To run cable internet over a single cable with an over the air antenna? Here's the problem... I have an OTA antenna to get free HD as well as local channels. The house (condo/townhome) has a single access cable coming into the premises for each home. The cable runs into the garage, then through a splitter, and up to each room directly. I'd like to put the cable modem in the spare bedroom where there is also a TV. Anyone know how to do this?
Here's what I'd do. I would isolate the incoming cable/tv connection from the splitter. Find out where it starts to branch off. Disconnect or cut it from the branch so that you have one physical line from the cable modem to the splitter downstairs. Then the entirety of the cable within the house will be isolated from the cable TV signal, and you can put a powered antenna and your TVs on it.
The problem they said is that the signal will overlap the OTA channels and it won't work. Also, the modem supposedly won't stay connected when run through diplexers.
diplexers are the little cable splitters right? if so thats not true i ran my for over a year that way without once being disconnected.
I have run my internet on a 2 and 3 way spliter over the past 4 years. yes you loose a little power but i never get a disconnect. i also have a good connection even with the spliter hooked up.
A diplexer is the reverse of a splittler. It combines two connections into one. There are diplexers that take a frequency like 5-900 hz and raise it up to 1000-2000 hz. Using another piece, you can bring it back down. This way each connectiong doesn't overlap.
Oh, well then i am totally wrong. I do know that the internet has issues when you boost the signal... which sounds like something that maybe happening with your set up... so you might run into that issue here too.
