Published Apr 29, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT After a 7-year corporate stint, Tanveer found his love for writing and tech too much to resist. An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building PCs, watching anime, or playing Smash Karts on his RTX 3080 (sigh). Sign in to your XDA account My existing home network has been a patchwork of sorts over the course of six years. I had to replace the Ethernet cables when we first moved here, since the pre-installed cables were Cat5. I tried a Wi-Fi extender with mixed results, tried (and failed) to route Ethernet to every part of the house , and upgraded to a Wi-Fi 6 router only recently. For several reasons, I couldn't set up my home network the way I wanted to. That's why I already have a crystal clear mental checklist of the things I'll do the next time we move to a new place.…