Can I move my cable modem to a different outlet?

[therob]

I seem to recall years ago when I got internet that the local cable company asked which room I wanted it in and they hooked it up in that particular room. I mom's house is the same way - she has it in a specific room and it doesn't get moved out of that room.


I sometimes have internet / wi-fi outages with my current setup and was wondering if I could just plug the cable modem into another cable outlet in the house to get it to work? The only reason I'm asking instead of trying it myself is because I would have to move a lot of stuff out of the way to get to the wires and all that. If it matters, I have Spectrum.

[[☥] - CJ -]

As long as the cable line in the other room is connected to the main service line it should work in any room you move the modem/router to.

Essentially
Any Coax Cable hookup that is connected to your main Internet/TV service inline Cable will be a viable hookup point for the Modem.

You can also try a new cable going from the wall to the modem, see if that makes any difference before you decide to move the modem.

[_I_]

depends on the isp and style of cable

sat is offten tied to one outlet or jack on the sat splitter

look at the cable splitters, if they are all the same style with no designated outlet it can be swapped to another location

if ti does not work, move it back, then contact support

[Hare+Guu!]

It shouldn't matter at all which room it is in. What would matter is physically changing the modem. They record that product's address and if it doesn't match the one in their database, it won't connect you unless you make a call.

[Randox]

Take a look in the basement and see how its hooked up. If you're just getting internet, you should have one coax line coming in that's likely hooked up to just the coax line running to the room it's in now, next to the loose ends for any other lines you have. All you need to do is figure out which line runs to the room you want the modem in and plug the incoming line into that one instead.

If the internet is bundled with tv there is probably a splitter involved to hook up 2 or more lines at once. Same deal though. Unplug the one for the current internet room and plug in the one for the new room.

If you're lucky, it's an exposed ceiling and you can see where each cable runs. If not, just plug the modem in where you want it and try different cables until the modem sees an internet signal.


If the cables are all hidden now (like if the ceiling has since been drywalled), you can look into powerline adapters. They allow you to use electrical wiring to carry internet.