis.

[@TheMewzak]

OOOOF THOSE CAT TERMINATIONS Make sure your jacket seats inside the crimp lock. Secure your cables with strain relief at the rj45 crystal.

[@PeterHonig.]

Your cable organization looks very nice and clean. However, though it might not look as pretty in your particular configuration, it is a best practice to install wall mounted networking/telecom equipment with the connectors pointing DOWNWARD toward the floor. Otherwise any debris that falls from above could fall into the RJ-45 keystones and create a faulty connection when plugged into. Thus, your switch is currently upside-down. My personal preference is to mount all my network switches and servers in racks and make use of patch panels to keep cables nicely organized. Being that my home network is actually for our commercial farm and creamery, I use Cisco enterprise and business equipment plus a management station to monitor the health of the system.

[@zito88]

This is also backup up and evident by the fact that the printing on the switch is upside down when mounted with the ports up.

[@G1NZOU]

Yeah, it's better, though if that TP-Link switch is anything like my Netgear 8 and 5 port switches, the mountings on the back intend for you to mount it with the ports facing upward or sideways, not downwards. I'd definitely install a patch panel for my own network if it gets any bigger than it is already though, and a small rack for a main switch.

[@James_Knott]

That was my first thought, as soon as I saw it. Always have the connectors face down.

[@RLJSlick]

Steve if you want to get to the 1000Mb speed, you may want to check your cabling make sure it's either CAT 5E or CAT 6. You will need that to get to the maximum speed that you can.. You also really want to re-do those RJ-45 jacks going into your hub, they are really poorly done. The 6 wires coming out of your jack shouldn't be exposed like that, you will have issues with something called "crosstalk" which just means that cables are getting outside interference. Those tiny wires should be completely in shielding (in this case plastic cover) right into the RJ-45 jack. That will help fight the "crosstalk" issue. I'm not a network tech, but an multimedia tech and we deal with this kinda thing all the time. Great video, keep up the great work!

[@SteveDOES]

Hey Ricky, thanks for the advice! That's how the cables looked when we moved in. Thankfully the house came standard with Cat5e. I considered upgrading to Cat6 but it was an extra $200 PER CABLE! I thought that price was ridiculous. haha I've never crimped new connectors on my cables before but it seems like a relatively fun project to try out.

[@aurvaroy6670]

@@SteveDOES Yikes! Never heard of a cat6 cable costing that much. I'm able to get a 1000 foot box of cat6 for half that price when I replaced the wiring in my house from cat5e to cat6 last year.

[@SteveDOES]

@@aurvaroy6670 this was a little over 5 years ago and I’m sure the builders were charging a premium.

[@ericsteel173]

I agree with Ricky Jones. At minimum, recrimp ALL of those RJ-45’s. There is a lot of tension on the individual wires. Lookup how to crimp them properly, and it will make difference. If the cable is CAT 5e, you don’t really need to upgrade the cable, it will support gigabit just fine. However, it is also possible you can rewire all of the cable drops yourself, join a Cat 6 cable to an existing cable and CAREFULLY pull it through. I wouldn’t bother unless I had a real ggod reason to do so. Fixing the RJ’s definitely do that. Also get rid of the flat wire. For your short cables in the wire panel, go ahead and upgrade them to CAT 7 cables, for the shielding.

[@MrDaho84]

@@SteveDOES You can easy do that cable job your self :) In sweden Cat6 is standard in houses with network pre installed :).

[@thomasottvideos]

Hey, Steve: Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.

[@SteveDOES]

My pleasure!

[@jesusonwheels2380]

Those smart buttons look pretty cool, can I get them set up to change the modes on my Arlo cameras?

[@s1l3ntcha0s]

Your network makes the networking nerd in me want to cry.

[@5-0pizza]

Great video Steve ! Att fiber is great just added it to my house. I’m getting about the same on my iPhone 12

[@SteveDOES]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked the video. :)

[@aaron840]

That setup can be improved greatly. Remove that google AP from that cabinet. Its essentially a faraday cage, then having an electrical outlet on either side of it you are destroying your wifi signal off that particular AP. If your other AP's are have a wired backbone to the main unit you may not notice wifi issues but if the slave AP's connect wifi to the master then you will have issues when on wifi.

[@b.g.4277]

I had to debate this with my ISP yesterday. Tech insisted stuffing my orbi into my metal cabinet was a great idea. My cabinets is narrower as well and some routers can get a little warm so couldn't understand how installing a router in the cabinet made any sense.

