Cutting the cable, lets talk options and media setups

Beast said

There seems to be conflicting information on whether you can have a satellite and cable internet feed going over the same coax. Some say yes, use a diplexer. Others say no.

Or are you suggesting something else? I could try using just one of the output lines from the current splitter for internet. Maybe I'll test that to see if I can get the set up I want.

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[UPDATE]

Via process of elimination (using my modem), I determined how the 3 coax lines are run after the splitter in the cable box outside. I have 1 line to my office/man cave and the living room, 1 line to the master bedroom and 1 line for all of the upstairs rooms. So I must have 2 more splitters in the attics supporting the office/man cave and living room and then the rooms upstairs.

Now I have to decide if I want to put the modem/router in my master bedroom (dedicated line essentially), upstairs (4 drops with internet) or something else.

I might put it upstairs and hope for better signal propagation, even though I get pretty good signal all over as it is now. Then I can just do antennas for the TVs up there if necessary. That leaves the wall drops for carrying the OTA signal from the outside antenna.

The thing I'm hating now is that all of the cable wall drops are in bad spots for mounted TVs. The house was built in the 80s, before that sort of thing mattered.. :mad: