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Cord cutting question: Ethernet and Coax
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:36 am
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:36 am
Maybe the wrong board, but I figured Id try here first.
I have ditched Uverse in favor of Playstation Vue and thus far have been mostly pleased with the results. I am running Vue to 3 TVs. 2 FireTV and 1 Firestick. All are connected via WiFi. As I said, mostly positive results but occasionally I am getting some lag while watching live TV (occasionally Netflix as well) that I can only guess is due to the connection/speed of the WiFi. Im sure a wired connection would be much more reliable.
My question is this, I already have coax ran to the TV areas Im concerned about. Is there a way to run ethernet through the existing Coax that is reliable and would be better than my WiFi connection. Or would I have to replace the coax with a dedicated ethernet cable as that doesnt seem to be a feasible option for me.
Anyone with any experience with this would be greatly appreciated.
I have ditched Uverse in favor of Playstation Vue and thus far have been mostly pleased with the results. I am running Vue to 3 TVs. 2 FireTV and 1 Firestick. All are connected via WiFi. As I said, mostly positive results but occasionally I am getting some lag while watching live TV (occasionally Netflix as well) that I can only guess is due to the connection/speed of the WiFi. Im sure a wired connection would be much more reliable.
My question is this, I already have coax ran to the TV areas Im concerned about. Is there a way to run ethernet through the existing Coax that is reliable and would be better than my WiFi connection. Or would I have to replace the coax with a dedicated ethernet cable as that doesnt seem to be a feasible option for me.
Anyone with any experience with this would be greatly appreciated.
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Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:38 am to JesusQuintana
Ethernet (CAT-5) and Coaxial cable are two totally different cables.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:40 am to JesusQuintana
This is probably tech board stuff, but you could always use something like this. You plug one ethernet cord to your router and then into the wall, and then where your TV is you have one that plugs an ethernet cable into the fireTV. Of course, it wouldn't work with the firestick since there's no ethernet port, but it would work with the FireTVs.
This isn't the exact one we have, but the one we have seems to work faster than the wifi in our house. I'm sure a lot depends on which unit you buy, but I'd give this a shot and see if it helps.
This isn't the exact one we have, but the one we have seems to work faster than the wifi in our house. I'm sure a lot depends on which unit you buy, but I'd give this a shot and see if it helps.
This post was edited on 3/16/17 at 11:41 am
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