Question from Carla: I recently purchased an 80 year old farm house and it’s currently being renovated with pretty much a complete overhaul.
I’ve hired an electrician to completely rewire the house and install a new service panel in the basement. He’s supposed to start the job next week.
He told me I should also let him wire the three bedrooms and the den with wired Ethernet connections because it’ll be really easy and relatively inexpensive since he’ll be running wires for the electrical service to those rooms anyway (the walls and ceilings will be bare at that point).
That sounds like a great idea because I’ll have desktop computers in two of those bedrooms (I’ll be using one as my office).
The thing is I’m not sure he’s planning to wire up the Ethernet connections correctly. I really need your advice on that.
There are times when it is best to use a wired Ethernet connection instead of Wi-Fi even if a Wi-Fi connection is available, but most Windows installations will default to connecting via Wi-Fi even when the PC is plugged into a router or modem via an Ethernet cable.
Question from Bill T.: