Coaxial cable in my bedroom

[Bugal Jackson]

I just remembered after so long there's one in my bedroom.
http://i.imgur.com/BYtYwWkh.jpg

Question is,with this, could I move my current modem to here where my PC is? I currently keep it in the living room where the cable originates from outside (i think) so my PC uses wifi.

 

[USAFRet]

1. Can you move it? Maybe. Depends on how the house coax is wired. How many coax splitters are between the original incoming wire and the bedroom?

2. How would that move affect other users in the house?

 

[jsmithepa]

Can you? Yes. Will it work? don't know until you are able to answer all of USAFRet's questions. (u knew this wasn't going to be magic).

 

[Bugal Jackson]

1. Not sure what you mean by this...but I only use one end of my splitter currently just for the modem. Could get a pic when I get home if needed.

2. I live alone so it is no concern.

 

[USAFRet]

1. Not sure what you mean by this...but I only use one end of my splitter currently just for the modem. Could get a pic when I get home if needed.

2. I live alone so it is no concern.

1. In between the incoming line, and the coax output in your bedroom, there are likely one or more coax splitters.
The more splitters in there, the crappier the signal would be to your router.
How many are there?

Other alternatives:
1. Run a long ethernet cable direct from the router to your PC
2. Powerline devices. This pumps the ethernet signal from the current router location, through your house wiring
3. MOCA devices. Similar to powerline, except uses the house coax.

 

[Bugal Jackson]

You mean a wall jack that has a cable coming out of it? There's just one between the main line and my room.

 

[USAFRet]

You mean a wall jack that has a cable coming out of it? There's just one between the main line and my room.

Well...you could just try it, and see what happens.

 

[Bugal Jackson]

Alright I'm not educated in the whole science of network cables... so bear with me. Finally home so I got some photos to help.
http://i.imgur.com/YWHtmVH.jpg
^The left-hand one is the main wall outlet that comes from outside, connected to my modem via the white cable. The other black cable in the splitter goes to my cablebox. I don't know what the other wall outlet is, never used it.

http://i.imgur.com/oNR0nRu.jpg
^The second cable in the empty room. It seems directly parallel to the unused outlet in the first pic.

Then the picture in the OP is the one I want to see if I can use.

 

[jsmithepa]

Assuming a single passive splitter as shown (no powered splitter, a.k.a. booster anywhere else). This should work:


Cable provider --------> Split ---------> TV.
Split ---------> Modem.

You may have more than one end as shown, it's up to you to test which is the tail and head of the cable(s), but yeah, looks feasible to me.

Try it, worst is, it doesn't work, nothing is gonna blow up.