Will a Coax cable splitter slow my connection speed?

Question

Here's my proposed setup:

The cable will go from the wall to 2-way splitter A.
From that 2-way splitter A, one output will go to the TV for my cable TV.

The other output from 2-way splitter A, will go to 2-way splitter B. 2-way splitter B will have an out put going to my Cable modem and a second output running to my PC TV Tuner Coax imput.

Will this setup work and will I lose any bandwidth?

I want to do this because I don't have enough cable to run a 4-way splitter in place of splitter A

Answer 1

No, you won't lose bandwidth; however you may lose signal strength. Multiple splitters have a way of degrading signal strength. I think it might be better to use a single 4-way splitter rather than two 2-way splitters. Every F-connector (the type predominantly used on cable systems) represents a loss of X number of dB of signal strength. You want to minimize the number of connectors.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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RE:

Will a Coax cable splitter slow my connection speed?

Here's my proposed setup:



The cable will go from the wall to 2-way splitter A.

From that 2-way splitter A, one output will go to the TV for my cable TV.



The other output from 2-way splitter A, will go to 2-way splitter B. 2-way splitter B will have an out put going to my Cable modem and...

Answer 4

Ideally you want the feed to go to the modem without more than 1 splitter upstream of it. The splitters are tuned to maximize the frequencies used by TV but not the modem. You can try it but don't be shocked if there are problems with packet loss resulting in an apparent slower connection.



You could have a 4 way splitter and first tv and modem at that point. Run CAT5 from there to your pc and the other TVs. I would be more comfortable with this way.

Answer 5

Yes it will effect your signal, but I don't think you will notice a significant degradation in your internet speeds from splitting your connection. You are more likely to see a slightly worse picture quality if anything.



In a perfect world, you want to make the least amount of splits/connections between the source and the final destination. A four way splitter from Radio Shack or Walmart is less then $13... right from the wall split it there, then run off to your cable modem with one, and to your TV's with the others.

Answer 6

you dont want 2 splitters before your router. I would use the one off spliiter A for your cable modem/router. then use the one split off splitter B for your TV.



The general rule is you want your modem to have an unsplit signal if necessary.

Answer 7

You'll get attenuation of the signal through the splitters which will slow things down.

Answer 8

Lol. if you have a problem with comcast why not just go switch to dsl or something slower. a lot of the internet speed depends on where you are and how many web browsers are open and CPU usage. comcast is wonderful. we've had it forever and even through wireless it runs great.

Answer 9

Yes that is the reason they make ROUTERS

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