Moving Cable Modem to Another Room

[Wood13]

I tried finding this on the forums since I'm sure others have had this issue, but I couldn't find it. Any and all help is appreciated!

I have cable and I have Internet via cable. This is all with RCN. We have our cable box in the living room and the cable modem in our second bedroom, where it's plugged into the wall because the place is wired with cable outlets in all the bedrooms.

Great.

But now we're having a baby and we are putting the desk in the living room. My question is this: can I just split the cable outlet in the living room and send one wire to the cable box and another to the cable modem? Or does some other tomfoolery need to be done to make it work?

At my old apartment we had this setup and I think the guy brought in a special splitter, which I may still have somewhere, so I'm assuming this will work without having to call a tech out.

Thanks in advance for any and all knowledge!

Carlos

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

A simple splitter is all you need.

 

[Wood13]

Thanks Magnus! That's exactly what I wanted to hear!

 

[mvbighead]

It might be advisable to get one of the 2.4GHz variety, and not the 900Mhz variety. At least in my case, the 900MHz splitters degraded the signal and I lost connectivity frequently until I put in a better splitter. Not much of a cost difference, and you'll be much happier not having to deal with a lost internet connection.

Not that I recommend the brand or store, but it was what I found on the google:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/RCA-Digit...0000003142050&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=11600040

 

[notposting]

I don't recommend the RCA. I would recommend the Regal 1GHz 2-way splitter, but the shipping on Amazon is ridiculous. If you still have the one the cable tech gave you use that...or let me know, I still have piles of my own from my days doing that

The 2.4's are used for satellite more, I don't think any of the cable co's are utilizing frequencies above 1GHz right now.

RCA splitters (especially the GOLD ones lol) were generally the first thing to go when troubleshooting. "Got this at Radio Shack did ya? Here let's try this..." from other room "OMG it works now wow!".

 

[boomhower]

If you want it done right call the cable company and have them move it. They are wired differently. If you want the best performance that's what you need to do.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

If you want it done right call the cable company and have them move it. They are wired differently. If you want the best performance that's what you need to do.

I'll bet you only use Monster cables too. I use a cheap splitter and it works just fine.

 

[Homerboy]

I'll bet you only use Monster cables too. I use a cheap splitter and it works just fine.

What he said up there. ^^^
I would recommend a 2.4Ghz, but on 99% of the cases 900Mhz will suffice.

 

[imagoon]

You can run a modem on any jack in the house. About the only thing to worry about is maybe rewiring your splitters. Generally the modem works best it is on the 'first split.' The physical coax is the same... They typically work fine on RG59 even.

 

[Wood13]

Thanks everyone! For some reason I thought the coax that was on the modem needed a special filter or for a signal to be sent to RCN...don't know why but I think it's from my DSL days.

Anyway, I appreciates it! Nice to be back on the forum...I hadn't posted in 4 years!

 

[notposting]

You can run a modem on any jack in the house. About the only thing to worry about is maybe rewiring your splitters. Generally the modem works best it is on the 'first split.' The physical coax is the same... They typically work fine on RG59 even.

You can definitely run into problems with RG-59, it really doesn't handle the higher frequencies as well.

As far as the "first split", yes it's ideal. However, one thing I often see recommended is to have a 2-way splitter with the cable modem on one leg and everything else on the other, which is pretty bad if you want your various digital boxes, on-demand, etc all to work well. You can throw it on something like a 3-way splitter, put it and one leg on the -7 ports and then the one going to another splitter on the -3.5 port. Just always frustrates me when I see the "2-way, first split" idea tossed about. edit: which to you're credit you didn't do, just venting about all the times I do see it recommended

Wood13, glad it sounds like you got it figured out, it *does* send a signal back so you need a quality splitter but otherwise nothing special. I recommend staying out of P&N and OT

 

[imagoon]

You can definitely run into problems with RG-59, it really doesn't handle the higher frequencies as well.

Normal cable ranges don't require RG6u still. Only sat.

Normal cable doesn't go much over 800mhz. With digital, even less so because they pack more in to the lower channels that have less propagation attenuation. RG59u is rated up to 950mhz.