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Installing an entirely new home network and need a review of my idea
Our street is getting wired cable from a major provider so I want to upgrade from DSL to cable internet which would be a big speed upgrade. We have a typical Florida single level mid-sized concrete ...
I may have missed something – a lot of that information does not seem to be relevant – but if your current network does the job, can't you just use the new modem as the front end for the existing hardware? Maybe a new router with more modern specifications.
Perhaps a briefer explanation, leaving out details that don't matter (bricks and previous owners) might paint a clearer picture for people.
After 50 years (not a typo) in computers I find it helpful to provide a good overview of the situation. Hence items such as copper wire, concrete blocks, two buildings and the like. I could reuse my 10 year old equipment but I think modern day threats need modern day solutions. As an additional point I typically never designed or installed business networks that had all of the equipment from one manufacturer to reduce the probability of infiltration due to "hackers" finding a vulnerability that would be present in all of the equipment from the same company.
Back to the initial subject. I have no experience with PowerLine and am concerned based the posts of others that the distances and the multiple circuit breakers might cause a problem. I'm also looking for a general critique of my design.
As we say in Florida: later alligator.