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Help with the correct setup at my home and Shop
So I'm hoping this is the correct place to get help here. It's been a while since I've had to do much networking and there are lots of improvements since then. I live in a rural area and only was able...
Are you able to return the SXK30?
Reason I ask, is if you're speeds are only that 25-40mbps, a dual band system will lose speeds when running on the wireless backhaul. When you already don't have that high of starting point, its more critical to maintain those starting speeds.
If you can, I'd check into something like the RBK43/53 version. Even though its an older AC system, you don't have the wireless speeds that are going to max it out. That'd give you a router to put in the garage to connect the verizon box to and then hardwire in a satellite in the home. Then you could put the other satellite (or more if you needed) in the home somewhere to run off the dedicated backhaul. The triband setups tend to preserve the speed better because of their dedicated wireless backhaul versus shared fronthaul/backhaul of the dual band systems.
If you can't return it, I'd check into using a wired backhaul in the home to connect the satellites. A wired backhaul is always going to be the best but it doesn't always work.
I am not sure if I can return it. So, I have decided to run a dedicated line from the router in the shop to inside the house at the least. It's going to be around 75 or 80 ft maybe.
So, you think my best bet would be to get the router and satellites you mentioned still with running wired here?
Another question, I can not believe the amount of different cables there are out now! So what would be the best for me to run here? Cat8? Cat6a? It will be direct burial cable. Also, will the standard cat5 connectors work fine with these other cables or are they thicker pr different types of cable (stranded or something)? Then I will need to get some connectors for it. Will my cat5 crimper tool still work? It's been that long since I've had to use them yes lol.
So, you think my best bet would be to get the router and satellites you mentioned still with running wired here?
Another question, I can not believe the amount of different cables there are out now! So what would be the best for me to run here? Cat8? Cat6a? It will be direct burial cable. Also, will the standard cat5 connectors work fine with these other cables or are they thicker pr different types of cable (stranded or something)? Then I will need to get some connectors for it. Will my cat5 crimper tool still work? It's been that long since I've had to use them yes lol.
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