To be honest, while I got the cable tunnels in the walls, i put in a mesh WiFi and it works without much hassle. Plus it hooks random crud into the internet.
 

I use WiFi extenders, and achieved a good coverage of the whole house. But my main PC doesn't actually have WiFi, it is not a laptop.
 

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I remember years ago learning about the difference between Cat5, Cat5e, and Cat6 and thinking I didn't need to worry about it because they were all way faster than the internet I had. Joke's on me, of course.

(sorry for the delete, I couldn't stand my typo -- having said that I suppose there's probably still one that I missed)
 

"Polynices said...I remember years ago learning about the difference between Cat5, Cat5e, and Cat6 and thinking I didn't need to worry about it because they were all way faster than the internet I had. Joke's on me, of course."

I can definitely agree with that. Years ago, I worked for our state government in the main, central building. Every section had a different technology for networking because when it was installed as they were given an upgrade budget, it was "all anyone would ever need" at that time. When I left, Cat5 was the cutting edge.

Back then, there were a couple of departments still using dumb terminals connected to a big machine in the server room. (One of said servers, I might add, had a twin in the Smithsonian due to how old it was, and was worth more for the gold inside than as a computing device.) Being a government agency, working there was a fascinating study in the history of computers because they had everything from museum pieces on up to "cutting edge" office-level hardware and software. This taught me a lot about planning your hardware, software, and internal infrastructure to be upgradeable over time.