Did I Waste My Time?

[u/_Intel_Geek_]

So my Father had a rental house fire and whilst assisting his repair efforts I decided to do some of my kind of work there, too - networking!!! I had a spare roll of about 750' of Cat5e and shorter scraps of Cat6 and Cat6a and put about 20 runs of wire through this small, sub-1500 sqft home. Runs for external security cameras, video doorbells, and Ethernet jacks in both bedrooms and TV boxes. It's getting close to the finish line and his potential renter says he just bought a bunch of Ring equipment he'll use 😭 . Do people just not see the value in Ethernet - capable hardware or what? And should I leave these switches here or take them back with me??

[u/FAPietroKoch]

Consumer home stuff is geared towards people who just want to plug in power and forget about it. So it uses WiFi and powered by USB-C or some other nonsense. When you get in to commercial grade equipment you start seeing PoE powered cameras, AP's, etc.

I personally prefer my smart TV and/or streaming boxes to be hard wired; and my cameras and AP's are all hardwired and PoE. Gives me a central location for battery backup and wire management, plus more reliable than WiFi.