Hi guys,
So I just moved into my new apartment recently - the upper floor of a duplex. I quickly noticed that there are no Ethernet ports on the wall, only phone jacks. I would much prefer my own dedicated wired connection over our shared WiFi. I think the landlady recently had Charter Spectrum cable internet added (included in rent) which would explain this. Unfortunately, the modem and router are downstairs in the other tenants' area so I don't really have free access to them.
Upstairs in my area, I have only a single coax cable coming in through the floor, running into a cable receiver. The receiver does have an Ethernet port on the back, and I tried using an Ethernet cable both directly connecting to my laptop, and bridging through a spare router/switch I have with no luck - Windows classified it as an unknown network with no Internet access.
Would an adapter similar to this work? Would a powerline adapter be feasible in this situation? If someone could point me towards something that will allow me to get a wired Ethernet connection using what I currently have (while still retaining my cable TV access), that would be greatly appreciated. I've never had cable internet before so please excuse my ignorance in this and I'm probably missing a lot of critical details (at work running off memory). I will provide any additional details that I can if needed. Thank you!
So I just moved into my new apartment recently - the upper floor of a duplex. I quickly noticed that there are no Ethernet ports on the wall, only phone jacks. I would much prefer my own dedicated wired connection over our shared WiFi. I think the landlady recently had Charter Spectrum cable internet added (included in rent) which would explain this. Unfortunately, the modem and router are downstairs in the other tenants' area so I don't really have free access to them.
Upstairs in my area, I have only a single coax cable coming in through the floor, running into a cable receiver. The receiver does have an Ethernet port on the back, and I tried using an Ethernet cable both directly connecting to my laptop, and bridging through a spare router/switch I have with no luck - Windows classified it as an unknown network with no Internet access.
Would an adapter similar to this work? Would a powerline adapter be feasible in this situation? If someone could point me towards something that will allow me to get a wired Ethernet connection using what I currently have (while still retaining my cable TV access), that would be greatly appreciated. I've never had cable internet before so please excuse my ignorance in this and I'm probably missing a lot of critical details (at work running off memory). I will provide any additional details that I can if needed. Thank you!
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