Number of Splits
byarbro2
Newbie
I currently have Fios split on a 6 way splitter (5 tv's and 1 to the router).......does anyone know if you can split it more than 6 times?  If so where can you obtain a splitter bigger than a 6 way?
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Re: Number of Splits
TimSykes
Specialist - Level 2
I am sure that you can daisy chain splitters together, but the signal degrades with every splitter. I would assume that as long as you have free IPs in the DHCP pool & You have the correct signal strength you should be fine. But that's just a guess.
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Re: Number of Splits
byarbro2
Newbie
Thanks...I have tried to split it further and the signal is good but the signal pulses every so often and cuts the picture for about 2 seconds.  Can I stop that from happening? 
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Re: Number of Splits
TimSykes
Specialist - Level 2

You may have degraded the signal to much if you look at the splitter you will see something that has something like 6db (or ohm its been a while I don't remember). That is the amount of loss your line has, the lower the number the better. You can try to find a splitter with a lower number. Say your line comes in at a 6 loss (outside splitter), then its split inside at another 6 loss, and you split it again inside with another 6 loss, that at a rate of 18. That is a high signal loss, and for anything that is HD, it just maybe to much. This is all speculation. This is how it was when I ran cable modems a good 7 years ago, but I sure the same apply for fios. There are line amps you can get 

Check out this post here. It is info on boosting your signal.

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Re: Number of Splits
CharlesH
Specialist - Level 1
I haven't seen anything bigger than a 6-way splitter at any store locally.  I'm sure if you do a Google search, you might be able to find something..Although not really recommended because more splits can degrade the signal then you'll get pixelation.
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