Networking with Coaxial Cable

[thecoroner]

Is it possible to network my home computers using the same preinstalled coaxial cable my TVs use?

I know coaxial cable used to be used before Cat5 for networking and I need to get a network card with a bayonette connector to use it.

What speeds would I get with coaxial cable? I really don't need anything over 3-10 mbps.

 

[nweaver]

no, not unless you have shut cable off, and know someone with damn old cards (we just threw away ~200 at work last month) and even then, it's not built for the network. 10 mb/s is what you would get.

If you are anti wireless or running cables, I would try powerline networking before I went the route of an old coax network

 

[ScottMac]

Cable TV coax is the wrong type (75 ohm versus Ethernet/ThinNet/ThickNet @ 50ohm).

Plus, as NWeaver pointed out, it would be way more pain that it's worth, even if you could do it.

Wireless! Join the wave of the present!

Good Luck

Scott

 

[thecoroner]

I've got wireless already. I'll probably go with powerline networking, but before I do, is there a way I can do networking via my phone line?

 

[networkman]

I've never used it but Netgear makes such a product as you describe: LINK