Sorry if this is a very general question but I currently have a wifi connection for my desktop in my home office. I’d like to hard wire directly to my router but my router is in my living room. Does anyone have a general idea how much it would cost to have some work done to get my desktop hardwired to my router? Live in a 1-story, 1400 sq ft home so shouldn’t be a big job.
Do you have coax in all the rooms. You could also try MoCA.
This largely depends on how classy you are, and what materials you need to go through.
The cheapest and least-classy option, is just a long cable.
The step-up is something like Powerline, where you use an adaptor that uses the power lines in your house. Still no contractor needed.
The next step is to actually wire through walls/ceilings, or to run a bunch of conduits.
If you go the powerline route, you are looking as cheap as $50-$100.
If you do the contractor route, well, it could be thousands if you run into a bunch of problems. It might only be a couple hundred though.
Depends on how your house is set up and whether you have a clear shot between the router and the room through the walls/ceiling/basement. I just moved my router to the basement and ran cat6 to an AP on the second floor for better connection in my office. Took me a day to figure out after the route I figured I could go didn’t pan out and I had to do a big loop instead of tearing through drywall… completely dependant on your layout!
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There are far too many variables to tell online.
Find someone that can come and take a look at your specific home and seek their advice.
