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I don't think it should be run to every room but ethernet cables to the main places where you want solid internet connectivity would be good. Like an ethernet line to your TV for good connectivity on streaming devices and if you're going to use a room as an office. Everything else can be wifi. Maybe a few others just in case.

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I'm off the opinion that anything that can be wired should be. If a device is stationary and used often, wire it. It's not just about a better quality link that device, it also means less contention for your other devices that must be on wifi.

One on every wall is my preference. My TV, computer desk, etc, won't be in the same place forever.`

Eh, for most houses this is overkill. For one, they tend not to have a wring room to bring 20+ cables back to and put in to a patch panel. The other is that a great number of houses have a pretty singular optimal layout for a room.

In your design my house would have around 40 drops, rather than 7. 40 makes no sense.

Do many consumer TVs even have an RJ45 connector anymore? Despite what a few of us here might like to do, average homeowners hate cables and love Wifi.

I would be curious to find out about others because all the flat screen TVs I had there was an RJ45 connector. I don't do any streaming on the TV anyways so I do not even have wifi configured. For me the ethernet would be for Apple TV.

Every TV I have has an RJ45 connector. They also have wifi, but the RJ45 is there for anyone who wants it.

>even have an RJ45 connector anymore?

Yea, every one I've seen recently. Of all devices they are the number one device to put on a network drop as they will use more bandwidth more consistently than any other device in your house.

On my TV wall I had a singular network drop to the TV wall. When I built a faux fireplace for it, I put a switch there in the access hole and now have it split out between the TV and all the consoles.

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