Wiring Nightmare

[Jmangum]

Hey everyone.

 

In the process of setting up a new game room that will have a 3 tvs, a 4x4 swtich and a few 2x1 switches to keep all the devices plugged into all of televisions. 

 

with that said, i am having a somewhat hard time with the wiring of all this.  the only coaxial port is on the otherside of the room from where this is all being set up.  additonally, the wireless box from the house is attached into that. 

 

i am considering moving the wifi box into my center console that will be holding all my gaming consoles for this setup, but wanted to see the most efficient way to do that.  Since i mainly play xbox, use cable and my other systems the interenet speed doesnt really matter i wanted to figure out the easiest way to do this.

 

does anyone know if there coaxial/ethernet wireless capability exists? if so, how much lag/is it even worth it to move the wireless box from the other side of the room. i am thinking of plugging a coaxial plug straight into the wall, half goes to the wireless router, the other half runs to the cable box that will be in my center console. additionally, i would run an ethernet cord from the wireless router to the back of my xbox. (therefore there would be two long cords going from the current nightstand that hosts the wifi and the only coaxial entry point.) to make it easy i am going to terribly draw on paint a brief description of what im dealing with. 

 

So if anyone has any ideas, please let me know! thank you for your help in advance!

[Dissitesuxba11s]

Hello again,

 

My suggestion is move the router. A longer coaxial cable and splitter are relatively cheap, and routing the coaxial cable along the wall would provide a cleaner look.

[paddy-stone]

Agree, if it's in the same room it's much easier to move the router than other options.

[moltencrystal]

i agree, single coax rather than two, and if your setup here is the same at the other post youve put up you could run ethernet to all the over devices aswell, helping keep the wifi clear for phones and laptops and such that you may need

[intertan]

Can you run an Ethernet to the router?

 

[nicholasfd]

Do you already have a cable modem in the house for internet? if you do, then what I would do is put a switch/ router on that to get yourself a line into your room, and still have what is currently there. Take that ethernet cable and go into an 8 port switch to have room for expansion. Run one line to each TV, if you have smart TVs, or for if you ever decide to get smart TVs, you will have a much more solid connection, and out to everything else.

 

If you  don't already have a cable modem, or are moving it, you might have to take your coax port off the main cable system in your house, because depending on what type of system you have, a modem can't use it. from there, I would still go to an 8 port switch, and I would also put a decent wireless router in as well because it would be much better than anything the cable company would give you.

 

If you take nothing from this, at least take that, since you have the opportunity now, run everything in at least Cat 6, and that it is your friend. If you have the option of wireless or wired, make it wired, especially the stuff that doesn't move often like TVs, game consoles, or Desktop PCs. Also, leave room for expansion. Don't buy a 4 port switch if you only have 4 devices. If you think you might be getting another console in the future, run the cables for it now so you won't have to later.