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ratbastid · 09-13-2003, 06:43 AM

Okay, picture this setup:

Coax out of the wall to the cable modem. Cat5 to the wireless router, Cat 5 to two desktops, 802.11b to two laptops. That's my home network in a nutshell.

Now picture the poor, sad TV tuner card hanging out the back of one of those two desktops, with no coax from the wall plugging into it. What I'm picturing is a cable splitter "tee-ing" the cable signal between the cable modem and the TV tuner card.

I can split the cable service with a simple splitter, but then the cable modem's connection gets EXTREMELY flakey. Too much cable and too many devices on the one outlet, I thought. So I bought a splitter that's also an amplifier; it plugs into the wall, the whole nine yards. With that in the mix, the cable modem can receive signal but not send--presumably this amplifier is a one-way critter. In both cases, the TV Tuner card works just great.

So my question is: is there such a thing as a cable booster/amplifier that is bidirectional, allowing the cable modem to talk through it AND allowing me to finally use the TV tuner card?

09-13-2003, 06:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Cable splitter/booster Okay, picture this setup: Coax out of the wall to the cable modem. Cat5 to the wireless router, Cat 5 to two desktops, 802.11b to two laptops. That's my home network in a nutshell. Now picture the poor, sad TV tuner card hanging out the back of one of those two desktops, with no coax from the wall plugging into it. What I'm picturing is a cable splitter "tee-ing" the cable signal between the cable modem and the TV tuner card. I can split the cable service with a simple splitter, but then the cable modem's connection gets EXTREMELY flakey. Too much cable and too many devices on the one outlet, I thought. So I bought a splitter that's also an amplifier; it plugs into the wall, the whole nine yards. With that in the mix, the cable modem can receive signal but not send--presumably this amplifier is a one-way critter. In both cases, the TV Tuner card works just great. So my question is: is there such a thing as a cable booster/amplifier that is bidirectional, allowing the cable modem to talk through it AND allowing me to finally use the TV tuner card?