The renovation of the weak current box will be involved in the home decoration. If the preliminary planning is not good, the follow-up will cause many problems. Nowadays, home broadband is mostly fiber-to-home, and the fiber-optic line tube is in the weak current box.
In addition, a wireless router is also needed for home networking, and a switch is also needed for some homes with many rooms. So, how should routers and switches be placed? Should they be placed in a weak current box or should they choose another location?
Let's talk about the weak current box, which is a place where fiber optic and cable TV home lines converge. Since the weak current box is made of a metal shell, and the internal space is not large, a 220V strong current must be introduced to supply power to the optical cat and other equipment.
Theoretically, it is also possible to put both the optical modem and the wireless router into the weak current box. However, in practical applications, the optical modem and the wireless router will heat up, and the optical modem or the wireless router will crash if the temperature is too high. Therefore, it is most reasonable to put a light cat in the weak current box.
The wireless router or switch can be placed in the TV cabinet in the living room. Separate the network cable from the weak current box to the TV cabinet in the living room, and then the network cables in each room are gathered in the living room. In this way, it can not only ensure the stability of the optical cat in the weak current box, but also ensure the coverage of the Wifi signal of the wireless router, because the metal weak current box will shield the Wifi signal of the wireless router.
Of course, if the space of the weak current box is enlarged during decoration, the optical modem, switch and router can also be placed in the weak current box. As long as the equipment is placed properly and the network cables are straightened out, this is also a good solution.