This is a fairly simple question, but I tried FIOS support, but they were unwilling to give any definitive answer.
Current setup:
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I have Verizon TV and Internet. Currently a Coax is run from the ONT to my living room where the Coax is split: One to a router and one to my (only) TV.
I would like to have my router moved out of the TV room and into my office instead. Luckily my brother in law the electrician (but not a network specialist) is coming this week and he can help me snake line as needed.
In order to get the router up to my office (leaving the only TV in the living room) do I:
1. Snake a coax (or a cat5e) to my office from the ONT? Or is a line needed from my living room to my office?
2. What line should I optimally use coax or ethernet ? And Is the exact brand I am looking for RG-6 for coax or Cat5e for ethernet?
3. At the end, do I need to call Verizon to hook things up at the ONT, or can I hook up/split cable myself?
As I side note: I don't plan any TVs beyond the living room one, and I don't need to internet wire the house past getting a line to the office for the router.
Thanks!
Jim
@JimR-NeedHelp wrote:This is a fairly simple question, but I tried FIOS support, but they were unwilling to give any definitive answer.
Current setup:
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I have Verizon TV and Internet. Currently a Coax is run from the ONT to my living room where the Coax is split: One to a router and one to my (only) TV.
I would like to have my router moved out of the TV room and into my office instead. Luckily my brother in law the electrician (but not a network specialist) is coming this week and he can help me snake line as needed.
In order to get the router up to my office (leaving the only TV in the living room) do I:
1. Snake a coax (or a cat5e) to my office from the ONT? Or is a line needed from my living room to my office?
2. What line should I optimally use coax or Ethernet ? And Is the exact brand I am looking for RG-6 for coax or Cat5e for ethernet?
3. At the end, do I need to call Verizon to hook things up at the ONT, or can I hook up/split cable myself?
As I side note: I don't plan any TVs beyond the living room one, and I don't need to internet wire the house past getting a line to the office for the router.
Thanks!
Jim
If the ONT is configured for IP over coax, ethernet CAT5 cable from the ONT would not work unless the ONT was switched to Ethernet. The STB needs IP so if you move the router to your office and use Ethernet you would still need COAX from the router to the TV or existing coax location.
I would just run RG-6 from the office to where ever you want to place the splitter. Splitter on the coax at the TV or somewhere between the TV location and the ONT. This would be the easiest way. But remember you will not have an Ethernet port at the TV if you do this.
One thing I would mention is many items such as Tivo, Xbox, Playstation3, any web based item you may want to connect to your TV, might need an Ethernet connection at a later date. If you pull coax from your TV location, I would also pull and Ethernet cable at the same time. This will allow you to have Ethernet and Coax at both locations so the router could be at either place or in your office with Ethernet at the TV if you needed it later. It is just as easy to pull two cables at the same time.
As far as coax or ethernet we can always change you over to one or another...they are both the same as far as quality...but if you go ethernet, you will still need to have the router hooked up to coax for VOD/GUIDE/WIDGET features.
I would suggest just running coax. Nothing else special is needed besides high-quality RG-6 and 1000mhz splitters.
The only reason you would need to contact Verizon is to switch you over to a ethernet-data setup.
Hope that answered your questions.
-CharlesH
*prisaz is too fast for me*
Charles I am not that fast. I just have my moments.
But 1000mhz bi-directional splitter would be needed. Or he could just move the one from the TV location. It may be easier to move the splitter to outside near the ONT and run the coax from there, depending. But good water tight coax connections would be required.
My ONT is in my basement, so it is protected from weather.
Sounds like the best solution is:
1. Run RG-6 from my office to the ONT.
2. Split the cable just outside my ONT with a bidirectional splitter.
3. At this splitter, connect the old line to my Living Room on one of the terminals, and connect the new line to the office at another.
4. Move the FIOS Router to my office.
By leaving the old cable to my TV room in place, it will give me the flexibility to add a NIM on the place the router was and retain wired internet connection there, if required for some multimedia device in future.
Also if it doesn't work, I can just detach the office line and splitter near the ONT, reconnect the old line, and go back to the old configuration.
When I Run COAX off a splitter does it all have to be the same type (RG-6)? Or if I have mixed RG-59 (or whatever the old line is) and RG-6 there won't be any mismatch issues?
Also I assume that even though the router will be placed in another room, as long as it is somewhere on the COAX network, the TV's STB will be happy with respect to pay-per-view and guide stuff?
Thanks for all your help!
Jim
Should be RG-6, and yes if it is connected through the coax with a bi-directional splitter all will work fine. I have heard of some people that may have used existing RG-59 but it is not made for the higher frequencies and is not shielded well enough.
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