Question Coax Ethernet

[Grandpa Jim]

Probably asked and answered, but... My sad tale of woe. Good news, my house is wired for ethernet and coax in each room. Now the bad news, Converted a large living room into an office area, but there is only one ethernet connection in the room. SWMBO gets the ethernet and I am relegated to wireless. For the most part wireless work OK, however at times my game (FFXIV) loses connection to the server when using the 5G radio, Switched to the 2G radio and no drops. Would the fact that there are a few walls and a bathroom between my PC and the modem cause 5G to be unstable?

I do have a coax connection near my PC, and would like to use that to connect to ethernet. I have seen several adapters that will do that, I am looking for a recommendation for a fairly cheap adapter, I do not need ethernet 2.5, as my machine and router probably don't support it. Any Recommendations?

 

[kanewolf]

Probably asked and answered, but... My sad tale of woe. Good news, my house is wired for ethernet and coax in each room. Now the bad news, Converted a large living room into an office area, but there is only one ethernet connection in the room. SWMBO gets the ethernet and I am relegated to wireless. For the most part wireless work OK, however at times my game (FFXIV) loses connection to the server when using the 5G radio, Switched to the 2G radio and no drops. Would the fact that there are a few walls and a bathroom between my PC and the modem cause 5G to be unstable?

I do have a coax connection near my PC, and would like to use that to connect to ethernet. I have seen several adapters that will do that, I am looking for a recommendation for a fairly cheap adapter, I do not need ethernet 2.5, as my machine and router probably don't support it. Any Recommendations?

Put a 4 or 5 port switch in the room. All devices can have ethernet then.

 

[Grandpa Jim]

Put a 4 or 5 port switch in the room. All devices can have ethernet then.

Two problems with that, SWMBO will not allow string cables across the room, and there is a problem with the ethernet drop, it only runs at 10 Mb, I think one of the wires lost their crimp.

 

[COLGeek]

Yes,5 Ghz wifi is more susceptible to walls and distance than 2.4 Ghz, to answer that question.

Time to get the crimpers/punch-down out and fix the ethernet port(or run a new line) and then go with the switch kanewolf recommended.

Cheaper and more reliable that coax/ethernet adapters/converters.

 

[kanewolf]

Two problems with that, SWMBO will not allow string cables across the room, and there is a problem with the ethernet drop, it only runs at 10 Mb, I think one of the wires lost their crimp.

1 wire would still run at 100Mbit. 10Mbit has a much more basic problem, IMO.

 

[LinuxDevice]

Two problems with that, SWMBO will not allow string cables across the room, and there is a problem with the ethernet drop, it only runs at 10 Mb, I think one of the wires lost their crimp.

If you truly have a coaxial and not actual ethernet cable, then you are using an extraordinarily antique 10 Mb/s network device. It is more likely the coaxial cable is for television.

If you have the proper tools, then you can run cat 5e or cat 6 cable and have absolutely superior results. Or you could use a network switch. Someone else suggested getting a crimper tool (you need the right one), and I think he is right, but you must first determine what your network source is. Most of the routers use a gigabit RJ-45 connector even if the outside world runs at much slower. Gigabit has a long range and the cable is not hard to lay. You can actually put cables at the edge of the room where it meets the wall. Or put it behind sheetrock (you can get fairly simple modular connectors for wall mount). I would never touch any Wi-Fi for gaming, it just sucks.

 

[Grandpa Jim]

The Coax is for cable TV. All the wiring terminates in a junction box, where the Century link ZYXEL C3000 router lives. I would like to get 2 adapters that will run 1G ethernet. The Coax is already there.

 

[Moonstick2]

If you truly have a coaxial and not actual ethernet cable, then you are using an extraordinarily antique 10 Mb/s network device. It is more likely the coaxial cable is for television.

I'm pretty sure the OP is talking about running Ethernet over TV coax.

@op the first of your problems sounds like the insurmountable one. There's no way to run cables from a switch in an unobtrusive manner, like pinning them to skirting or something? It's not all bright yellow.

I found out about these Ethernet/coaxial adapters recently. They're intriguing, but I'd already gone down the Powerline route, which you might want to consider for more flexibility. Still, if your router's right by the coaxial junction box it's worth a try. I've always been happy with TP-Link stuff, but I don't think they make coaxial adapters.