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My current home setup is that I have my router in the attic as the previous owner had wired the attic to be the central hub. The router is now connected to ethernet cables from ISP and ethernet cables that go to my wall outlets. Due to recent cold weather I have noticed significant degradation in performance and fear the same is bound to happen during Texas summer as well. I wanted to find the simplest solution to move the router down into the home and was thinking of using a switch (or hub?) in the attic to connect the ISP ethernet cable and the ethernet wall cables to the switch. I would then connect the router to one of my wall outlets to enable Wi-FI for the home.
Only thing I could find is that if go with this approach I would need industrial strength switch to be able to handle the extreme heat (and now cold).
Can you please point out why my naïve idea will not work and what other better options I have to consider?
Only thing I could find is that if go with this approach I would need industrial strength switch to be able to handle the extreme heat (and now cold).
Can you please point out why my naïve idea will not work and what other better options I have to consider?