I'm thinking about sharing a <internet> cable connection with someone that lives in the next house over. We want to have a LAN, and it seems the easiest way to deal with the internet is to just share one, we would use a wireless router/bridge to connect the LAN. However, I am wondering if there is something similar, but just for regular CATV? This way we could have cable TV in both houses, instead of us both having seperate cable.
I need something that would actually send the cable signal, not just one of the video/audio transmitters. This way I could have another cable box across the house and surf channels.
So anyone heard of this?
I need something that would actually send the cable signal, not just one of the video/audio transmitters. This way I could have another cable box across the house and surf channels.
So anyone heard of this?
That's called cable theft. It's one of the reasons my cable company gives when I ask, "Why is my bill so damn high?"
I'm not aware of any commercially available inexpensive wireless transmitters capable of transmitting the full bandwidth of data existing on a cable line. If you want to steal the cable TV, you'll have to do it the old fashioned way, with splitters and cable. I hope you don't. Let your neighbor pay for his own cable.
I'm not aware of any commercially available inexpensive wireless transmitters capable of transmitting the full bandwidth of data existing on a cable line. If you want to steal the cable TV, you'll have to do it the old fashioned way, with splitters and cable. I hope you don't. Let your neighbor pay for his own cable.
Well I pay $100 a month for my internet/cable. But since you've called me a criminal let me put my problem to you and see if you have an answer.
The "next door neighbor" will be my family and we want to have a private LAN so we can share stuff and play games. Now if we each have our own Internet cable connections and we then connect the two networks, I wonder if the computers will have a hard time connecting to the net, since there are two active connections to the WAN. Will the computers just choose one, or does it matter.
We want wireless so we don't have to run cables across the buildings, and so that placement isn't as critical.
The "next door neighbor" will be my family and we want to have a private LAN so we can share stuff and play games. Now if we each have our own Internet cable connections and we then connect the two networks, I wonder if the computers will have a hard time connecting to the net, since there are two active connections to the WAN. Will the computers just choose one, or does it matter.
We want wireless so we don't have to run cables across the buildings, and so that placement isn't as critical.
I pay close to 100 also for TV/Internet.
It sucks I know.
I've had no problems with computers on the same intranet having their own unique internet connection. You simply have to define the connection to the internet for each computer seperately. And keep them in the same workgroup. Simple.
The pitfall of sharing a broadband connection in the states, is that most of us are horribly capped on our upspeed. Sharing my 4 Mb/sec downspeed is no problem. But sharing my 32 kB/sec upspeed creates problems. If you use P2P services and use all of your upspeed, typically with cable, your downspeed will suffer. So the other person who just wants to surf the net has to wait for pages. I share my connection between 2 computers in my house, and my cuz is constantly complainin because of just this fact. When I use P2P, she might as well be on dialup.
Get seperate internet connecs, you'll be much happier. Use the wifi network to transfer big files. I'd recommend using a directional antenna at one of the houses to guaruntee a solid network connection. Otherwise, your access points in the two houses should be as close to one another as possible, clear line of sight would be great.
It sucks I know.
I've had no problems with computers on the same intranet having their own unique internet connection. You simply have to define the connection to the internet for each computer seperately. And keep them in the same workgroup. Simple.
The pitfall of sharing a broadband connection in the states, is that most of us are horribly capped on our upspeed. Sharing my 4 Mb/sec downspeed is no problem. But sharing my 32 kB/sec upspeed creates problems. If you use P2P services and use all of your upspeed, typically with cable, your downspeed will suffer. So the other person who just wants to surf the net has to wait for pages. I share my connection between 2 computers in my house, and my cuz is constantly complainin because of just this fact. When I use P2P, she might as well be on dialup.
Get seperate internet connecs, you'll be much happier. Use the wifi network to transfer big files. I'd recommend using a directional antenna at one of the houses to guaruntee a solid network connection. Otherwise, your access points in the two houses should be as close to one another as possible, clear line of sight would be great.
Yikes 32K/b up is pretty bad. Especially with with a down that high....thats like 50 anytime minutes and 1000000000 nights and weekends. We get 3.0mb down / 0.7mb up, but I've never uploaded that fast, usually I can get several different connections all going at like 30-50kbs
Alright so we can hook them OK then. Your workgroup idea is good....I hope games can still connect across workgroups (I guess most newer games should work, but not sure if XBOX will work 🙁 )
Alright so we can hook them OK then. Your workgroup idea is good....I hope games can still connect across workgroups (I guess most newer games should work, but not sure if XBOX will work 🙁 )
Plug the Xbox directly into the wireless router via ethernet, or get the 802.11b adapter for it. My recommendation for wireless is 802.11g, or if your broke go with 802.11b.
Cable co's are PIGS. I moved to sat and going dsl high band. High band dsl is through my phone co. ITs $30 streight up or like $15 if I get it with my long distance family plan package. Comes to like $40 for the whole package. Caller ID, caller waiting, voice mail (think-) Long distance, High band dsl. Sign for one year I get the DSL modem and a wireless router free! hehe
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