G+_Michael Renyard Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Greetings everyone: I live in a two story house in a neighborhood that is saturated with Wi-Fi I don't want to have to tear all the walls out and put internet cable throughout the house however the house does have coax cable going to every room my question is does anybody know a good way to use the coax to network my house and how good is it? Thank you for all your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 There are several Coax-Ethernet adapters. I've had mixed results... mainly because the condition of the coax in any environment is going to vary quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Michael Renyard Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 I have used Powerline Adapters and one room that seemed to work pretty well but I'm leery of going that direction because of the fuse box issues how would you compare going to coax direction versus the powerline adapter direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Akira Yamanita Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 If your devices and access point support the 5 GHz band, you probably won't have any issues. I doubt that your house is as saturated as a NYC apartment or business and we do deployments in those. However, you could look at powerline adapters as an alternative. It's also possible to do minimally invasive runs that might only need a small patch if any at all. Electricians, TV installers, and security system installers have to do them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Travis Hershberger Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Look for MOCA adapters. The current generation is better, but like Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ said, the speed will be greatly dependent on the quality of the cables and splitters used. Yes, you can pickup a cheap splitter for $2, but it's going to attenuate the signal a LOT more than that $15 splitter. We have moved the cable modem around quite a bit in my current place. The first time we put it where it currently lives the connection would drop all the time. Tracked it down to one of those $2 splitters a former resident had put in the line. Getting a quality one for $15 took care of the problem. (No, I don't have any signal testing equipment of my own, sadly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I know it's kinda a dumb question, but have you tried WiFi Analyser on Android to see just how congested it is? This is mine from last night and it's telling me that channel 6 might be a better option. https://goo.gl/photos/oEfbYdT2HHjswJAe9 I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about the powerline adapters. Enough good reviews to make me interested in trying one if I'm not able to run a cable though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Tyger Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I agree with Ben Reese???. If you have an android phone, I'd go download "Wifi Analyzer" and see if a specific range of the 2.4 range is cleaner. You'll also be able to check 5Ghz too if your phone supports that spectrum. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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