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Thank you. I edited the post. I hope that is clearer now. Thank you.

 

I read that the cat6 cable should go from the modem, to the main deco, then another cable to the second cable.

I'm not sure if I understand your question or what that picture is. Do the instructions say to connect each Deco unit to the previous one, in a row? If so, each Deco access point should have 2 ethernet ports and you can think of them as an input and an output. You'd run one ethernet cable from the Deco router and plug it into one of the ports on the first Deco access point. Then run another ethernet cable from the other port on the first Deco to a 2nd Deco access point.

[router]------[(deco 1, port 1)(deco1, port 2)]--------[deco 2]

Instead of running an ethernet cable across the floor between 2 rooms to connect 2 Decos, you can run CAT6 lines through the walls. You'd connect each end of the CAT6 line to a keystone jack in each room and install a wall plate. Then you plug a patch cable into the wall plate and the other end into the Deco. To connect to Deco #2, you'd install a 2nd keystone jack in the same wall plate then run another CAT6 line through the wall to the room where the 2nd Deco will go.

 

Thanks Gavin,

The second part answers my question. That's great!

To future-proof maybe I am better off adding a switch and running cable to another one or two spots from there.

Cheers.

 

I normally connect a switch right where the router is then run ethernet lines from the switch to each room/location like a star topolgy. That way everything has a home run connection back to a central location. The more junction points or connections you have, the greater the chance of a failure. I think what you're suggesting kind of decentralizes where your network expands out, but it will still work.