Want to relocate my modem.

[mr wrong]

I need to relocate my Comcast/Xfinity modem to another part of the house. Can I simply just purchase a 50' section of coax, and an inline male to male connector or is it a little more involved than that? Is there a certain coax spec I need to pay atention to?

[ATL_Av8r]

I need to relocate my Comcast/Xfinity modem to another part of the house. Can I simply just purchase a 50' section of coax, and an inline male to male connector

It's as easy as that.

[PhReE]

Make sure you get RG-6 (not RG-59) coax. Try to use as short of a cable as possible, and as few splitters as possible. Put the cable modem 'before' as many splitters as possible.

[azunderg]

I wouldn't extend the coax, I would extend the rj-45 to the router.

[mr wrong]

I wouldn't extend the coax, I would extend the rj-45 to the router.

Except it's a Modem/wireless router combo..

[azunderg]

Modem/router in bridge mode and run to another router or just go wireless. I think the power running through the coax needs to stay in a certain range. Extending the coax and adding equipment to it is the quickest way to take that current out of range.

[Egilbe]

RG-6 has an attenuation at 700 MHz (pretty standard upper limit of the cable spectrum these days) of 5.6 dB per 100 ft. The signal at the tap of a cable TV plant is about 15 dBm. So, at 150 feet of RG6 from the tap, the signal level is about 6.6 dBm (15 dBm - 8.4 dB of attenuation). But, if you throw a splitter in there (to feed 2 TVs), that's another 3.5 dB of attenuation, or 3.1 dBm.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1071706AAUxIfs

The answer is 5 years old, but I don't think the physics has changed much since then. The distance limit is around 200m for RG6, if I recall

[mr wrong]

Thanks for all the responses. I just want to reiterate that I am not splitting the signal, or adding equipment. All I need to do is move the modem to another location about 50' away..

Thanks again.

[NOTORIOUS VR]

it won't matter how you do it, 50' isn't going to effect anything

[PhReE]

it won't matter how you do it, 50' isn't going to effect anything

Yeah 50' will be fine, but you DO need to make sure to use RG-6 and NOT RG-59 (the older crappier kind).

[Egilbe]

Yeah 50' will be fine, but you DO need to make sure to use RG-6 and NOT RG-59 (the older crappier kind).

Not even sure if that's still made any more

[rich!]

relo'd mine awhile back - i'd say over 50ft - no issues.