working internet cable box not attached to router

[wookster91]

Hello all,

I recently moved to a new home and I realized for the first time our internet cable box is not connected to the router. The cable box is in the master bedroom and the router is in the kitchen (which is the center of the house between rooms) My computer is in my room and connected to the internet with an ethernet cable connected to the router. About every 15-30 mins my internet loses connection and reconnects again after 30 seconds, but it interrupts whatever im doing (such as streaming youtube video). My question is, does my internet get interrupted because my router is not connected to my cable box? Or does it not matter at all?

Do you recommend connecting the router and cable box together? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[smorizio]

few things is the cable modem one of the ones that has the wifi and phone built in?? is the router set as a ap or a repeater?? a standard cable modem is just a modem with a ethernet port. if your using your own router and modem the modem would plug into the router wan port. if you moved from one house to this new house with the same modem and isp. call the isp make sure they moved your service right and the modem not reseting do to service not set up right. check the cable lines from the pole to your home make sure it looks like the wire is fine. make sure no one tapped off the outside of the house. check from outside to the main splitter in the house make sure the cable wires are on tight. same for the outlets in the wall make sure the wire on tight. on your pc make sure sleep setting for the ethernet and usb are off. windows may be putting the ethernet port to sleep. on your router make sure it has the newest firmware and your using a password so that you dont get leachers on it. make sure comcast and verizion free hotspot is turned off. (leaching). the last may be failing router (heat) when router start to fail they start dropping connections.