Re- Routing home internet coax connections

[Bangzong]

My family just moved in to a new house and were using Xfinity internet rated for 150mb plan. I bought my own router, a Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 cable modem router. 

I tried to install the router myself upstairs in the master bedroom, the router wouldn't connect to internet there nor was the cable company able to activate the router through that coax port. I moved the router downstairs into the living room where the main tv coax port is and did the same thing with no luck. 

As I was looking around d the house I noticed a coax cable that was left behind from the previous owner and traced it to the networking box outside of the house. So I tried this connection and the router started working and I was able to get the router working and activated through our ISP. 

 

My question is if there's anything I can do to get these other coax ports throughout the house to work like single one does. If so, where do I go and what do I do, does anyone have YouTube video links or forums that can point me in the direction of being able to properly re route the networking without have to rip down any walls and such. 

[aezakmi]

so there's a coax that goes through the walls and a different one coming from a box outside

 

first find where the cable that goes through the walls start, you'll have to cut it there and connect the other cable there using two male F connectors (one in each cable) and a female F bridge

 

if the wiring inside the house is too long or has too many outputs (more than 3) you might need an amplifier

[Bangzong]

@aezakmi. I checked traced where the wires were coming from again and noticed the working coax was connected to a distinct orange cable that traces down into the ground. The rest of the coax I saw we're for what I assumed was the house because they were connected to a 4 way splitter and there just so happens to be 4 coax connection ports inside the house (the one thats working is a separate cable that routes through the wall to the outside networking box). I unplugged the orange cable and connected it to the 4 way splitter to see if that would get the other ports working. 

I moved the router upstairs and for the first time the internet light was blinking, however it wasn't actually producing a solid internet connection. It kept blinking and restarting it seems. I did this and waited for 30 minutes, nothing. 

 

So I went back outside switched the orange cable back and reconnected the router downstairs and now have internet again, but still no working coax ports throughout the house. 

 

Does that mean theamplifier that you mentioned is the next thing to try out? 

[aezakmi]

Maybe the splitter is bad or you're using the wrong connector, if it looks like this one

 

 

that's a mixed splitter, meaning one output will work for network and the rest for TV, be sure to plug the cable that goes to your router where it says "power pass", "DC pass" or simply "DC out"

there's the chance it might be a tv only splitter idk

 

here's the difference between a simple TV and a TV+Network splitter

 

it's 2-way but it's just an example there

[Donut417]

2 hours ago, Bangzong said:

My family just moved in to a new house and were using Xfinity internet rated for 150mb plan. I bought my own router, a Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 cable modem router. 

I tried to install the router myself upstairs in the master bedroom, the router wouldn't connect to internet there nor was the cable company able to activate the router through that coax port. I moved the router downstairs into the living room where the main tv coax port is and did the same thing with no luck. 

As I was looking around d the house I noticed a coax cable that was left behind from the previous owner and traced it to the networking box outside of the house. So I tried this connection and the router started working and I was able to get the router working and activated through our ISP. 

 

My question is if there's anything I can do to get these other coax ports throughout the house to work like single one does. If so, where do I go and what do I do, does anyone have YouTube video links or forums that can point me in the direction of being able to properly re route the networking without have to rip down any walls and such. 

Firstly if you want to activate the other ports in the house you need to figure out where they are connected. Now with cable internet, the modem needs the best possible signal. So you need to install a two way splitter first, hook one end to the modem. The other side of the spliter can be connected to a TV or to another spliter. As long as the modem is on the two way spliter coming off the main line it will work on any port. BUT there can only be one spliter between the main line and the modem. Any more and it will push your signals out of spec most likely and you will have no internet. 

[kirashi]

3 hours ago, Bangzong said:

My question is if there's anything I can do to get these other coax ports throughout the house to work like single one does. If so, where do I go and what do I do, does anyone have YouTube video links or forums that can point me in the direction of being able to properly re route the networking without have to rip down any walls and such. 

Yes, contact your ISP and ask for a competent technician to come activate the coax outlet where you'd like to hookup the modem / router. If they won't do this, switch to another ISP that actually cares about their customers. If no other ISP is available in your area then move to an area with more choice.

 

OK ok, that last bit of advice is dumb, because we all know there's no real choice in North America for ISPs, but still, my point makes sense. It's just completely unrealistic. Up here in Canadia land, my ISP sends technicians free of charge if customers want to relocate equipment, so long as a coax outlet physically exists in the wall already.