Cable Modem Hookup

z_man22

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So I'm moving into a new house in about a week, and meeting the cable company, I have cable internet or whatever, does this mean I just run a coaxial cable from the wall to the modem? (like you would a TV, to hook it up.)
 
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The modem has to be registered / activated to the cable network, but yes, the physical connection is a standard F type coax connector to the back of the modem. There should also be an RJ-45 ethernet cable on the modem that should attach to your router. That is assuming your modem is just a modem, and not a combo unit that includes the router in one case...

dbhosttexas

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The modem has to be registered / activated to the cable network, but yes, the physical connection is a standard F type coax connector to the back of the modem. There should also be an RJ-45 ethernet cable on the modem that should attach to your router. That is assuming your modem is just a modem, and not a combo unit that includes the router in one case...
 
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dbhosttexas

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Okay I am curious, do you have Satelite TV in your house? I am not sure how they could separate the TV signal from the internet signal is why I ask... I have DirecTV for my TV so I have to be careful which coax I am using. I simply ran the coax specifically for my modem and solved That particular problem permanently... I seriously doubt I will ever go cable again for TV, as streaming services get better and better, in the long run I will likely drop pay TV entirely...
 

Beachnative

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I have cable internet and TV from Bright House and the service is OK and we do have our fair share of interupted service but for the most part I get a solid 10M/1M and usually bursts past it.

There are two wires coming in the house but only one goes to the modem, the other to a splitter that distributes it throught the home via the coax connectors...somewhere in the house there is an amp plugged in.
 

dbhosttexas

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That is certainly different from Comcast. When I had them for TV too, the internet, and the TV came in via the same coaxial cable... My ex in laws have Cox and theirs was the same way... I thought they all worked like that. Learn something new every day! Thanks.
 

Beachnative

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Hey wait a second... there is only one wire going into my house, the other was the anchor wire and the cable wire wrapped around it( it's a long 80' run.