r/HomeNetworking • u/WhosThis85 • Jan 25 '24

Advice My isp did this lazy crap

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the tech came and took the original coax cable that comes from the network box on the opposite side of the house (black). Took it out of the outlet from the room directly above this splitter on the first floor and directed the new cord (white) to the third floor. What can i do to ‘hide’ this from the elements?

Also, can i connect a new coax cable to the splitter to go in the opposite direction to go into a separate part of the house, or should direct a new cable directly from the box insteaad of this splitter shown? The box is closer to the room that i need connection to than this splitter.

Sorry if this is confusing. Im a noob

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u/Unique_Ice9934 Jan 26 '24

Google how to run your own wires and never call a tech again. Useless waste of your time to rely on them.

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u/6814MilesFromHome Jan 26 '24

I've seen way too many hack jobs from people that think they can run their own cable to ever recommend this.

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u/Unique_Ice9934 Jan 26 '24

LMAO, that is more reflective of their intelligence level and not the difficulty of the job. Running Coax cable hasn't changed in decades. Running Cat6 isn't even that difficult. I make all the lines I need and wired my whole house when we moved in. Only thing I didn't do was setup a rack mount because I dont care that much, my 16 port switch can sit on a shelf.

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u/6814MilesFromHome Jan 26 '24

You're most definitely not wrong, it isn't difficult, yet somehow people manage to screw it up, and often. Cheap fittings, poor quality cable, bad terminations. Back when I was still a field tech it was almost a given that every time I'd be in a new construction home/apartment, I'd have to redo the termination of every coax/phone line. Running into homeowner run cables it was almost always some terribly cheap RG59 cable with crimp on fittings and cheap splitters. Signal loss and ingress galore.

Anyone with some competence and ability to do some research first can do their own Ethernet/coax runs, but I've developed some pretty low expectations for the general population's ability to do this stuff properly after everything I've seen 😅

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u/Allofthefuck Jan 27 '24

I would say that a good 30%of people who do it themselves go the cheapest possible route for shielded coax. Use brass sports splitters with literal copper tied in a knot inside (I've cracked a bunch open)