Suggestions For a Coax-To-Ethernet Solution?

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 18, 2010 @06:09AM from the point-to-point dept.

watanabe writes "I just moved from a house with Cat5e wiring to a house with ... a whole bunch of coax cables. Like, my living room has five coax cables coming out of a hole in the wall. All of them go back up to my attic. The house is big, (and I like it, thank you), but I have realized that our digital usage pattern (media server + squeezeboxes + remote time machine backups to a linux box) will not work without wiring. I am currently bridging some old Linksys WRT54Gs to the right places, but of course, that slows everything down. This got me thinking: 100mb ethernet is four wires, yes? And I have four wires for every two coax cables. What about a two coax-head -> ethernet jack setup? Has anyone done this before? Searching online only gives me $100+ coaxethernet transceiver type boxes. At that price, a HomePNY system would make more sense. I'm willing to solder if I have to, but I first wanted to get advice and holes shot in my plan, if there are any."

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Use the Coax as a wirepull for the cat5 by mtippett · 2010-02-18 06:11 · Score: 5, Insightful

If you have lots of coax running through pipes and if it is free, then use the coax as a wirepull to rewire the house.
Cat5 provides many more options than cat5.
Re:ATT Uverse runs over coax by your_mother_sews_soc · 2010-02-18 06:15 · Score: 5, Insightful

sorry, I realize my post contributed nothing.

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My user name was a mistake. Input wasn't restricted, my bad.
Twisted pair, man by Spy+Handler · 2010-02-18 06:16 · Score: 5, Insightful

100mb ethernet is four wires, yes? And I have four wires for every two coax cables.
The four wires in your coax are not twisted. It's not gonna work.

Pay $100 for those coax-ethernet transceiver things, or string some Cat5e. Seriously, if you can afford to buy a big ass house then what's another couple hundred??