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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.

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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.

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