[@G1NZOU]

@@b.g.4277 Sometimes I think they do that deliberately so the customer eventually decides to purchase the faster speed package, either that or the techs are just not that bright.

[@electricalron]

I had so much fun!

[@djpmatchbox]

You can back haul the mesh together for a stronger connection

[@joel231]

Speeds we can only dream of in Australia !

[@davidunwin7868]

I was also going to say the network cable terminations are woeful. The cable going into the AT&T, after the network cabinet has been cleaned up, looks like its about to snap!

[@markdavenportjr5129]

Very cool hopefully next year we can do the same thing with our house add in ethernet jacks etc. :)

[@michaelmcgaha4283]

How did you secure the switch to the panel? Velcro?

[@plagapong]

One question how did you stick the switch into the box?

[@juanduque7983]

some wifi routers/modems you can crack open, if the design layout allows it you put some heat sinks on certain chip sets and even mod case fans given there is a available usb port on the device otherwise run some sort of power adapter nearby

[@Foaley]

Hey Steve, do you have any videos going over how you were able to get the Passthrough feature to work on your ATT Fiber Modem/Router?

[@supremo1234]

I would like to see how u configured the mesh system to the at&t rg. I’m getting about 800 megs on wifi from my at&t router but only about 200 from my mesh system and I have them connected via Ethernet am I doing something wrong

[@maris22435]

Super!

[@walterholbrooks673]

Great video.

[@nitcrawler1120]

was wondering, how did you mount the hub inside? did you use special clips in the back?--- nevermind, slowed it down and saw it was double sided tape.

[@adamvanderzee3144]

Hi Steve, great project. Is there a reason why you didn’t connect the nest nest WiFi hub to the new switch, with the switch connected to your router? Just as for some circumstances this may be the only option people have at their home. Thank you

[@SteveDOES]

The Nest Wifi is also a router. So I’m going from the cable modem to the Nest Wifi router and out to the switch.

[@thetroothhurtz]

Yay for Frontier Fiber! It's cheap too.. We ended up "downgrading" from 1Gig to 500Mbps just because of the cost. It's only $44.99/month!

[@SteveDOES]

I only have the options for 100Mb or 1GB. I’ve had 100Mb forever but found out it’s only $10 more to jump to 1GB. Seemed worth it. :)

[@MarkVP]

Same here, I only pay $43.98 a month for 500/500 and haven't had any major issues. A couple of downs but they were fixed pretty fast.

[@futuradrama]

WhEre sa hell y'all live at I'm paying $170 for 948 Mbps

[@samysamy2011]

In Romania is like 8€ for 1000mb😅

[@zecmikoko1172]

@@samysamy2011 in Slovakia you can get internet 100/100Mbit or 1000/1000Mbit or 10000/10000Mbit with TV and phone for 20€/month.

[@thekeydet9955]

What hooks/brackets do you use to mount everything? I have the same server cabinet and I cant find it!

[@thebugasproject]

Is the bottleneck cause by the wifi restriction, try using a wifi 6 ap?

[@EscapeEFT]

Ok the RJ-45 connectors not crimped properly on the cable kind of killed this video, since there are plenty of "pros" out there who do that.

[@agustinbauza3612]

Seeing those crimped cables makes me wanna puke!! Those crimps are a HUGE point of failure 🤦🏻‍♂️😱🤯.

[@manslayerdbzgt]

Those cables aren't terminated correctly the sheathing should be inside the connector

[@zito88]

Yup. good chance they'll fail, should definitely be re-terminated.

[@ikkuranus]

Also, when he mentioned the OCD and then later showed those I sure many cringed.

[@Alan.livingston]

They aren’t right but the dude is just running a home lab. They aren’t getting plugged and unplugged constantly or getting bumped by techs ferreting around in a rack. They will probably be just fine in practice for his purposes.

[@XInfinityXify]

bruhh this is my dream setup.

[@zach3664]

Not sure if the QR code matters for the google device, but if it was me I would probably blur it out (time stamp 4:34) Thanks for the Video!

[@dustind9242]

Damn... That is blazing fast. I'm 500/500 on frontier/fios.. and normally get in the 4's. I may reach out to them to see what kind of "upgrade" packages are available .

