Last place I'd put one, as a network/wiring pro. Basements (off the floor/above flood levels) are good, attics not so much, and anywhere you plan to inhabit is usually a poor choice (the noise gets very tedious very quickly. )Network Rack Install—Attic Penetrations—Best Practices. In a residential situation, with a new network rack being mounted in a closet, how would you handle the attic penetration to get Cat-6 (10-20 cables) and fiber from the attic to the closet living space? I assume you would: a) drill one or. Wired connections offer superior speed, stability, and lower latency compared to Wi-Fi, which is essential for bandwidth-intensive tasks like 4K streaming and online gaming. While running Ethernet cable inside finished walls is often challenging, the attic provides the most practical and accessible. But getting a network cable to the attic was challenging, so instead I opted for a Unifi UAP-AC-IW in the upstairs living room. It's time to do it right, but I'm not running just one. My earlier Wi-Fi mapping revealed poor 5 GHz coverage in the kid's rooms, so I'm running two CAT6 cables — for two. Our church is finishing up renovating a 2 story building section (construction professionals mission group did the heavy lifting), and I'm doing the network and AV cabling, as I'm the AVL Tech Director there, and also it's my day job at work (Gov't Agency AV Tech Lead, started as an AV tech). Lots. I'll be moving my router to the basement and need to run several cables from the router/network rack up through a closet and into the attic.