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TheFrogel · 01-03-2005, 05:22 PM

Okay, me and my dad are trying to make our computers more effective house, and we want to move one upstairs. However, we still want to have it networked with our other computers in the basement. We don't want to do wireless, and we don't want to try to run a cable up (or down, whatever) two floors, drilling through walls and crap.

So we realize that we have a (completely unused) coaxial cable running from the basement to the room we want to put the computer in. So basically what I want to know is how to convert an ethernet cable signal so that it can be run through a coaxial cable line, and then back to ethernet, and then into a computer. Is that clear? If not, read on for complete details.

Goal of our project: Get a computer on the 2nd story networked with the rest of my computers, when the router is in the basement (that's not gonna change)

Current idea: If the house were just being build or had open walls or something, I would simply run a Cat-5 cable from basement to the room on the 2nd story, and it would be done. However, do to wall placement, insulation, and other factors, we really can't run a cable between those points. There is, however, and existing coaxial cable (for TV) running between the two points (or at least close enough to be useful). My thinking goes like this: I get my internet from a coaxial cable (we have cable internet, comes in a package deal with cable TV). The signal goes into the cable modem through a coaxial cable and comes out through an ethernet cable. Therefore, there must be a way of transferring the signal from ethernet to coaxial and back. I have no idea what is required, but I know I can't just solder the wires together because there are 8 (well, 4 signal-carrying) wires in an ethernet cable and 2 (1 of which is signal-carrying) in a coaxial cable.

Anyone know anything about this? Heard of anyone who's done something like this? Know it can't be done? I'd love any info...all my internet searches and talks with friends have given me little to work with. Thanks!

01-03-2005, 05:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheFrogel Tilted Location: Pennsylvania	Fun with Cabling Okay, me and my dad are trying to make our computers more effective house, and we want to move one upstairs. However, we still want to have it networked with our other computers in the basement. We don't want to do wireless, and we don't want to try to run a cable up (or down, whatever) two floors, drilling through walls and crap. So we realize that we have a (completely unused) coaxial cable running from the basement to the room we want to put the computer in. So basically what I want to know is how to convert an ethernet cable signal so that it can be run through a coaxial cable line, and then back to ethernet, and then into a computer. Is that clear? If not, read on for complete details. Goal of our project: Get a computer on the 2nd story networked with the rest of my computers, when the router is in the basement (that's not gonna change) Current idea: If the house were just being build or had open walls or something, I would simply run a Cat-5 cable from basement to the room on the 2nd story, and it would be done. However, do to wall placement, insulation, and other factors, we really can't run a cable between those points. There is, however, and existing coaxial cable (for TV) running between the two points (or at least close enough to be useful). My thinking goes like this: I get my internet from a coaxial cable (we have cable internet, comes in a package deal with cable TV). The signal goes into the cable modem through a coaxial cable and comes out through an ethernet cable. Therefore, there must be a way of transferring the signal from ethernet to coaxial and back. I have no idea what is required, but I know I can't just solder the wires together because there are 8 (well, 4 signal-carrying) wires in an ethernet cable and 2 (1 of which is signal-carrying) in a coaxial cable. Anyone know anything about this? Heard of anyone who's done something like this? Know it can't be done? I'd love any info...all my internet searches and talks with friends have given me little to work with. Thanks!