[@ColeyTheBest8]

Awesome video! Curious why you didn't go with a couple WIFI 6 APs. It would future proof you a bit and with all the smart home devices you have, it should provide a bit better performance.

[@bren.r]

WiFi 6E would be future proofing. While WiFi 6 is better, it doesn't offer the dedicated 6 GHz band which more devices will eventually use.

[@Catman1798]

I just got google fiber 1000 up and down. I have those two google marshmallow mesh routers. I want to be able to have WiFi outside my house in the back yard too. What do you recommend I do? I plan on getting wireless security cameras like ring or arlo and I want to have them put out all over my front and back yards but the WiFi signal is weak outside. Does it matter which Ethernet cables I use to run outside? Any brand is ok?

[@GorgonnogroG]

My question is I'm a renter and have a room in the basement using wireless internet thru the landlord currently have a wi fi extender bc the signal coming from the router upstairs is bad I'm looking to get a Google wifi mesh system will this work to boost my signal or will it be the same as connected to the range extender

[@randygrossman3573]

very informative. was wondering if you could offer a suggestion for me. I upgraded my internet service to 1gig via optimum. I purchased a recommended cable modem, and per optimum, i'm getting good connectivity with their service. I recently purchased a TP Link x68 2 pack mesh system, and made similar connections as per this video, with an ethernet connections from primary router to an 8 port switch; and a 4 port switch in my home office. I am having so many connectivity issues, both hard line and wifi. i have been going through TP Link tech support, and don't see a good end result at this moment. Was thinking of dumping the TP Link routers for the google mesh like your set ups. Thoughts?

[@arxvphoto809]

Wouldn’t dedicated wireless APs from Cisco, Unifi ir engenius be better?

[@abc123fhdi]

How are you able to get eufy cameras to save videos to the NAS, is this supported out of the box or you have to use some sort of hack or workaround? I know some of the cameras work with the homebase 2 or 3 but not with a third party NAS.

[@drexperior967]

Do you happen to know what that wall mounted panel is called? Ive been looking for something like this and haven't seen a nice looking one until I saw this video!

[@peki8889]

a rack

[@rogerdjs]

I converted All my Phone lines to Cat6 Giving me a total of 16 Ethernet ports all through the house. I also Have 5 router as AP's and an AX11000 as my main router. My 5000sq home is now Voice controlled including lights, Fireplace, Cameras, Computers, Server, Security, Home Theater etc...

[@fdu4un]

Молодец!

[@XxXxXKEIFERXxXxX]

Did you attach your modem to your switch how did you do that without a router in between ? Unless your modem is also a router too?

[@SteveDOES]

My AT&T cable modem is plugged into the Google Nest WiFi, which is a router, and then I have a cable running to the switch.

[@berserk7407]

What kind of desk was in the end of the video behind you? Looks very nice.

[@SteveDOES]

Hey Berserk, the top is the Karlby Countertop from Ikea (Here's a link: bit.ly/3NE8tFw) The drawers are some WAY overpriced KraftMaid pieces that i picked up at Home Depot. They're really nice, soft closing drawers but, dang they were expensive.

[@SukrinoRahman]

At the beginning of your video, you mentioned the previous owner of your house did all the wiring for your rooms and made sure there's 2 ports in each room. How was that done? Patch panels and cables?

[@SukrinoRahman]

And also, if the cables they used for your patch panel were Cat5 , will there be an issue if say you use a Cat 7 cable to connect from your modem/router to the patch panel? Like speed issues or compatability issues?

[@JasonShowell]

Who terminated all those network cables? terrible work. Interested why you went with a mesh system when you have cable to every room in the house?

[@RLJSlick]

I was just about to post the same thing. Those RJ-45s going into his hub are really poorly done, and may not reach the speeds he want. For true gigabit speed you want CAT 5E-or 6 cables that are terminated correctly. As far as the mesh, he may wanted more wireless coverage to things like his smart plugs and smart switches, which are all wi-fi. Steve I hope you're planning to redo those RJ-45s going to your hub at some point. Nice video...

[@SteveDOES]

Yea, not the best. I"ll have to do a speed test directly from the modem and router to see if i'm getting better results. If so, there may be an issue with my cabling.

[@randyrivero1216]

I was about to comment the same thing!

[@f00bar28]

You mean around 03:00 in the video?

[@I_killed_that_beard_guy]

​@@RLJSlicki will recommend cat 6

[@khalidstewart2377]

The wires and all that looks so overwhelming to me, if I was to hire someone to do this for me would that be an electrician?

