Okay. This is long and explains my setup that I wrote to my networking guy. Read at your own risk.. Like it says, everything works great!
AT&T Box (fiber) coming into basement. Line into BGW210. 4 Ethernet Lines out of BGW. One line going upstairs. (Tech ran that line with wall output upstairs for Ethernet connectivity). One Ethernet out of BGW connected to my desktop computer in basement music room. One Ethernet from BGW going to Phillips Hue hub for all my lights. One Ethernet line into trendnet switch box in basement. Out of trendnet, one line going to Sonic Transporter i9. One line going out to Asustor NAS. One line going out to another netgear switchbox #2 in basement. Out of that switchbox one line going to Onkyo TX-NR6100 network AV receiver. One line going to Apple TV box. One line going to Panasonic smart TV.
Back to the trendnet switch. One line going out to other room in basement to linksys switchbox for another smartv. Currently not being used but setup if necessary.
On to upstairs. Ethernet line coming out of BGW up the wall to upstairs wall outlet in living room for main stereo. That Ethernet line is connected to a netgear switch box. Out of that box, one line feeds my 4K Apple TV. One line feeds the optical module with optical out of that into UltraRendu. Another line out of trendnet feeding Yamaha RX-A1080 network receiver. Another line out of trendnet going to my office room. In my office, that line runs through a netgear switchbox. Out of my office switch box, one line to work computer, one line to Ultra Rendu, one line to personal laptop computer, one line to 4K Apple TV, and one line to network AV receiver Onkyo TX-8050.
Those are all of my Ethernet hardwire devices. Amazingly they all work flawlessly. Here are Speedtests on my three computers. (Can’t attach photos)
As you can see, these are all Ethernet wired with great speeds all near 1000 download and upload. I also have many wifi devices (2 iPhones - personal and work). 2 Nest cameras, 1 ring camera, 2 google nest smart speakers, a bond hub which I use to control ceiling fans, a Sonos 1 in kitchen and 2 Rokus. That’s pretty much everything. Here are my findings. Everything works great! Seriously. The three network AV receivers are all hardwired and can be controlled by my iphone. Along with 2 hard wired Apple TV’s. In my house it’s all about connectivity. I’ve only lived in my new house since August 2021, and I’ve tinkered enough to get it all to work. Trust me, I’d say if I have issues but everything just works. And quite well. I never have dropouts, or NAS disconnects, or anything like that. Maybe cause a lot of it is hardwired. Nothing appears to be bogged down. I can say “hey google, turn on the lights” in the morning and it turns on 17 hue lights at once. Without a glitch. So honestly, I know it’s in an insane amount of stuff which makes sense to get a better router. But I don’t think I need to rewire anything. It just works. The only occasional dropout I get is from my Roon Core. And that’s fixed in 5 minutes for up to several days. When I moved from my old house everything connected instantly with my old AT&T modem. I’ve just added a bunch to that. But it all just works. Here’s a few more pics of my setup.
I tried to save several pics of my overall setup, but file sizes too big. I can send if needed.
This is a lot right. But it’s everything I need. And it all works flawlessly. It’s a sickness, right? But everything sounds so good and works.