Internet Cable - Where do I bring it in?

[360Bridges]

We have internet cable being installed as we will be where we are for several months... My question, where or how should I have the installer bring the cable into the RV, a window, a hole, or? How did you route your cable inside? I was considering up into the laundry closet but Im not sure how or where the wiring is routed to get up there. We use DTV Sattelite for TV... the cable for internet is via Xfinity/Comcast.

THANKS!

#Cable Installation for Internet

[abarkl]

Some RV owners will use one of these with satellite antennas and temporary through a window;
https://www.amazon.com/Valley-Enterp.../dp/B001WAPIRW

[clarche]

I would not drill a hole for a temporary setup. Go with the window connection with the flat wire adapter as mentioned above.


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[Vaquero]

Originally Posted by abarkl

Some RV owners will use one of these with satellite antennas and temporary through a window;
https://www.amazon.com/Valley-Enterp.../dp/B001WAPIRW

That's a good solution.
I've used those before for sat TV.

If you have a power cord entry that isn't a shore power connection, you can fish the coax through along side the power cable too.

Good luck.

[Mustang65]

A few years ago I had opted to get internet cable from the local cable company. The CG's AP was old and out of range. We will not discuss the cost for the install/service. I used the existing cable that is installed in the TT. I put a cable splitter just before the TV amp by the media center and connected a 4' piece of coax to the splitter and had the cable company connect the cable router to it. They were a little hesitant, but agreed to do it. I hooked my Wi-Fi router to their cable modem and accessed the Internet through the Wi-Fi router. The tech even did a data test on the circuit (I believe he wanted to prove me wrong) and was happy with the results. He then said he was going to do his future RV installs this way.... less work... more time for coffee. The cable/OTA TV signal was unaffected.

I now use the EnGenius ENS202EXT Wi-Fi signal extender, good for 1.5 miles, line of site.

Sorry, just noticed you use sat tv, if it uses the prewire... ignore all this.

Don

[bansai]

Maybe research diplexers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplexer

You can run your satellite signal, AND your comcast signal through the same cable if done properly.

If you have the option - easy mode is to lose the satellite, pay comcast a little more and get your TV and Internet from the same provider during this period. Does comcast even offer internet service in areas where they don't also offer cable TV?

Then, as I mentioned in that other thread where you asked the same question - you just use the existing connector on your camper to bring both signals inside in the same cable, no holes, no weird adapters, or thingies in the window (over winter no less). Just add a splitter at that point and you can run your cable modem off one leg, your TV's off the other.

If you are dead set on having 2 seperate service providers, look into the diplexers or fish a new wire I guess. Sounds like too much effort honestly to go that route.

[twadd10]

I work for an ISP. Normally we just run cat5 cable into the basement storage area and plug the modem/router into an power outlet there ( that is if the cx is only using wifi ). That makes for an easy clean install without making permanent holes. Also around the bottom corner of a slide seal works if your careful fishing the wire through.

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[360Bridges]

We did not know those flat coax cables existed that will be the way we go! We are going to try to run the cable to the garage and set the router there, we should be able to obtain a strong enough signal through there.

THANKS GUYS!

[Rjhuser]

Why not just bring the cable in through the slid out seals?
That's what I do when I need an additional cable connection.
Rick

[taviking22]

When we summer-over at our location in Alaska, our ISP/TV's Cat 5 cable is slipped through the bottom of our entertainment slide's gasket to an interior cabinet with an outlet. No drilling, etc. Works for us!

[OrDot37]

Where do I bring in internet cable in my Jayco Pinnacle?

[Grumpy]

Originally Posted by OrDot37

Where do I bring in internet cable in my Jayco Pinnacle?

Which floorplan? As was mentioned early in this thread the flat cable for windows can be used numerous places, through a slide seal being the easiest.

[kirkelli]

Are you getting cable tv installed with broadband internet? If so and if your TT is equipped with coax, the installer will install a cable modem/cableTV CONVERTER (one box) using your internal factory coax. It will get a little tricky if you are using both sat tv and broadband internet. If this is the case, then I would follow instructions from the ISP poster. Install the cable modem and your WiFi router in your basement. Your WiFi will work just fine sitting in the basement. What year and model travel trailer do you have