DirecTV networking

Hello,

I have most of my house on Wifi, but I am trying to get wired internet on the far side of my home. I have my home wired with RG6 for DirecTV networking. Is there any way I can tap into my DirecTV line to get wired internet?

Some of my receivers use these: http://www.amazon.com/DirecTV-DEC...B0041INCYI. I tried to hook one up in the room on the far side of the house, but it is a newer receiver (H25-500) and it won't give power to the adapter.

Is there any other adapters that would help me achieve this? Or could I get just a splitter with 1 line to the receiver, and the other line hooked up to one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Directv-Dec...gy_e_img_b ?

Thanks!

I am confused as to your question can you rephrase it?

I think that is only to get Internet to the DirectTV box itself (I could be wrong here - never used it). Instead of the DirecTV line, why not use wireline and send the networking through your electricity lines? I have used it and it works nicely. I used the Netgear adapters.

Unless you have one of the older DVR's which had 2 network ports on them, you won't be able to get network connectivity off of the DECA units.

The older units could be connected to a network and also could piggyback another device to them.

Basically I was looking to piggyback the DirecTV line to another computer for internet, but I think the powerline adapters may be the best solution.

Thanks!

No, the RG6 does not carry Internet or Ethernet signals. You could use Powerline or a wifi gaming adapter.

You can try to install a second network card in the pc then connect that to the direct TV box can use

For XP look here

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-U...on-Sharing

for win7

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutori...nable.html

You might need a crossover cable since you are going from device to device with no network switch/hub in between but many newer network cards will automatically switch to either mode.

A crossover cable is cheaper than powerline adapters, but if you don't have one handy ( who doesn't) but just in case talk to the network folks where you work they may be willing to lend you a cable for testing

Quote from showdown : Hello, I have most of my house on Wifi, but I am trying to get wired internet on the far side of my home. I have my home wired with RG6 for DirecTV networking. Is there any way I can tap into my DirecTV line to get wired internet? Some of my receivers use these: http://www.amazon.com/DirecTV-DEC...B0041INCYI. I tried to hook one up in the room on the far side of the house, but it is a newer receiver (H25-500) and it won't give power to the adapter. Is there any other adapters that would help me achieve this? Or could I get just a splitter with 1 line to the receiver, and the other line hooked up to one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Directv-Dec...gy_e_img_b ? Thanks!

I think you can use the RG6 cable to get internet on the far side of your house, but you might want to check here to verify: http://www.dbstalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=137

That is the forum I used to get my DTV network up and running.