SJ Nerd Squad Question — Cable Internet

[Inky_Wretch]

We've got cable Internet in our home office. If I want the Internet in another room, it's just a matter of getting a second modem and plugging it in, right?

 

[Chi City 81]

Or, simply spending $70 on a wireless router. It would be cheaper than getting a second modem; unless they're both rentals.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

We've already home Wi-Fi.

But the wireless router is right next to our desktop with the cable modem and an external hard drive. I'm thinking of getting a second modem and moving the Wi-Fi router out to the den to free up space on the desk.

 

[Chi City 81]

Then to answer your original question: Yes, it's that simple.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Thanks.

 

[Chi City 81]

You'll have the same IP address though. You may want to contact the cable company, just in case.

 

[markvid]

I don't think cable service will allow 2 modems to connect to it.
It ashigns an IP and I don't believe that that's capable of ashigning 2 different ones to a house.
You just need to get a router, hook it to one where the modem is, then run an Ethernet cable to the other machine.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Just remember: This is not the Internet ...

... THIS is ...

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I don't think cable service will allow 2 modems to connect to it.

I just ended an online chat session with a Cox cable Internet specialist. He said that wouldn't be a problem.

I guess I should have done that first. But then again, SJ is the home to all of the world's answers.

 

[wickedwritah]

Why not:
-- Get a wireless card on the desktop.
-- Connect wirelessly to the network?

 

[markvid]

Why not:
-- Get a wireless card on the desktop.
-- Connect wirelessly to the network?

It goes a lot faster if it's hard wired.
Inky, no offense, but you better do some more checking. The more I Googled it, the more I don't think it can eb done that way, unless Cox does something completely different that allows it.

 

[wickedwritah]

It goes a lot faster if it's hard wired.

Well, yeah, but why buy/rent a second modem when you already have the infrastructure there? I'm kind of confused on this one.