Internet hardware question

[Meatwad]

No you can't run more than one modem in the same line. Well, in theory you could but not in practice. Best option for you is probably a power line adapter. You plug the adapter to a regular wall socket, connect the ethernet cable and you plug another similar device to the wall socket in another room. It works basically like an ethernet cable but uses the existing power cables.

You can get decent speeds that way and it supports multicast etc. protocols which may not work so well on wifi. http://www.cnet.com/topics/networking/best-networking-devices/power-line-adapters/

You can run two modems off the same coax but if you are using them both for internet, the ONLY way this would work is if both have their own internet service. So for example if you are paying $40 for internet service to one modem, you will pay an addl $40 per month for service to the second modem which would double your bill. In the long run you would just be throwing money out the window where there are much cheaper options to use

[MrRiplEy[H]]

You can run two modems off the same coax but if you are using them both for internet, the ONLY way this would work is if both have their own internet service. So for example if you are paying $40 for internet service to one modem, you will pay an addl $40 per month for service to the second modem which would double your bill. In the long run you would just be throwing money out the window where there are much cheaper options to use

Using cable providers this is true. The cable network is a loop of many subscribers so the technology supports cable sharing by default. That's why one broken router can mess up many houses at once. DSL then again works different. The two modems would have to split frequencies and share the bandwith pretty much the same way your phone connection shares the line with a dsl modem. If you try to call/talk without an isolator you're going to mess up your connection. Havint said that even on DSL it's possible to run multiple modems because in most cases the phone company provides more than one copper line (at least one pair). In that case it's possible to configure the other modem to use the other line and vice versa. Some people do this setup to get more speed out of adsl in remote areas.

[2bighorn]

Best option for you is probably a power line adapter. You plug the adapter to a regular wall socket, connect the ethernet cable and you plug another similar device to the wall socket in another room. It works basically like an ethernet cable but uses the existing power cables.

You can get decent speeds that way and it supports multicast etc. protocols which may not work so well on wifi. http://www.cnet.com/topics/networking/best-networking-devices/power-line-adapters/

Over existing coax, MoCA adapters are likely better choice. Not as cheap as powerline, but not as problematic either.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Over existing coax, MoCA adapters are likely better choice. Not as cheap as powerline, but not as problematic either.

Not all rooms have coax pulled to them.

[2bighorn]

Not all rooms have coax pulled to them.

What all rooms have got to do with?  He said he got coax in his office.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

What all rooms have got to do with?  He said he got coax in his office.

I didn't notice that.

[SysError]

Maybe I'll go knock on their door sometime this week lol.

For some reason I have been on this BBS all day it seems....

Serenity:  Did you ever go next door?  If you did I would still be interested in finding out what you found out.