farscapesg1
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OK, finally got my new DualTV cards in along with all my parts for a new media server. Now it is time to connect them up and and get the system running, but the problem is I want it in the office, not the living room.
Currently, this is the way the coax is set up in the house...
It comes into the house and is immediately split with a 3-way splitter. One line goes to the living room (Cable A), one to the office which is connected to the cable modem (Cable B ), and one to the bedroom which isn't used (Cable C).
Due to signal quality issues, I had a friend of a friend, who works for a cable company, come out and check the lines. After running a new line from the termination box to the house, the signal was still kinda weak, so we put an amplifier on Cable A (between the splitter and the jack in the living room). This line is then split with a 4-way splitter and I have been very happy with the signal quality since then.
So, I split the cable in the office with a 4-way splitter (Cable modem, 2 lines for my HDHomeRun, and one DualTV) to test it, and the signal is weak like the living room was before putting the amp on. However, everything I read about coax amplifiers say not to connect it to the line with a cable modem. I guess I could run a seperate coax cable to the office, but I would prefer not to
Is it actually safe to connect a cable modem to a line that is amplified? Are the companies just trying to cover their tails? Should I put the amp before the initial 3-way splitter, or after that split but before it reaches the office? I'm thinking I will need to use a 2-way splitter and send one cable to the cable modem, then split the other cable with a 4-way splitter to get connections for my two DualTVs and two connections for the HDHomeRun. My understanding is that it is best to put an amp before the split so you can amplifying the cleaner signal instead of amplifying signal noise.
Any advice? Should I just suck it up and run another RG6 cable to keep the cable modem on it's own line?
Currently, this is the way the coax is set up in the house...
It comes into the house and is immediately split with a 3-way splitter. One line goes to the living room (Cable A), one to the office which is connected to the cable modem (Cable B ), and one to the bedroom which isn't used (Cable C).
Due to signal quality issues, I had a friend of a friend, who works for a cable company, come out and check the lines. After running a new line from the termination box to the house, the signal was still kinda weak, so we put an amplifier on Cable A (between the splitter and the jack in the living room). This line is then split with a 4-way splitter and I have been very happy with the signal quality since then.
So, I split the cable in the office with a 4-way splitter (Cable modem, 2 lines for my HDHomeRun, and one DualTV) to test it, and the signal is weak like the living room was before putting the amp on. However, everything I read about coax amplifiers say not to connect it to the line with a cable modem. I guess I could run a seperate coax cable to the office, but I would prefer not to
Is it actually safe to connect a cable modem to a line that is amplified? Are the companies just trying to cover their tails? Should I put the amp before the initial 3-way splitter, or after that split but before it reaches the office? I'm thinking I will need to use a 2-way splitter and send one cable to the cable modem, then split the other cable with a 4-way splitter to get connections for my two DualTVs and two connections for the HDHomeRun. My understanding is that it is best to put an amp before the split so you can amplifying the cleaner signal instead of amplifying signal noise.
Any advice? Should I just suck it up and run another RG6 cable to keep the cable modem on it's own line?