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If I used fibre hdmi, I would still have to tackle the issue of getting USB out to the other room. I'm not terribly worried about compression - I really just want to do all this for game nights with my wife and friends (mario party, mario kart, smash, skyrim, it takes two etc) no high fidelity games.

Yeah, I've heard HDMI and USB have pretty short ranges. At least for the inexpensive ones.. The whole point in running cable was to keep it inexpensive. I know there are other ways for me to be able to use my PC in another room ie another computer. If latency is going to be an issue with the ethernet solution, plus I would have to go into the crawlspace.. I wonder what the cost of another PC that can communicate with my main rig would be. I'll have to look into that as well. Clearly I'm in no rush to get this project done lol.

yeah, I do. Was just hoping to avoid messing around down there because I'll have to cut through insulation

Yeah it looks like ethernet's my best bet. Sucks because I have no attic entry so I'll have to get down in the crawlspace. I already own one of these these but it looks like USB-C has a shorter range than ethernet. Thanks for the help! I'll keep my eye out for a coax kvm extender. If anyone reading this has one or has seen one - let me know!

I know next to nothing about networking, routers, modems etc. I'm still fuzzy on the difference between a router and a modem. I'm hoping someone will be able to direct me to some resources to learn more about it - specifically about my problem. So my problem - I want to be able to use my PC (that's currently in my spare bedroom) in a different room, my living room. I have my main modem connected in my living room, and a coaxial cord ran through to my spare bedroom. Is it possible to run display (HDMI preferably) and USB through the coaxial somehow? I've heard about running display through a specific type of ethernet cord. I assume using coaxial is not possible, but I thought I'd reach out to people who know more than me before I throw the idea away. Plan B would be to run a really long hdmi and usb from my spare bedroom to the living room. This would be my last choice because I don't want to run cable if I don't have to. If I'm going to go through the trouble of running cable, I might as well upgrade my motherboard to USB-C and do something more elegant like use one of these. Any help is appreciated here! Thanks all

Does this port have the same functionality of an Ethernet port? I'm asking because I've found a RJ11 male to female Ethernet cord and I just want to make sure it'll work as expected EDIT: it does not.

I bought a regular Ethernet cord to plug into my dorm's router without checking the port first. Big mistake. Can anyone ID this port? Does it work similarly to Ethernet? Thanks