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Wi-Fi and network installation in Santa Clara
Old Quad houses and 1950s modern tracts. Santa Clara County, California.
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Homes in Santa Clara
The Old Quad, the street grid the city laid out in 1866 near the mission and its college, has Santa Clara's oldest houses. Most of the city, though, was built in one burst. The population passed 58,000 by 1960, about five times what it had been a decade earlier, as orchards became housing tracts.
Several of those tracts are modern in style. John Mackay built several hundred homes in Maywood, Fairmede and Sunshine Meadows between about 1953 and 1957, and Eichler built 216 attached townhomes at Pomeroy Green and Pomeroy West, which opened in 1961 and 1963. Rivermark is a newer master-planned neighborhood of single-family homes, townhouses and apartments.
Mission Santa Clara was founded in 1777 and the town incorporated in 1852. Postwar growth was so fast that in the 1960s the city demolished its eight-block downtown for urban renewal, and it was never fully rebuilt.
What that means for your Wi-Fi
Mackay and Eichler homes with open-beam ceilings
Exposed beams look good and usually leave no attic for cable. We work out a route along the exterior in conduit and finish with in-wall access points that sit flat against the wall.
Townhomes with shared walls on both sides
Attached homes limit where cable can go and put the neighbors' networks a few inches away. We wire through your own walls and floors and tune channels to stay clear of theirs.
Newer homes with Ethernet already in place
In master-planned neighborhoods the builder often ran data cable to each room. We test every run, reuse the good ones, and connect wired access points instead of adding a mesh kit.
Around Santa Clara
- Mission Santa Clara de Asís: Founded in 1777, the mission stands on the campus of Santa Clara University, the oldest university in California.
- Levi's Stadium: The home stadium of the San Francisco 49ers stands immediately north of the California's Great America theme park.
Questions about Wi-Fi in Santa Clara
Can you run cable in a Maywood Mackay home with open-beam ceilings?
Yes, by going around the ceiling instead of through it. Exposed beams usually leave no attic for cable. We work out a route along the exterior of the house in conduit, and finish with in-wall access points that sit flat against the wall.
Will my neighbors' networks interfere with Wi-Fi in a Pomeroy Green townhome?
They can, since attached homes put other networks a few inches away. Shared walls also limit where cable can go. We wire through your own walls and floors to access points placed inside your home, then tune the channels to stay clear of the ones next door.
Can you reuse the Ethernet the builder left in my Rivermark home?
Often, yes, though we never assume old cable works. In master-planned neighborhoods the builder often ran data cable to each room. We test every one of those runs, reuse the good ones, and connect wired access points to them instead of adding a mesh kit.