Wired connection to device in different room

[steveb100]

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 · Accepted solution]

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.

[Adduxi]

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]

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

[steveb100]

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.

[Client62]

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]

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]

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.

[steveb100]

Will do, thanks Client62

[Adduxi]

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