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Can I plug my DECA directly into the SWM?
I have whole home networking set up with the newest model HD-DVR and HD receiver. We have one DECA unit on an unused coax outlet currently. Is there any reason I can't plug the DECA directly into the SWM splitter and the cat5 into the router, which is also in the same area? It seems to me this is basically what is already happening since the line from the unused outlet is going into the SWM unit, but I wanted to make sure.
bixfisher
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14 years ago
Thanks for the input rickm1350. I give. I am relocating my wireless Linksys router to the board in my basement, moving my broadband modem so I can plug it in just like I had at my desktop, then it's a trip to Best Buy to get a wireless adapter for my desktop computer.
I don't want to mess this up so I will make it easy for the tech to hook up the DECA unit and SWM8 module without any confusion. Hook up just the way it was designed. Again, I appreciate your information. You convinced me.
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thezenone
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14 years ago
The power inserter is not behind either of my two boxes, which means it must be where the splitter is.
As you said, I should be able to power the broadband DECA near the splitter, plug the coax end into an open outlet on the splitter, and plug the cat5 end into the switch that is also right there. I'm not sure what you mean by terminating the outlet. The room where the DECA unit is currently plugged in will actually be used for comcast cable. So I will move that room's coax run onto the comcast coax splitter, and the other room will move to the DirecTV splitter, which is a mirror of what is currently happening.
I do have one final question: in the picture of the swm splitter up above, it looks like there are metal caps on all the outlets except for the red port for the power inserter. Do those caps unscrew or come off easily? I don't need a special tool do I?
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dcd
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14 years ago
Those caps are 75 ohm terminators and they screw on and off easily. In the Whole Home system, any unused ports must be covered by a terminator cap. Luckily, the splitter comes will all ports capped, so you'll have a sufficient supply. Some installers will take all of them off and tell you they are junk. Rather that arguing, simply ask that he leave them with you and you can cover any open ports after he leaves. Note that a terminator has a center wire while a cap has none.
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