Alright, so I have a router in one room of the house, and my PC is in a room on the opposite side of the house. I was wondering if I could just get an adapter and plug in my room's cable thing to my PC, rather than relying on my wireless network. The wireless network would still have to remain for my mom's laptop, so is it OK to plug the cable in one room into a router and the cable in another room into an adapter(cable modem?) for my computer?
I want to get off of the wireless network because as it is right now, the router overheats or overloads or something when I do things like play online games, and then my connection just completely stops until I unplug the router and re-plug it in. I thought about getting a new router, but I figure since my PC stays in one location it would probably just be easier to use my cable line.
Also, if it is possible, is there a way to split my cable line so that I can plug it into my TV and my PC at the same time....like a cable splitter or something? Maybe I'd use something like the RF adapters I use to simultaneously plug in all of my video game systems?
Thanks for any info.
Hiead
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 Oct 1 2005, 1:34 pm (Edited on Oct 1 2005, 1:43 pm)
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A CATV line? No idea what that is, but I just want to know if it would work for me to connect my computer through one cable outlet(for me) and connect a router through another cable outlet(for my mom). I'm not sure how splitting up my cable connections like that would work out, so I figured I'd ask before I went out and spent $50+ on an adapter for my PC.
Eh, is CATV that thick wire I hook up to my TVs and my router? Hiead | |
CATV is a standard ethernet cord, I believe coaxial wire is cable wire. If I understand, you want to connect you computer through another cable plug? Well, that wont work without a second modem. An option, you could always wire some of the CATV cord under the floor into the room with your computer from the room of your router.
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ZeroCrash wrote:
CATV is a standard ethernet cord, I believe coaxial wire is cable wire. If I understand, you want to connect you computer through another cable plug? Well, that wont work without a second modem. An option, you could always wire some of the CATV cord under the floor into the room with your computer. Cat 5 is standard ethernet cord. There's also cat5e, cat4, and such. CATV is the place the wire that goes into your television goes for Cable TV. :P [edit] Also, some network cards have support for coaxial network cabling, that looks like the kind that plugs into your tv.[/edit] | |
most likely if you have a wireless Cable (note the big C) internet modem, it probably has 1 or 2 normal ethernet-cable ports/connections on the back. just run a normal ethernet-cable line from there to your computer's ethernet card or onboard LAN card, whichever it's got.
if the modem only has one ethernet port on the back and want to use more than one computer with that port, you'll need to get something called a 'switch'. it's a highspeed hub device that allows you to connect several computers to the internet modem and to each other, essentially creating a mini home network. most decent computer shops have them in 4-, 5-, 8-, or 10-port configurations. | |
If I’m reading it right, you want to plug your computer into the CATV line. If that is the case then no it is not going to happen; not without another modem and a second account.