Internet for other rooms

[Dark]

Ok here's the deal. I got in my room my computer hooked up to cable modem then to the comp. Well now in the living room i wish to have internet connection for things like blueray,tv,receiver ect for firware updates and maybe some internet radio. As it is i have to unplug the modem to the tv and drag out some cat5 line and run wire on the floor for updates. The house doesnt have cat5 and i really wish i don't have to try to run cable cause attic is about a foot high over where the comp cable is and I'm a bigger guy (6-2, 270 so don't want to try crawling my way over to other side and punch a hole in the roof lol) and don't want to do wireless at all . The house is wired with coax cable all over the house. (4 bedrooms,living,kitchen even out side front/back house has 10 coax junction's) Was looking on-line for diffrent things and saw electrical ethernet but didn't seem they were real reliable. Well i ran across this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122243 got a lot of good reviews and like that most are just plugging and it connects right away. I wont be using all the time just for firware upgrades and maybe moving it room to room to upgrade the other players,tvs. Anyone have this or something like it and like it?

*ps maybe if it does work is there something i can setup to play music from my comp to the receiver in the living room so i don't have to lug my ext drive back and forth?
*pss I'm not comp savvy so if there something that wont take to much trouble to get internet then I'm all ears can replace parts and find bad parts in a comp but the actual *Functions* are beyond me for now

[Tigger29]

I don't see why it wouldn't work, provided the quality of the coax runs are fine.  Personally I wouldn't do it because of the cost.. but I use AT&T's U-verse service which sends network data to each box through the existing coax in my house, and it works fine to deliver a digital 1080P through it all, so I don't think that what you plan on using it for wouldn't be a problem.

I do have to ask though.. why so adamant against wireless?

[BaldEagl]

Not sure why you don't want to go wireless.  It's a simple solution.  A wireless router and a wireless ethernet card for each computer.  Done.

As to stereo I have a wireless transmitter hooked up to my computer and a wirelss reciever hooked up to my stereo.  It's a bit of a PITA to get both tuned for a clear connection but once you do it works great.

[Dark]

Well the cost isnt anything really. As for the wireless. I just dont like wireless routers. Never have and i dont think i ever will. I know thats what everything is going to it but just cant explain. (ever get something u just hate but everyone uses it thats wireless for me lol) Plus its only 1 computer and Another thing about wireless is for some of my stuff would have to buy wireless "dongles*for it to work wireless and those run anywere from 50-80 each. Would be better if they were all the same brand cause i could just 1 dongle but i dont. And just rough count would have to buy 5 dongles ontop of the wireless router. so for 200 i would still come out cheaper.

Only thing i need internet connection is for firmware updates. My receiver,tv,blueray,ect always have a update for something seems like every week. I think what makes it bad is just how many receivers,tvs,players i have and there not all the same brands or models. (put the best stuff in living room, move whatever was in there to another room so most of the stuff has built in wireless but the older stuff doesnt lol) makes it a real pain. As far as the music thing, after i posted it hit me. My receiver has bluetooth connection and i paired it with my phone (moto droid) so that solved the problem, rather have my phone and control it then lug the drive around lol since my phone never leaves my side and my music syncs when i plug it in.

Guess i should stop learning about home theater stuff and start learning comps so i can do most what everyone on these forums can do in there sleep  

[Ghastly]

as looking on-line for diffrent things and saw electrical ethernet but didn't seem they were real reliable.

I can vouch for that, at least with the ones I used. I had purchased 2 2-packs of the Netgear PowerLine HD units, and not only were they no where near as fast as they claimed even when plugged into the same outlet, but they ran hotter'n Hades, and didn't last very long.  1 unit simply failed after a couple of months, but when the second failed a couple of months later it took out cable-based Internet for the entire town I live in until they disconnected our house from cable.  What they told me was that it was continuously transmitting on the same frequency as that which they used for IP over cable.

I've not used, or even seen much about the Ethernet to Coax products, like the one you linked.  Two cans and a string would be better than my experience with the PowerLine switches, however, so if the choice is between the two, I'd definitely try the Ethernet over Coax bridges.

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[Tigger29]

Well if you do decide to change your mind about wireless, you can purchase a wireless switch and hook your A/V equipment up to that switch with Cat5... and then the switch will communicate wirelessly with your router at the computer.  It would be a simple, effective, and inexpensive solution.

The "cheapest" solution is to stick with what you use now, or to download the updates from your computer and burn it to a CD (or some are compatible with flash drives), but that's kind of a pain to do.

If you want convenience, and are still adamant against wireless, you can either run new CAT5 cables, or use a coax solution like you posted.

Since money's not the issue here, then it's pretty obvious what your best solution is...