Verizon FIOS Users

justme4now

9 years ago

I want to move my Verizon modem/router to another room.

Here is my question: I have a tv in that other room that I want to continue using.

How do I go about connecting the router to the tv in that room and to my computer?

The setup, right now to the other rooms tv is .. cable to settop and hdmi to tv.

If I take the router into that room, I guess that I would run the cable to the router and then ethernet to pc.

What do I do about the tv connection?

(There is an RF to tv out coaxial hookup on the box but I'm not sure what that is?)

Hope you FIOS users can understand this confusing post and .. Thanks!

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Elmer J Fudd
9 years ago
Why not call Verizon customer support, since it's their equipment and their service you use?
carolssis
9 years ago
I fail to understand why anyone would write such an answer. If you don't have constructive help, don't post.
Let me understand. You have a coaxial cable for tv at present. You now want to use that coaxial cable for the router, but then will not have one for your router.
Go to electronics store. Ask for splitter. Your situation is one incoming line, needs to be split to 2 outgoing lines. Do not get 3 outgoing, it loses signal strength. Your original line(coaxial) line now goes to tv, the splitter will be attached to that line, then you use the outgoing for tv and router. You will also need X amount of coaxial cable to reach your router. Good luck, it's easy to do and should only be few bucks. Let us know how it goes.
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carolssis
9 years ago
I'm sorry, I used the wrong word in one sentence. ""You now want to use that coaxial cable for the router, but then will not have one for your router"" Opps. It should say, You now want to use the tv coaxial cable for the router, which leaves you with no coaxial cable for the settop on the tv. This is the only change with the tv you need to make.
The splitter may go by a different name. And you may also need 2 extra coaxial cables to go from splitter to both settop and router. I did this many years ago for my dad. The hardest thing was crawling under the mobile home. The nut on the coaxial cable are only finger tight, no need for wrench or pliers.
acraftylady
9 years ago
I don't have Verizon but the splitter is what you need. My computer is next to my TV and I have a splitter off the TV to my router to get my internet from the TV cable so I didn't have to call to have another line run.

I will say I had to call Verizon yesterday as I was helping an elderly person set up a new stronger router to replace the cheap one they give you for free and found the tech support most helpful on the phone. Mary
Elmer J Fudd
9 years ago
carolssis-

You've assumed that the incoming signal is on a coax cable. That may or may not be the case, because sometimes Cat-5 cable (ethernet) is used for a fiber-optic signal. Like you, I'm not sure, so I offered useful advice by suggesting a call to someone who would be sure.

You should follow your own advice about not posting unhelpful information.
carolssis
9 years ago
The OP does state that tv is on cable. And uses the ethernet term in regard to router to tv connection. Apparently I assumed OP knew the difference.
Elmer J Fudd
9 years ago
" And uses the ethernet term in regard to router to tv connection"

I see no mention of that. I see HDMI from settop to TV. That's the most common box to TV connection, no matter what the source of the TV signal - satellite, cable company, or phone company.

I understand that people who come here for help often don't provide enough information to allow others to make thoughtful suggestions. I sometimes misunderstand what's said.

Both coax and Cat-5 are called "cable". .

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