Home networks & WiFi

If the WiFi is the problem, more WiFi usually isn’t the answer.

The router the ISP gave you is in a closet at one end of the house, behind a water heater, doing its best. Meanwhile the TV, two streaming boxes, a desktop, a console, four cameras, a doorbell, a thermostat and everybody’s phone are all talking to it through two walls.

Adding another extender to that doesn’t fix it. Taking things off it does.

How a job runs, start to finish

Hardwired drops

Cat6 run to the things that should never have been wireless — TVs, streaming boxes, desktops, consoles, access points, cameras. Terminated properly, tested, labeled and documented. Wired doesn’t drop, doesn’t buffer, and doesn’t care how many phones are on the network.

A network that’s actually set up

Defaults changed. Firmware current. Smart-home gear, cameras and guest devices on their own network, separate from the computers with your files on them. Most home networks have never had any of this done — not because anyone was careless, but because the person who set it up was there to get the internet working, and then he left.

WiFi that covers the house

Access points placed where they’re actually needed and wired back to the network — instead of extenders daisy-chained off each other, losing half the speed at every hop.

Cleanup

Panels, racks, labeling, and getting the spaghetti behind the TV into something a person can work on later.

Color blocks arranged in a sequence with varying colors, including orange, green, blue, and brown, separated by black borders.

T568B — every jack in the house, terminated the same way

Signs this is your problem

The TV buffers at the same time every evening, when everyone’s home.
One room has never had a usable signal, extender or not.
Video calls drop from the back of the house but not the front.
Cameras or a doorbell go offline and come back on their own.
You’ve replaced the router once already and it didn’t help.
The internet is “fine” on a speed test but nothing feels fast.

What it costs

Every house is different — the number depends on run lengths, what’s in the attic, and how many drops you need. That’s what the free visit is for. You’ll have a written price before anything starts, and nothing gets ordered or cut until you’ve agreed to it.

Before any quote

A look first, at no charge.

We’ll talk on the phone first — five minutes, so I know what to bring and you know who’s coming. Then I come see it, and that visit is free. If what you’ve got is a ten-minute fix you can do yourself, I’ll show you and head out. You get a quote only if there’s real work worth doing, and only if it fits what you actually need and want to spend.

BY APPOINTMENT · ONE PER HOUSEHOLD · DESOTO · CEDAR HILL · DUNCANVILLE · LANCASTER · SOUTH DALLAS

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