Here is my setup:
Obviously I am no expert in networking so help me out.
ISP: virgin media
Wire coming out of all going into "set top splitter box" which has 1 wire going into my tv box and another going into a small black box which I presume is some kind of modem?
The "modem box" is connecetd to a tiny "crossover adaptor" which then has a long wire going into my wirless router which me and my familie's computers are all connected to.
I am using a usb wireless adapter and it often disconnects or just makes my internet connection really slow, I have to keep turning all routers/connections off and on to help it and even that does not work sometimes.
Thing is, my computer is in the same room as the modem type box and the long wire is going into the router -4 rooms away which I connect to via my usb adapter. Would it be possible for me to get some kind of splitter so that I can plug my ethernet cable from my computer into the modem+splitter(literally 2 meteres away from my computer), and also the splitter connecting to the router too? And would this make the other people connetected to the router have a slower connection? We argue all the time about who is hogging bandwidth by downloading too much etc.
I will try and illustrate it to make it clearer:
What I have now:
[wall] >> [modem box] >> [crossover adaptor] >> [router] >> [wifi computers](multiple)
What I think would be better:
[wall] >> [modem box] >> [crossover adaptor] >> [splitter]
[splitter] >> direct cable to my [pc]
[splitter] >> [router] >> [wifi computers](everyone else's)
So I need to know what kind of splitter I need, and if it would make router's connection's slower.
Also why is it necessary to have both this modem box and crossover adaptor? Is there not some kind of box that can do all these things and also have multiple/split connections for routers and computers? I am with virgin media and they supplied all the equipment so I don't know if it is needed for their service. I know the tv part needs that extra bit but even excluding that, it seems like an over complex setup.
Obviously I am no expert in networking so help me out.
ISP: virgin media
Wire coming out of all going into "set top splitter box" which has 1 wire going into my tv box and another going into a small black box which I presume is some kind of modem?
The "modem box" is connecetd to a tiny "crossover adaptor" which then has a long wire going into my wirless router which me and my familie's computers are all connected to.
I am using a usb wireless adapter and it often disconnects or just makes my internet connection really slow, I have to keep turning all routers/connections off and on to help it and even that does not work sometimes.
Thing is, my computer is in the same room as the modem type box and the long wire is going into the router -4 rooms away which I connect to via my usb adapter. Would it be possible for me to get some kind of splitter so that I can plug my ethernet cable from my computer into the modem+splitter(literally 2 meteres away from my computer), and also the splitter connecting to the router too? And would this make the other people connetected to the router have a slower connection? We argue all the time about who is hogging bandwidth by downloading too much etc.
I will try and illustrate it to make it clearer:
What I have now:
[wall] >> [modem box] >> [crossover adaptor] >> [router] >> [wifi computers](multiple)
What I think would be better:
[wall] >> [modem box] >> [crossover adaptor] >> [splitter]
[splitter] >> direct cable to my [pc]
[splitter] >> [router] >> [wifi computers](everyone else's)
So I need to know what kind of splitter I need, and if it would make router's connection's slower.
Also why is it necessary to have both this modem box and crossover adaptor? Is there not some kind of box that can do all these things and also have multiple/split connections for routers and computers? I am with virgin media and they supplied all the equipment so I don't know if it is needed for their service. I know the tv part needs that extra bit but even excluding that, it seems like an over complex setup.
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