Is there a big draw back to converting coax to Ethernet?

[The K-Man]

Hey everyone, 

I'm currently in the process of making my own home network, turned an old PC into my router. My issue is that Shaw is my ISP and their interest comes into the house as coax and my network card does not have a coax port on it. I'm wondering if there's going to be performance drops from using a moca converter or even a coax to rj45 adapter. I'm trying to eliminate using Shaws gear all together but want to make sure I'm doing it the right way.

Thanks in advance, hope you all have a great day!

[Electronics Wizardy]

You need a modem here, look at the ISP approved list. Moca won't work as the ISP uses DOCIS, MOCA is only for within house transmissions.

[The K-Man]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

You need a modem here, look at the ISP approved list. Moca won't work as the ISP uses DOCIS, MOCA is only for within house transmissions.

Oh gotcha, so I would need a modem that accepts cable then run Ethernet from that to my home built router and from there I can send it to my switch and access points. I think I got confused and assumed my router PC was a router/modem. Thanks for the reply!

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, The K-Man said:

Oh gotcha, so I would need a modem that accepts cable then run Ethernet from that to my home built router and from there I can send it to my switch and access points. I think I got confused and assumed my router PC was a router/modem. Thanks for the reply!

You still need a modem to turn the ISP signal into what your router uses. Your Router will still do all the router on your network.

[The K-Man]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You still need a modem to turn the ISP signal into what your router uses. Your Router will still do all the router on your network.

Thanks so much for clearing that up for me!

[proone]

Check if the Shaw provided modem/router supports bridge mode and disabling the DHCP server .

If yes, then that will turn it into basically an active coax to rj45 converter. You'll then have to configure the ISP connection on your own built router, connected through rj45.

 

LE: If the Shaw provided equipment also has builtin WiFi, disable it first. Needless to say make the configuration changes from a computer connected to it through a cable. Some WiFi modems keep the radios on in bridge mode, and it will just cause interference with your other equipment.

[The K-Man]

2 hours ago, proone said:

Check if the Shaw provided modem/router supports bridge mode and disabling the DHCP server .

If yes, then that will turn it into basically an active coax to rj45 converter. You'll then have to configure the ISP connection on your own built router, connected through rj45.

 

LE: If the Shaw provided equipment also has builtin WiFi, disable it first. Needless to say make the configuration changes from a computer connected to it through a cable. Some WiFi modems keep the radios on in bridge mode, and it will just cause interference with your other equipment.

That sounds amazing thanks for this! That would definitely save me money if I can just use it that way I'm going to look into it right now, thanks a lot for your reply!