Home network router question

Sounds like you have mesh network with a gateway plume node connected to main router and other mesh nodes plugged into wall outlets for better wifi throughout the house. This is similar to my setup - I use EERO mesh network.
In my setup the main unit is in another room upstairs connected to the optimum tv router. Downstairs where my stereo system is I have an EERO mesh node connected to outlet that’s not on the same circuit with my system and an Ethernet cable from this node feeds my streamer. Network components radiate a good amount of EMI that results in distortion, smearing and higher noise floor - the further you keep them from your stereo system components and cables the better.

Hi @mpomerantz ,  I took a quick look at Plume.  It seems to me it is a form of Internet over power lines or EoP.  While this is better than wifi, I don't think it is as good as quality ethernet cables running from your router directly.  I believe power lines can impart noise to the ethernet signal.  

I do use EoP (Eero Pro mesh with base station and extenders plugged into power receptacles) in a vacation home with no ethernet wiring..  This is easily better than wifi, and a quality ethernet cable or filter (NA Muon Pro Ethernet filter) improves things further.

@fastfreight EERO nodes communicate to each other via wifi signal they receive from the gateway unit. Plume appears to be mesh as well. It is actually not Ethernet over Power.
Using your streamer wired to mesh node shouldn’t be any different than hard wiring your streamer directly from the router. Moreover, it provides an opportunity to use a high quality relatively short Ethernet cable as opposed to a 30 meter run of generic cable and drilling holes in the walls etc.

Yes the only downside, is with my modem in the stereo cabinet the primary Plume node is in very close proximity to the cabinet.  It sits just above the cabinet.  So continuing that set up would seem ripe for EMI interference.

Moving the modem and main pod ( or dumping the pods-modem and replacing it with a standalone modem router without pods ) would seem to permit better isolation.

One thing to keep in mind is that lightning can enter a home via metal to metal connections (coax, Ethernet) so while getting a hard wire connection as close to the entry point may make sense from a signal, you should also consider how to mitigate a potential incoming lightning surge. 

I use a coax gas discharge outside the home, plus medical grade Ethernet isolators indoors AND fiber converters.  Yeah, I'm paranoid but in a lightning/storm prone area and I have a lot of tech gear that could go boom if lightning got in the modem.