Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6817|Long Island, New York
Currently, my router's in my brother's room, and to put it simply, he doesn't know connections for shit. Now, I'm wondering. We have broadband/cable, but we have a modem as well (I have no idea). The modem's connected to a phone jack, and then the modem's connected to the router which is connected to my PC. I have a cable connection in my room, so would that work?

Is there a way to have the router in my room?

Last edited by Poseidon (2008-01-22 15:10:16)

aimless
Member
+166|6404|Texas
Take your modem, plug it into your cable connection in your room. Then take your modem and plug the ethernet cord into your router, plug all pc's into router, done.
Ender2309
has joined the GOP
+470|6850|USA
the router modem is connected to a phone jack?

you have DSL, not cable.

Last edited by Ender2309 (2008-01-22 15:16:36)

Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6817|Long Island, New York

Ender2309 wrote:

the router modem is connected to a phone jack?

you have DSL, not cable.
DSL then.

I've always been kinda shady with connections. Not too sure.
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6817|Long Island, New York
Ok, now I'm confused. It has a cable running through it.

I'm gonna take a better look at it later.
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6477|Winland

Why does it matter? You'll get the exact same connection.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Ender2309
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if you have a phone jack in your room you can go for it if you want. if you're on a wired connection as it is its not going to be worth it. if it means going from wireless to wired definitely do it.
jsnipy
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+3,277|6802|...

well, if you do have cable, not all outlets are usually wired the same. CATV is typically split whereas the line for cable modem is not. Put it on one of the ones for CATV then it may not be as good of a connection (even then i think you can out an amplifier on it).
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6817|Long Island, New York

Freezer7Pro wrote:

Why does it matter? You'll get the exact same connection.
Because wired > wireless?

I get connection drops pretty often because the signal strength blows.
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6477|Winland

Poseidon wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

Why does it matter? You'll get the exact same connection.
Because wired > wireless?

I get connection drops pretty often because the signal strength blows.

Poseidon wrote:

I have a cable connection in my room, so would that work?
?
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6817|Long Island, New York

Freezer7Pro wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

Why does it matter? You'll get the exact same connection.
Because wired > wireless?

I get connection drops pretty often because the signal strength blows.

Poseidon wrote:

I have a cable connection in my room, so would that work?
?
Cable connection's for my TV only.
Defiance
Member
+438|6950

Ender2309 wrote:

the router modem is connected to a phone jack?

you have DSL, not cable.
What point are you trying to make? Routers and modems exist in both DSL and Cable setups.

Wall jack goes to modem, modem goes to router, router goes to computers.
cospengle
Member
+140|6766|Armidale, NSW, Australia

Defiance wrote:

Ender2309 wrote:

the router modem is connected to a phone jack?

you have DSL, not cable.
What point are you trying to make? Routers and modems exist in both DSL and Cable setups.

Wall jack goes to modem, modem goes to router, router goes to computers.
I think he was pointing out an error in the OP - which has now been corrected.
Defiance
Member
+438|6950

cospengle wrote:

Defiance wrote:

Ender2309 wrote:

the router modem is connected to a phone jack?

you have DSL, not cable.
What point are you trying to make? Routers and modems exist in both DSL and Cable setups.

Wall jack goes to modem, modem goes to router, router goes to computers.
I think he was pointing out an error in the OP - which has now been corrected.
Oh I see. I'm sorry, I read it wrong.
HurricaИe
Banned
+877|6241|Washington DC
I don't think you can connect your router to your room via coax.

Try a Powerline Networking device.
Ender2309
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Defiance wrote:

Ender2309 wrote:

the router modem is connected to a phone jack?

you have DSL, not cable.
What point are you trying to make? Routers and modems exist in both DSL and Cable setups.

Wall jack goes to modem, modem goes to router, router goes to computers.
i know you're not retarded, so please reread. clearly it was an error of misidentification on my part, as phone jacks do not go into routers, they go into modems.


@OP:

are you sure you're looking at a phone jack and not an ethernet cable?

also, if it turns out that its cable, don't move it. cable works like this:

streetline-SPLIT-house-SPLIT-TV-SPLIT-X number of tv jacks
                  |                 |           
                back          internet     
                 to
               street 



the first split breaks the cable in two: one that loops to the rest of the houses on the street, and one that loops to your house

the next split, within your house, splits the cable line into two again: one that leads to your broadband internet, which takes a lot of juice to get good speeds, and one that leads to another split.

the final split leads to all of your TV jacks. for an average house i'd say 5-10 jacks exist, which means 5-10 times your cable power is split in half.

now, that jack in your room is at the end of these splits. so, thats 1/2 X 1/10 in a worst case scenario, or, if you plug your modem into that cable line, its got 1/20th the capacity it has on the dedicated line in your brother's room.

moving it would be a very very bad idea.
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6817|Long Island, New York

Ender2309 wrote:

Defiance wrote:

Ender2309 wrote:

the router modem is connected to a phone jack?

you have DSL, not cable.
What point are you trying to make? Routers and modems exist in both DSL and Cable setups.

Wall jack goes to modem, modem goes to router, router goes to computers.
i know you're not retarded, so please reread. clearly it was an error of misidentification on my part, as phone jacks do not go into routers, they go into modems.


@OP:

are you sure you're looking at a phone jack and not an ethernet cable?

also, if it turns out that its cable, don't move it. cable works like this:

streetline-SPLIT-house-SPLIT-TV-SPLIT-X number of tv jacks
                  |                 |           
                back          internet     
                 to
               street 



the first split breaks the cable in two: one that loops to the rest of the houses on the street, and one that loops to your house

the next split, within your house, splits the cable line into two again: one that leads to your broadband internet, which takes a lot of juice to get good speeds, and one that leads to another split.

the final split leads to all of your TV jacks. for an average house i'd say 5-10 jacks exist, which means 5-10 times your cable power is split in half.

now, that jack in your room is at the end of these splits. so, thats 1/2 X 1/10 in a worst case scenario, or, if you plug your modem into that cable line, its got 1/20th the capacity it has on the dedicated line in your brother's room.

moving it would be a very very bad idea.
Ok, I just checked it out. The phone jack in there is absolutely pointless. I took it out and we still have a connection, which leads me to believe we definately have cable. The site for my ISP (optimum online) also says it's cable broadband. So, there ya go.

So, if I get a cable splitter like you see below, and take the direct cable route in my room that links to my cable box and split it into two lines, one to my cable box and another to my router, would that work?

And what cables would I need?

https://www.electronix.com/catalog/images/45-557.jpg

Last edited by Poseidon (2008-01-22 16:20:10)

jsnipy
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+3,277|6802|...

You would need an amplifier for internet, not just a splitter ... try splitter first ... because you can't tell then it doesn't matter.

Last edited by jsnipy (2008-01-22 16:35:40)

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