Timeline for How can I use existing satellite coaxial cable to carry my internet connection?
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| Oct 28, 2022 at 22:21 | answer | added | Criggie | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 28, 2022 at 1:55 | vote | accept | LondonGuy | ||
| Oct 28, 2022 at 1:49 | comment | added | Mazura | Presuming it's RG6 (? ... looking at that connector from the 80s; it might not be). You cut one of the cables, then put modern ends on the other cable, with a $40 pair of pliers, after you scrape the varnish off the inner core. Do not buy BS connectors. Buy the ones that require the $40 tool. If RG6 connectors don't attach tight after you crimp them, then it's not RG6, and then you get what you get unless you run actual RG6. All that being said, running wire is silly no matter what kind it is; get mesh wifi. | |
| Oct 27, 2022 at 12:36 | answer | added | MonkeyZeus | timeline score: 10 | |
| Oct 26, 2022 at 22:00 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Oct 26, 2022 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/1585330441099399168 | ||
| Oct 26, 2022 at 17:27 | answer | added | P2000 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 26, 2022 at 16:00 | answer | added | Triplefault | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 26, 2022 at 14:48 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | There are more things in Heaven and Earth, @penial, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Stock items, dirt common, but I agree with the answer by beswald. Amusingly, the opposite function is what came up first in my quick look. | |
| Oct 26, 2022 at 14:32 | comment | added | FreeMan | The phone cable is actually called CAT3. It will come with the expected speed penalty that you might expect based on the CAT number... | |
| Oct 26, 2022 at 14:32 | comment | added | Steve Wellens | There are adapters but I would try WIFI first. It may satisfy your needs. | |
| Oct 26, 2022 at 14:31 | answer | added | beswald | timeline score: 24 | |
| Oct 26, 2022 at 14:11 | comment | added | peinal | There is no commercially available such adapter that I know of. I think that even if you find such an adapter, it will undoubtedly have worse performance than CAT5. You may get lucky and be able to use the existing coax cable to help pull new CAT5 or CAT6 ethernet wiring. | |
| Oct 26, 2022 at 13:56 | history | asked | LondonGuy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |