- Jul 18, 2012
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Hello,
I have the cable company providing internet, telephone, and TV. The modem is in the basement. The closet where the electrical panel is has a coax cable that goes under the door to the modem. Coming out of the modem is a telephone cable, and an Ethernet cable. The Ethernet cable connects to the wireless router sitting next too it (house has no Ethernet wiring), and the phone cable goes from the modem to a nearby wall plate with 2 jacks (all other telephone wall plates have 1 jack).
The problem is that the wireless router is in the basement, and I want to move it to a spot in the living room for a better connection. This spot has a telephone and a coax jack. Could I move the modem and router to this new location by doing the following:
Telephone jack: Line coming from modem connected to splitter, one part of splitter goes directly to a phone, the other to the wall jack so service is available to the other wired phones. (Will the other phones work, since the modem would be connected to one of the single phone jacks, and not the double one in the basement?).
Coax jack: Modem connected to one of the jacks in the house instead of the one coming under the closet door in the basement. (Will it work?)
Sorry I did not word that real well. Basically, I want to know if the system works both directions - If the coax line under the door to the cable modem is the same as the ones going to the jacks and TVs throughout the house. Same with the phone: is the double jack box (with numbers on it) in the basement the same as the single jack ones throughout the house (without numbers).
Thank you
I have the cable company providing internet, telephone, and TV. The modem is in the basement. The closet where the electrical panel is has a coax cable that goes under the door to the modem. Coming out of the modem is a telephone cable, and an Ethernet cable. The Ethernet cable connects to the wireless router sitting next too it (house has no Ethernet wiring), and the phone cable goes from the modem to a nearby wall plate with 2 jacks (all other telephone wall plates have 1 jack).
The problem is that the wireless router is in the basement, and I want to move it to a spot in the living room for a better connection. This spot has a telephone and a coax jack. Could I move the modem and router to this new location by doing the following:
Telephone jack: Line coming from modem connected to splitter, one part of splitter goes directly to a phone, the other to the wall jack so service is available to the other wired phones. (Will the other phones work, since the modem would be connected to one of the single phone jacks, and not the double one in the basement?).
Coax jack: Modem connected to one of the jacks in the house instead of the one coming under the closet door in the basement. (Will it work?)
Sorry I did not word that real well. Basically, I want to know if the system works both directions - If the coax line under the door to the cable modem is the same as the ones going to the jacks and TVs throughout the house. Same with the phone: is the double jack box (with numbers on it) in the basement the same as the single jack ones throughout the house (without numbers).
Thank you
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