I live in an apartment and only have one cable outlet. Before, I had the outlet split between my TV and my cable modem… I was getting 29-30 dB SNR ratings for the cable modem and it functioned okay.
Recently I’ve had to add another TV (with another splitter), and the cable modem is getting 25-26 dB SNR ratings and is losing signal a few times a day.
Is there some way I can keep both TVs and boost the cable modem’s signal? An inline booster or something?
Another, related question:
If I have one cable line, and split it, and have outbound lines A and B… and then I take B and split it and now have outbound lines A, B, C, and D, with C and D off the B wire - does device A (split once) have more power than device C and D (split twice)? The cable tech told me all that matters would be the net drain and they’d all suffer the same no matter which way you split them - is this true?
Cat # 15-2506 is a 1-to-4 Bi-Directional Cable-TV Amplifier @ $49.99
One input, 4 outputs. You can also use the splitters/combiners you now have if you don’t want to run separate lines from each point of use to amplifier.
That’s the way the cable company set me up. The line into the house is split. One goes straight to the cable modem. The other goes into a 3-way splitter. All the TVs in the house come off the 3-way.
Maybe the cable company boosted the signal coming into the house or something, but I haven’t had any trouble.
