Getting started

I've always wanted to have a completely wired home network. My wife and I both expect instantaneous response speed when using any device. We've been having trouble with that lately because we have only one wireless router that is on one side of a very long and narrow house. This poor little wireless router is supporting my main computer via a wired connection (which also serves as a media server) and several wireless devices: two cell phones, two iPads, two laptops, a Roku 3, sometimes a Chromecast, the Dish Hopper, the TV, the blu-ray player, the wireless printer and sometimes a Wii. Everything is connected to wi-fi these days. We found that when all of those devices were running, we couldn't even browse facebook while sitting on the couch. Sad. Unplugging the Roku helped a lot, but what if we wanted to browse facebook and watch the Roku at the same time? My wife never does just one thing at a time (always multi-tasking). Here's the floor plan of our house:

The red dot is where the lone wireless router is located right now, and the two green dots are where the old router and new router will be placed. The two new places may not be exactly the best and most center, but they will cover the whole house much better than what we have now. We are also going to place a router outside the house on the deck, to extend the wireless outside on the deck where we like to hang out when the weather is nice. My original plan was for the switch and other equipment for the wired network to go in the laundry room in one of these cabinets:

After exploring the attic a little bit, I realized that it would be very difficult to run wires to that far back corner of house, so our new plan is for the switch to be in the closet of the office:

This closet is right next to the hall that runs down the center of the house to all of the original bedrooms. Since it is centered in the house, it will make running wires to it very easy. The plan is to have four (4) separate cat6 wires running to each bedroom and five (5) running to the living room entertainment center. While I'm at it, I'm going to run a coaxial cable from the office to the TV. We have Dish (satellite) right now, so we don't need the TV to be connected to cable right now, but our Dish contract is up in September and we will probably switch to Comcast cable TV at that point. Since we already have Comcast internet, it will be cheaper to bundle that for a few years. Now I need to start running the wires!