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Splitting for Cable Box and Router

Okay so heres the situation. Right now in my room there is only one cable connection in my wall. That was used to connect my small TV box (not the huge HD box, just the secondary ones that get put in several rooms) so I could watch FIOS in my room. The router for the wireless in my house was right down the hall plugged into the wall and running smoothly. Now i would like to bring the router into my room, except there is only one connection. I have a splitter from verizon, and have tried connecting both the cable box and the router using it. The cable still works perfect when i do this, but the router only turns on and wont allow me to connect to the internet. I have tried resetting it and everything, but nothing works. Is there a reason this isn"t working, and any solution?

Thanks,

Jason

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eljefe2

What happens if you connect the router in your room without the splitter? Will the router connect then?

jay5w

yup the router will work on its own too

eljefe2

Then it sounds like you have either a bad splitter, or the patch cable you're using to connect from the splitter to the router has a bad connector.

Is the splitter a two way splitter? That is, one input and two outputs?

Have you tried reversing the hookup so the cable that was going from the splitter to the TV box goes to the router, and vice versa?

jay5w

i just reversed the two cables running to the splitter, and the router did still not work, but the cable box did. even when disconnecting the cable wire from the splitter the router will not work.

Anti-Phish1

@jay5w wrote:
I have a splitter from Verizon, and have tried connecting both the cable box and the router using it.
Are you sure that is a Verizon supplied splitter and not one the installer might have removed from a prior cable installation?
Verizon uses MOCA between the ONT and the router and between the router and the STBs. MOCA operates at frequencies over 1Ghz and requires splitters rated to 1Ghz. If that splitter is not rated 1Ghz, it won't pass the MOCA signals.
Check the splitter. If you don't see any rating on it or it is rated upto 850Mhz, you need to replace it with a 1Ghz splitter.
If it is rated 1Ghz, then this isn't your issue.
What happens as a test if you leave the router where it is at and install the splitter in your room, leaving one tap empty.
Do VOD and widgets work on your STB? i.e. can your STB get to the router through the splitter?
Try both taps. One or both taps on the splitter could be bad.

eljefe2

@Anti-Phish wrote:
What happens as a test if you leave the router where it is at and install the splitter in your room, leaving one tap empty.
Do VOD and widgets work on your STB? i.e. can your STB get to the router through the splitter?
Try both taps. One or both taps on the splitter could be bad.

It sounds to me like the OP has a DCT700 in the location where he's trying to get the router to work so he won't have VOD or widgets there, and unless I misunderstood, he's already tried both taps on the splitter.

Anti-Phish1

@eljefe wrote:
It sounds to me like the OP has a DCT700 in the location where he's trying to get the router to work so he won't have VOD or widgets there, and unless I misunderstood, he's already tried both taps on the splitter.
You're probably right. When the OP wrote "small TV box", I didn't think about the DCT-700.
If that is the case, he won't be able to test MOCA connectivity using the DCT-700.
In any case, my original suggestion to check the rating on the splitter stands.
An 850Mhz splitter won't affect the DCT-700, but would block MOCA signals to/from the router.

eljefe2

@Anti-Phish wrote:
@eljefe wrote:
It sounds to me like the OP has a DCT700 in the location where he's trying to get the router to work so he won't have VOD or widgets there, and unless I misunderstood, he's already tried both taps on the splitter.
You're probably right. When the OP wrote "small TV box", I didn't think about the DCT-700.
If that is the case, he won't be able to test MOCA connectivity using the DCT-700.
In any case, my original suggestion to check the rating on the splitter stands.
An 850Mhz splitter won't affect the DCT-700, but would block MOCA signals to/from the router.

You're right, of course. I assumed that if a Verizon tech gave the OP the splitter in question it would be OK to use.

I hope the OP will find a solution and come back and tell us what it was.

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