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Need help setting up internet
Posted on 6/15/14 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 6/15/14 at 1:16 pm
Techies,
I'm not great with infrastructure so hopefully someone can help. I have a two story house and I just set up my bonus room upstairs.
Downstairs I have an Apple wireless router from which I feed a smart TV and smart DVD player (both wired) and various laptops, phones etc. wirelessly.
I'm putting a smart TV and my playstation upstairs along with a desktop. I would like to hard wire both the TV and playstation. Can I get Cox to just install another cable jack and plug a second modem in? Or do I have to pay for a second internet connection? Or would it be better to get a third party super wireless router for the entire house?
And my internet often won't assign more than 5 IP addresses. Is that normal or is there something wrong?
I'm not great with infrastructure so hopefully someone can help. I have a two story house and I just set up my bonus room upstairs.
Downstairs I have an Apple wireless router from which I feed a smart TV and smart DVD player (both wired) and various laptops, phones etc. wirelessly.
I'm putting a smart TV and my playstation upstairs along with a desktop. I would like to hard wire both the TV and playstation. Can I get Cox to just install another cable jack and plug a second modem in? Or do I have to pay for a second internet connection? Or would it be better to get a third party super wireless router for the entire house?
And my internet often won't assign more than 5 IP addresses. Is that normal or is there something wrong?
Posted on 6/15/14 at 2:16 pm to Antonio Moss
quote:I don't work for Cox, but I'm fairly certain this would be another internet connection.
Can I get Cox to just install another cable jack and plug a second modem in? Or do I have to pay for a second internet connection?
quote:Something is wrong. Your router should be acting as a DHCP server (hands out IP addresses). It should be set with a pool of addresses to hand out. An off the shelf router is probably set to a /24 network mask (allowing for 254 IP addresses to be handed out). I'd google your router model and see if others have this issue.
And my internet often won't assign more than 5 IP addresses. Is that normal or is there something wrong?
To your original Q:
1) Run cat5/6 ethernet from your downstairs to your bonus room. Would satisfy your hardwired preference.
2) Use a wireless router to connect the new devices.
3) You can try an Ethernet over Power adapter.
Posted on 6/15/14 at 4:08 pm to drizztiger
quote:
1) Run cat5/6 ethernet from your downstairs to your bonus room. Would satisfy your hardwired preference.
To this I would add that if the three devices can all be fed from the same point, i.e., they're all along the same wall, just install a single ethernet jack and buy a small 5-port desktop switch for about $25 to distribute to all the devices.
Even if your router is only 10/100 ethernet it would be smart to only buy 10/100/1000 (gigabit) ethernet devices going forward. If you plug your router into a gigabit switch it will continue to operate at 10/100 but the other devices can take advantage of gigabit speeds when communicating with each other for file transfers. The difference is very noticeable.
Posted on 6/15/14 at 6:47 pm to Antonio Moss
Use PowerLine which runs your Internet over your electrical cables. About $50 from rocket fish
Posted on 6/15/14 at 6:47 pm to drizztiger
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This post was edited on 6/15/14 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 6/15/14 at 6:49 pm to drizztiger
quote:
1) Run cat5/6 ethernet from your downstairs to your bonus room. Would satisfy your hardwired preference.
Do this. There is no substitute for a wired connection. For speed and signal reliability, there is no better option.
quote:
You can try an Ethernet over Power adapter.
These work, but it's recommended that you not use any of the other outlets on the wall if you are using them
This post was edited on 6/15/14 at 6:51 pm
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