Router relocation

[Silverwho]

Hello all, on the topic of networking, I'm planning on moving downstairs office to upstairs, would it be best to move router up stairs too or just run a Lan cable from it?

 

Is there an easier way that I'm missing?

 

in office there is x2 laptop and x1 desktop (prefer this wired for games) and printer.

 

Thanks all in advance.

[wall03]

extend the router by routing an Ethernet cable upstairs if possible

(no pun intended)

[Donut417]

13 minutes ago, Silverwho said:

Hello all, on the topic of networking, I'm planning on moving downstairs office to upstairs, would it be best to move router up stairs too or just run a Lan cable from it?

 

Is there an easier way that I'm missing?

 

in office there is x2 laptop and x1 desktop (prefer this wired for games) and printer.

 

Thanks all in advance.

Upstairs might give you better signal thru out the house. It did for me. 

[Jinu]

Will there be any network users downstairs, if so then keep it downstairs and run a cable to your upstairs and terminate it into a switch there. If there are going to be no users downstairs then move the router upstairs and run a Ethernet cable from your modem to your router.

[Windows7ge]

Depending on how you get Internet to your Router, Coax, Fibre, DSL, etc. Typically running an Ethernet cable is easier than relocating any of the aforementioned WAN cables.

[Silverwho]

Ok thanks for the responses, so going with running a Lan cable would be roughly 17 metre distance and going to route underfloor boards ect, so thinking cat 8 to make it future proof so will last a few years or is this expense not worth it, as maybe 5g wireless signals to discs in house will become main stream?

[Falcon1986]

3 hours ago, Silverwho said:

...so thinking cat 8 to make it future proof so will last a few years or is this expense not worth it, as maybe 5g wireless signals to discs in house will become main stream?

Why? Cat8 isn't even a standard yet, plus I'm sure it will cost more than Cat5e or Cat6a. Just get Cat6a if it's not much more expensive than Cat5e in your area.

 

Don't understand what you're saying in the second part of your statement.

[Silverwho]

4 hours ago, Falcon1986 said:

Why? Cat8 isn't even a standard yet, plus I'm sure it will cost more than Cat5e or Cat6a. Just get Cat6a if it's not much more expensive than Cat5e in your area.

 

Don't understand what you're saying in the second part of your statement.

The second part is because with how fast over the air signal is becoming, that wired to house could become obsolete, and basically you will just have WiFi discs that pick up this signal boost it and you can also connect Lan to these discs so could have a fast wired connection anywhere, few years off yet though.

[Donut417]

6 hours ago, Silverwho said:

The second part is because with how fast over the air signal is becoming, that wired to house could become obsolete, and basically you will just have WiFi discs that pick up this signal boost it and you can also connect Lan to these discs so could have a fast wired connection anywhere, few years off yet though.

Wired will never be obsolete. Wired will always be faster and more reliable. Remember 1Gbps is not the limit of wired. 10 Gbps has been out of a long time, while its still expensive prices have come down. 2.5 and 5 Gbps are also a thing. Also Boosters/repeaters don't do what you think they do. They cut bandwidth in half and that can cause performance issues. 

[Silverwho]

Well for £27 for 20 metre of Cat 8, I've decided to run that upstairs through ceiling and under floorboards, as once its done I won't have to worry about it for many years to come.