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We have a smaller house than you, but like you we didn’t have Cat5. We decided that paying for Cat5 (and the subsequent dry wall) was worth the investment* and we just rent the cheap mesh system from our service provider (AT&T) for wireless connections around the house, but where the satellite routers are plugged into the network. The combo works quite well for us.

One possibility since your space is so big is just to install Cat5 in a few key areas? Then use mesh router system to cover the rest? Of course one line of thinking is if you’re going to do to start opening walls anywhere you go all the way, but you don’t have to.

*We have the advantage that we have a crawl space attic throughout the entire space where the wires could be run through and dropped down, as long as the installer’s drill didn’t slip (which happened), the effect on the dry wall was relatively minimal. I was bracing myself for worse repairs and costs. In the end it was actually quite reasonable.