http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20447009 en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:27:17 EDT Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:27:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20447100 gjrhine : Yes a wireless hub is what I am considering if the signal looks just like it was wired Ethernet all the way to the PH.

Also, the PH can take a hard disk drive so I am think of transferring content to it rather than streaming content for showing live from a PC. BTW the reports are the PH accepts pretty much every format you throw at it, even 1080p, and has HDMI out and USB in so I will also be using a WD Passport USB drive for content.
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Gary in South Carolina --For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20447100 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:57:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20447009 PhoenixDown : Depending on your house, you could:

a) run a wire from your router to popcorn hour.
b) buy a wireless hub and connect popcorn hour to that.

I don't have popcorn hour but was looking into various media extenders and the issue with wireless seems to be that its not fast enough to support HD video. I think wireless N gear may do a good job and was planning on using that myself but I am not trying to connect to a device across the house either...

To answer your original question, you wouldn't be able to hook up a second cable modem to your existing connection. You would have to get a second cable internet line installed and that wouldn't work here either since your PC would be transmitting video across the public internet before going to the 2nd modem / popcorn hour device.

I assume you have coax cable running through the house but not cat-6 to run ethernet to your router? If thats the case, you may want to see if there are any devices/converters that would allow you to run ethernet over coax. I dont know of any off hand but thats not to say there isn't something out there.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20447009 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:42:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20446836 gjrhine : Yes I have a the modem into a wireless router on the other side of the house. But the Popcorn Hour does only ethernet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20446836 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:14:44 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20446588 PhoenixDown : You want to buy a router (wireless has wired ports) and hook that up to your cable modem.

--> [cable line] --> [cable modem] --> [Router]

[router]
--> [popcorn hour]
--> [computer]
--> [anything else]]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20446588 Wed, 07 May 2008 15:34:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20430180 gjrhine : If I wanted to hook up a device like the Popcorn Hour HD player that has only ethernet can I use a second cable modem? The modem I have is in another area of the house. If so could I buy my own modem instead of one from Earthlink/RR?
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Gary in South Carolina --For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20430180 Sun, 04 May 2008 13:51:45 EDT