said by Jay8287 :I have a unique situation. I get free wireless/wired Internet (50 mbps) from my townhouse complex, but no free TV.
I have 4 TVs but one or two of the X1 boxes will be a long distance from the Comcast router. Can I connect these two X1 boxes via my other fiber Internet provider, or must all the X1 boxes in the house be on the same wireless network?
Another question ... are the X1 boxes even connected to any wireless network, or do you just plug the coax cable into the back, and they communicate directly with comcast?
Currently, Comcast's X1 boxes connect to Comcast and communicate with each other only over coax.
The X1 DVR/hub (XG1) connects to Comcast via a built-in cable modem and the box-to-box communication is via a MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) network over their inter-connected coax cabling. See: »
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu ··· AllianceThe X1 platform does not use a wireless network, though the upcoming, next-generation X1 boxes (XG2 and Xi4) are Wi-Fi equipped, which may provide the capability of having wireless companion/client boxes at some future time.