Network Planning & Setup

A better network starts with a plan.

Building, renovating or just tired of a shelf of blinking boxes? I plan the network and equipment and set up your Wi-Fi. If in-structure wiring is needed, I can coordinate with your appropriately licensed contractor, who contracts directly with you.

  • Free 15-minute call
  • $150 visit, credited

Free 15-minute call · On-site assessment $150, credited toward your project.

Illustration: a tidy network closet during an afternoon storm. Labeled cables from the attic run into a patch panel, a switch and a gateway on a wall rack, with a battery backup below and a map of every cable run pinned to the wall.
One labeled closet: every cable run marked, the gear on a battery backup, and a map of it all pinned to the wall.

Sound familiar?

Where a plan helps most

  • 01

    New builds and renovations

    The walls are open once. That is the time to plan connections for the TV, the office and the ceilings with your qualified trade.

  • 02

    A shelf of blinking boxes

    Modem, router, extenders and switches stacked in a closet with no labels and no battery backup.

  • 03

    The TV that buffers

    The TV is the farthest thing from the router and shares the air with every phone in the house.

  • 04

    Nobody knows what’s where

    Cables disappear into the wall and nobody remembers where they come out.

7:45 PM · Try it

Try movie night both ways

See what a cable to the TV and an access point in the great room change. The signal here is modeled, not measured.

Spend the whole day in the house

7:45 PM · Network Planning & Setup

Movie night, stuck at 99%

StrongNo signal(modeled, not measured)

Typical setup
The living room is across the house from the router. The movie stalls, and upstairs the kids' calls drop.
How I'd set it up
An access point overhead, a cable to the TV, and one button: shades down, lights low, movie on.
How each spot does, typical setup vs. how I'd set it up
SpotTypical setupHow I'd set it up
Living room4K moviewon't loadplays
Kids' roomvideo calldropssmooth
Primary bedroomvideo calldropssmooth

The approach

How I plan and set up your network

  1. Step 1

    Decide what gets a cable

    The TV, the desk and every access point usually do. The rest can stay on Wi-Fi.

  2. Step 2

    One tidy closet

    Gateway, switch and patch panel in one labeled spot, with room to grow.

  3. Step 3

    Clean, planned setups

    I plan access point placement and coordinate with your appropriately licensed contractor for any in-structure wiring. The contractor contracts directly with you.

  4. Step 4

    A map of every run

    You get a labeled plan of what goes where, so the next change is easy.

What you get

  • A plan for cables, access points and the equipment closet
  • A clearly labeled equipment setup
  • A map of every cable run
  • A network you can add to later without starting over

Pricing

On-site assessment

$150

Credited toward your project.

The first 15-minute call is free. Projects are quoted in writing before any work starts.

Reference photos, not from a client job.

Questions

Straight answers

Do you pre-wire new construction?
I don’t perform pre-wiring. I can discuss network needs before the drywall goes up and coordinate with your appropriately licensed contractor, who contracts directly with you.
Can you run cable in a finished house?
I don’t run cable through the structure. I can assess your existing network and discuss options, then coordinate with your appropriately licensed contractor if new wiring is needed. The contractor contracts directly with you.
What does a visit cost?
The first 15-minute call is free. An on-site assessment is $150, credited toward your project. Repairs and support visits are $150 an hour.

Let’s plan it before the walls close.

Tell me what’s going on. The first 15-minute call is free, and I’ll tell you honestly whether a visit makes sense.