said by ILpt4U:I have to ask, what is the stated purpose/Goal?
The reason for my inquiry is that I am moving to an apartment and am trying to decide how to utilize two guest rooms. I had planned on subscribing to service through the local cable company since standard basic cable is paid for through the maintenance fee and residents normally get a reduced rate in addition to a new customer promotional discount. When I tried to order cable service the cable company reneged on a new customer promotional offer I was quoted. By refusing to honor the new customer discount my monthly subscription fee increased from $139.00 to $201.00 for one year for the same services. I recently learned that Uverse is available in this condominium and is offering a substantial discount, so I am trying to determine the most efficient way to have the service installed, depending on which room I use as the guest bedroom and which to use as a den.
I am in the investigatory stage of trying to figure out how to configure the existing cable/CAT5 wiring in my apartment for the installation of Uverse. I originally considered installing a smart switch at each location where I wanted to install a STB but that was rather costly. Some of the CAT5 cables were not in an optimum location and required extending CAT5 cable along the baseboards. In another scenario I thought about using an Ethernet port off the RG to connect to the STB's through a MoCA adapter and network. I cannot use the HPNA scheme used by Uverse over the existing coaxial CATV cable because it is incompatible with digital cable, which I wish to continue to use. If I use the Coaxial connection on the RG to get to the room reachable with a point to point Coaxial cable, I figured I could add a two port coaxial splitter and an HPNA adapter to serve the other set top boxes through either CAT5 cables where available or MoCA. I would reserve the MoCA system to serve set top boxes exclusively. I could therefore dedicate the CAT5 cables for internet access where necessary. I am trying to determine which configuration will work and will be most cost effective.