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steveb100
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Wired connection to device in different room

Hi, just wondering if someone on here can help me please. I want to get a wired connection to my 4K TV as it doesn't seem to like thw wireless signal. My router is upstairs in the house so I've been using a powerline connection which isn't wonderful. There's a splitter that runs into the downstairs room where the TV is located, just wondering if it would be possible to attach this to a router then run a network cable to the TV. Trying to avoid drilling holes in my ceiling! Thanks in advance.

 

Steve

 

 

[MOD EDIT: Subject title changed for clarity]

  • goslow's avatar
    goslow
    7 months ago

    If you mean there is a splitter for the coax to the VM hub which is shared with the TV, that wouldn't work. You need an ethernet cable.

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    goslow
    Alessandro Volta
    7 months ago

    If you mean there is a splitter for the coax to the VM hub which is shared with the TV, that wouldn't work. You need an ethernet cable.

    • steveb100's avatar
      steveb100
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      7 months ago

      Hi Alessandro, thanks for the reply. I was wonderin if connecting the cable from the splitter that used to go to the TV box (which I don't use) could be connected to a spare router so I can run an ethernet cable from the router to the TV. Thanks.

  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    Very Insightful Person
    7 months ago

    You can run external ethernet cable as well, if that is an option.  Just drop the cable down the outside if possible? Saves going through the ceiling ....

  • Client62's avatar
    Client62
    Alessandro Volta
    7 months ago

    We have a Sky Q box connected via a Powerline adaptor it works fine.  
    Provided 25 - 30 Mb/s is available that should cover a UHD TV stream.

    Does the TV have a speed test ?
    If not Netflix app has a speed test at  : Get Help >> Check your network

  • Client62's avatar
    Client62
    Alessandro Volta
    7 months ago

    Two VM Hubs are not permitted. 

    If you are using the TV's streaming apps on are the apps still updating ?

    I ask because good TVs last for a very long time, much longer than the firmware updates and also longer than the updates for the internal apps.  

    We have 2 Sony TVs in this situation one now with a Sky Q unit the other with an Amazon Fire TV Stick,
    without these the apps are either now unsupported or buffer repeatedly.

    • steveb100's avatar
      steveb100
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      7 months ago

      Thanks Client62, need to have a rethink, possibly relocating the router to near the TV would be the thing to do, so I can connect directly to it with an ethernet cable. Best wishes.

  • Client62's avatar
    Client62
    Alessandro Volta
    7 months ago

    I am still surprised the PLAs are not sufficient for TV.

    Before moving the VM Hub and totally changing the pattern of WI-Fi in the house, I would get hold of a long network cable and connect the TV direct to the VM Hub. It is important to confirm any proposed change is going to be a fix.

      • Adduxi's avatar
        Adduxi
        Very Insightful Person
        7 months ago

        It’s also a good thing to have about the house for testing