[@kitar3913]

good thing

[@jimbaker4277]

8:22 you didn't scoot the jacket up to the tail crimp of the 45. The cable has no pulling strength. Some goof upstairs tugs on the cable in any way you will have connection issues.

[@Michaelweitz29]

I know this video is from April- but you selected Wi-Fi 5 Mesh.... and from Google? I think there are better choices than Wi-Fi 5 and Google Wi-Fi- and at the time this video was posted. With gig fiber you should have Wifi6 or Wifi6e mesh. I think we need a follow-up video that has a current and updated mesh..... very jealous you got Gig...

[@odhiambo0]

Sorry to say, but I believe the "Mesh" aspect of the WiFi is mote here if the coverage of one AP does not overlap with the next one. You have MESH equipment but all you have demonstrated is using them as standalone APs.

[@dan_hitchman007]

If you can hard wire each AP, that's best. A Wi-Fi mesh, especially one with no hardwired Ethernet backhaul capabilities, causes a major downgrade in data throughput.

[@carbonarrow7]

Where do you find the communication data boxes with that hinged closing door you were showing?

[@danny7337]

I came here to try to figure this out too. My house came with one inset in the wall. I want a slightly bigger one, but I can't even figure out what they are called. I even went to the website listed on mine and can't find it. All I can find are wall mounted server racks.

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@danny7337 One of the most popular is a Legrand On-Q structured media network panel. You can wall mount or inset the box with the door.

[@djskaw777]

@@dan_hitchman007 thanks. I since figured out that mine is a Legrand On-Q. Bought a few accessories such as little sheleves and a few other things and cleaned it up real nice

[@caennanu]

Stumbled across this, lovely to see how you did it. However a few pointers. you mentioned you wanted the fastest speed to upload your video's in 4k. Yet you create a double star network. If i were you i would atleast connect every switch directly to the router (if possible ofcourse). cause right now you have a 1/16 division on the first switch, and a 1/8 division on the 2nd switch. Meaning . . . if fully saturated and equally split, your 2nd router only gets a total bandwidth of 1gb/16 = 62,5mb. So even if nothing in the home uses internet, it can still clog your acces to the internet. (for example, if a member of the household is writing to the synology at 1gb/s you have nothing left for your 8 port switch to connect to the router and thus the internet)

[@SteveDOES]

I’m glad you liked it and thank you for the feedback. Sadly the Google Nest WiFi router only has 1 port on the back for a single device or a switch to be plugged into. The good news is that I’m the only one in the house needing high bandwidth.

[@caennanu]

@@SteveDOES Ah, thats a little dissapointing. The cable modem doesn't have multiple ports either?

[@francislee2334]

My home comes with the wirepath wp-mod-rj45-tel. Is there a reason that can be used at the Ethernet switch?

[@lawrencematos7493]

I believe you should get rid of the extension plugs/cords on your main system and purchase a decent UPS , BELIEVE MY ITS A LIFE SAVER … PS GREAT VIDEO…

[@NickGonsalves]

I saw that and it drove my OCD crazy, after all that wire cleanup to see those plugs all in that outlet arrrrggggg

[@fvgoya]

869????? WTF!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!

[@feigo512]

Internet in Australia is absolute rubbish. I used to have 1-3Mbps speeds with frequent dropouts on ADSL and 4G broadband. Only 3 years ago, fibre became available to our home and office (metro Melbourne). Most ISP offer speeds from 25-100Mbps down and 20Mbps up.

[@thuggy67]

Whats wrong with termination? Thats homemade to me , looks good.

[@xoomoon]

Does the additional 8 port link cause the speed to slow down since its a split to 8 port from one of the main 16 ports?

[@dan_hitchman007]

Yes, daisy chaining is not the best solution here unless there is a very specific managed switch with a fiber or other high speed cable port that allows sending data from the router through various switches strung together. He is just using a set of standard unmanaged switches, which can cause network congestion. One router LAN out to one switch if at all possible. If you need more Ethernet connections at a particular site, get a larger switch.

[@tulio3571]

Hi there what is that thing where all the coax cables are connected to called and what is it for ? is it like a splitter ? thanks

[@SteveDOES]

Yea, it's a splitter. It came with the house.

[@juliogonzalez9442]

You're not using a surge protector? Highly recommend getting one, cousins boyfriend wouldn't listen to me, he got hit by lightning and it fried the comcast cable modem and it traveled through lan cable connected to computer, fried network interface card also.

