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I only have WiFi but want to have WiFi + Ethernet/MoCA in my house
I'm a first-time home owner + new to TELUS so I don't have much experience yet with home networking. My Fiber is entering in through the basement ( Imgur: The magic of the Internet- first image)....
You can terminate those blue cables with RJ45 jacks in each room and with RJ45 plugs in the basement.
I'll assume you want to keep the router in the living room for better WiFi coverage and that you have an RJ11 (soon to be RJ45) jack in the living room.
Buy a 5 port unmanaged gigabit switch and put it in the basement.
Connect like this:
Router LAN --> RJ45 living room --- RJ45 basement --> switch port 1
Room 1 RJ45--RJ45 basement--> switch port 2
Room 2 RJ45--RJ45 basement--> switch port 3
Room 3 RJ45--RJ45 basement--> switch port 4
Room 4 RJ45--RJ45 basement--> switch port 5
I don't know if it's still the case but years and years ago, I had issues with my Telus internet in my house. I connected with a high level tech from Telus on an online forum and he advised that with Coax, if the wires are at all damaged in the walls (i.e., poked by a nail), the old ADSL signals were likely to have degraded performance. Not sure if that applies to fibre now, but if I were you, I would focus on getting the ethernet up and running.
