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#askfedi Who has blog posts of home network projects? I got a new home to play in, and I want wired internet as much as possible and need ideas :D

I remember those posts about people making 10gbit home networks and stuff - I don't need that exactly, but a nice 2.5 or at least 1gbit would be nice.

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1GB is likely going to be sufficent for the next 20 years. So if you're running wire, that 1GB network connection is already standard.

The 2.5 and 10G stuff gets expensive, 1G is the current normal.

A tip, if you have a room you need LAN in. But it's a lot of wire to run.

There is a tech called Ethernet Over Power. Which will let you run network connections via any electrical outlet.

@txtechnician thanks! I already have a couple of the Eth over power lines in my apartment. My kids' Minecraft doesn't suffer from it. And you're right, 1gbit is gonna be mostly enough. But I want a 2.5 at least between my desktop (big obsidian 800 tower) and my NAS. I often move crap around, I have terabytes of photography and media crap and also backing it to backblaze etc etc... Plus I'm a geek so why not :)

@zlatko https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cloud-gateways-wifi-integrated/products/udr-5g-max

There's a chance your NAS has a bottle neck. Mine can use 1GB network. But there is a bottle neck of like 0.5gb die to the internal components.

Worth checking before shelling out the cash for a nice 2.5 router.