[@jaredsalem5837]

You should more get a ups

[@SteveDOES]

Yea, i should look into that. Thanks for the tip.

[@PWingert1966]

I would love Fiber to the building. Unfortunately, it's a low-income building so the fastest we get is 35 Mb/s. both the cable company and the phone company refused to offer faster connections. But my phone gets 45 Mb/s! But the data is very expensive.

[@G1NZOU]

I used to get about 2Mb/s with Sky ISP about a decade ago, absolute ass, moved to BT which was Fibre to the street cabinet and now getting 72Mb/s. Recently my city also installed Fiber to the building infrastructure for the whole city and I think they're almost done rolling it out, apparently over 80% of homes can sign up for Gigabit fibre as of this year. Hope you guys get better infrastructure rolled out to you soon.

[@MdRipon-ow9no]

good

[@hassanjahangirzaidi7]

bro you need to put cable sheething all the way inside the connector while crimping rj45 connector. Otherwise its a clean setup..

[@SteveDOES]

Thank you for the feedback. That's high on my To Do list

[@FREEDMFTR]

Everyone here 1st starts by saying "great setup Steve", then proceeds to tell Steve how he should of done it better. Like everyone is a expert. And every suggestion seems different than the last suggestion. STEVE: Fantastic video and amazing work! I learnt a lot. Thank you. QUESTION: I have Netselect panels in my garage for coax and a 2nd one for ethernet. All pre-wired. But NON of my jacks have internet. Only wifi works. How do I connect a switch or hub to the preexisting ports in my garage so that every jack has active ethernet ports? This video didn't seem to help me figure that out. What I am thinking: Modem to the garage. Cable from OUT on Netselect COAX panel to Modem. Ethernet from Modem to HUB. Ethernets from HUB to all jacks in garage. Makes all jacks through out house HOT?

[@FREEDMFTR]

@Paul Jameson Thank you 🙏

[@akmccutcheon153]

who crimped those cables lmao

[@nickmarzano9990]

Ok, since it seems like you are a fiber expert here, I have a super super super important question that I just don't know if Im understanding correctly.... So I have fiber internet gig up and gig down (centurylink) in Seattle. I have my current modem/router set into bridge mode because I was gifted an AC2000 Nighthawk, and it was running flawlessly. Then, water damage to the centurylink bridged modem which connects to the ONT on my wall then to the power line yada yada. My question is.. DO i need another modem / router combo thing to turn into bridge mode, and then connect to the nighthawk, OR is there another way to connect either the ONT to a different, cheaper modem type thing and then to the router? To essentially just get internet to the router, of course Centurylink never ever helped me out with an answer, and its really hard to find stuff online for it. Thank you so much !!!

[@techmaster170]

The water damage was to the fiber modem provided by your ISP? Is it no longer working? If it was provided by your ISP, then they would need to supply you with another. If you wanted to buy your own, you'd still need to contact your isp if they'd even allow that. Could be only their equipment is allowed to connect to their network. I recently got fiber about 6 months ago. Went from 1mbps down and up to 1gbps down/up.

[@davidlp6510]

Steve, I would bring from the router to the switch first then on to the AP. Since you are doing the opposite I wonder what kind of hit you will have doing your way. I have COMCAST fiber which gives me about 87Mbps (They rate and charge me for 100). BTW I really like your closet org.

[@mattmongomery-rice3913]

Up to 100mbps ***

[@lovenpalilio6504]

The set up steve has is better according to google tech support, i have a similar set up like his with 9 google wifi points hardwired all to the switch. ISP modem>Google Main AP>Switch>Wifi Points

[@G1NZOU]

I think he's using the Google Wifi as the router and relegating the original modem/router to just modem duties. My ISP charges me for 70Mbps but luckily I get 72Mbps so I consider that a win.

[@GrandmaHatesTech]

Get out the dusty broom when you start cleaning up!

[@SteveDOES]

Good tip!

[@mrgrimms]

I have that same Synology running my plex server lol

[@davidhalley9795]

Not a techie at all here but I want a wired connection in my downstairs office. My home is new with every room with a coaxial and ethernet outlet. I see you have coaxial cable and ethernet in your panel like mine. Unfortunately, my panel was installed in the garage. My modem is connected to a coaxial cable in a bedroom on the main floor. I have all of these unconnected (coaxial & ethernet) cables but just the one coaxial cable connected to a splitter for 2. I assume one of those is for my modem. The other, who knows. How does one get the ethernet to work in the panel?

