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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/Calebgregorynz on 2026-05-13 09:20:35+00:00.

So I just moved house… at my old place I had my UGREEN DXP4800 plus plugged directly into my Wi-Fi router as the old place didn't have any wired Ethernet networking at all and it was a rental. New place is also a rental.

When we inspected the property I got a little excited because I noticed that there were Ethernet ports all throughout . I was like, "Yeah great, amazing, I can finally have a proper network solution and kind of explore networking a little more as a hobby. I'd also be able to plug in my NAS and have a wired Ethernet go into my computer for faster internet and faster connections to the NAS, win."

But when we finally moved in…
Here in Australia we've had a nationwide fibre rollout initiative called NBN. As part of that they install a proprietary NBN box for the fiber to feed into. The fiber network comes into the NBN box then the box feeds into your network or WiFi router. The dumbass who installed NBN in my new rental decided it was a great idea to install it in the one bedroom in the home that had no Ethernet wiring at all. I spent a while trying to see if there was any network switch or all of the Ethernet ports that came out to see if I could still kind of hack a solution together but they've taped over the Ethernet ports that seem to feed into the office. The ports are in a cupboard and it actually looks like the cabinetry is covering up most of the ports anyway, tape or no tape. So the houses network wiring has essentially been rendered useless.

Now I'm stuck. I don't really have a way to get the NAS back online because the bedroom that the NBN box and Wi-Fi router are in is in use so I can’t really put a noisy server in there. My running plan is to perhaps look into getting some of those mesh network routers and just placing one downstairs here in the office and then plugging the NAS into that. It just seems like a little bit of a waste though because the bedroom that has the NBN and router is directly above the office. Although I guess the NAS doesn't need to be in the office… I would still, in an ideal world, like to have my PC and NAS both on the same wired network circuit.

I don't know, does anybody in here have any ideas or solutions?