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6 minutes ago, AbydosOne said:

I strongly advise against powerline adapters. They rarely get above ~100Mbps.

100Mbps sounds a lot better than 5Mbps.  If they don't have their house wired up for coax (some houses only have one room wired), it could be useful, though what @Jameszy mentioned is pertinent to making sure it works at all.  But if OP has total permission to wire up his 'rents house for ethernet, I wholeheartedly support that option.

 

31 minutes ago, Andrewtchicago said:

Anyone know who to call in Orange County, CA???

https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=homenetworkinstall&find_loc=orange+county%2C+CA

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Hey all, new here and first post. My parents house is old and big. It doesn’t get wifi across the house and we have a bunch of orbis on a mesh network. 
 

I think we need to wire the house properly because there are no Ethernet cables anywhere other than 1 room with the modem. 
 

im dumb and don’t know anything, and hope that made sense. 
 

Anyone know who to call in Orange County, CA???  Have COX but they can’t help and put for 1,000 MB but get like 5 across the house. 

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Depending on how old is old, you could use MoCa or powerline adapters.  The former uses your existing cable TV or Internet wiring to form a network, while the latter uses your power wiring.  They don't really get close to true cat 6e+ ethernet installed, but it's sure as hell a lot cheaper, and doesn't require adding new wall receptacles in each room you want wired access.  Assuming your home was built in the 80s or earlier, you should be able to use powerline adapters.

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3 minutes ago, metaleggman said:

powerline adapters

I strongly advise against powerline adapters. They rarely get above ~100Mbps.

 

4 minutes ago, metaleggman said:

MoCa

If you have existing coax throughout the house (used for cable TV, etc.), MoCA can pretty easily do full gigabit (or quite near to it). Speaking from experience.

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6 minutes ago, AbydosOne said:

I strongly advise against powerline adapters. They rarely get above ~100Mbps.

100Mbps sounds a lot better than 5Mbps.  If they don't have their house wired up for coax (some houses only have one room wired), it could be useful, though what @Jameszy mentioned is pertinent to making sure it works at all.  But if OP has total permission to wire up his 'rents house for ethernet, I wholeheartedly support that option.

 

31 minutes ago, Andrewtchicago said:

Anyone know who to call in Orange County, CA???

https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=homenetworkinstall&find_loc=orange+county%2C+CA

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