[@davidhalley9795]

@Paul Jameson I figured it out. Yes, there’s a coax cable going into modem from the wall and from there an Ethernet to my Wi-Fi router . There are three ports on my router. I ran an Ethernet cable from my router to the Ethernet wall outlet, found the Ethernet cable in the garage panel labeled to the first office, connected it to a five port switch box and plugged in the cable to the office downstairs. Works like a charm!

[@sicmike2g]

Whoa, my eyes went straight to the bad crimps on the ethernet cables..

[@blckmlr7573]

Eitehr get cable molds for the ethernet you got running through the office or pull the carpet and shove them under it be a bit cleaner.

[@xacid480]

Personally I wouldn't have put the AP / router in the cabinet. Would have found a room that had two Ethernet drops and used that instead since they all feedback to the cabinet. Also it looks like multiple cables are plugged into the AT&T box, are those required? Do you have to use AT&T's equipment? I know for verizon I can use my own router just connected to their ONT box.

[@JJFlores197]

AT&T doesn't let you use your own modem. With the legacy DSL service that they have largely abandoned, you could use use your own DSL modem. The "new" DSL service and fiber internet service requires you to use their gateway only. They don't use PPPoE and instead use some proprietary authentication making it very difficult, if not impossible to use anything other than the gateway they give you. You can use a 3rd party router by configuring IP pass through or DMZ+ depending on the gateway you have.

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@JJFlores197 I think it depends on the ONT they use. Some can be configured at the home office to shut off the gateway and wi-fi and allow the ONT to act solely as a modem with WAN port. Then you can attach it to your own router and network.

[@MoeinAsgari]

All things done well but cable socketing! :D

[@onorevolegio702]

Hi, I'm an Italian guy. In Italy we don't have those big cables that at some point unscrew and tie together in the corner at 7:50. Can you explain to me what they are for? A thousand thanks

[@SteveDOES]

Those are coax cables that wire each room for a cable TV box.

[@onorevolegio702]

@@SteveDOES Ah ok, in Italy we also use coaxial cables for the TV signal but I think it's a different connector. Thanks for the info 👍

[@gregmckinley5178]

I would remove the existing network box from the wall and relocate it so that you can put in a bigger network box. I am not a fan of the in wall network boxes.

[@onlyme6479]

How much is 1000mb fiber in the US in the UK it's £36.00 cityfiber

[@chrislaw42]

Does anyone have 2.4 devices that worked on current cable wifi, then switch to google fiber and cannot connect them? Need some guidance

[@deepakkoirala2296]

How did you hang the switch in the box? How did you mount it? What did you use?

[@Christianrreyes]

Whats the difference with both ethernet cable colors?

[@SteveDOES]

Some of the rooms in the house have 2 ports they colored one white and the other blue so i can tell the difference in the closet. But they are both Cat 5e cables.

[@MdRipon-ow9no]

wow

[@chekinifake]

why your cable modem isn't connected ? I mean the coaxial

[@JJFlores197]

This isn't cable internet, its fiber internet.

[@ttss5726]

Uhhh ok wifi ap before the router huh

[@futuradrama]

Oh and dat Google router should be on top ov da shelf in da open

[@shiryu325]

What is holding the TPLink switch?

[@SteveDOES]

I have 3-4 command strips holding it to the wall.

[@usaha-doa-sedekah]

I like

[@gandalfthegay94]

Who would I call to have things like this wired? My home is all wired with cat 6 and fiber optic, but when I call the stupid internet service provider, they refuse to connect the modem they provide to that little door panel where all the wires come thru for the ethernet cables. It’s very annoying. They drilled a hole in my bedroom wall and just have a really long cable running from outside to the modem they gave me.

[@webcrawler3332]

Man you should me cabinet way more cables than that. It’s a mess!

[@kurts3779]

I'd get rid of those google wifi routers and just use the IP's router/modem and disable the radio on them, then use the TP link Omada managed switches with TP link access points with wired backbone.

[@invertthelab6532]

personally i like different color coz i hate labelling this and that, color code is better especially when you have bunch of cables in tight space

[@SteveDOES]

Yea, it's really helpful

[@vinhennessy3885]

I’m Jealous! LOL!