Extending uVerse to Man Cave

@gnball - Cat6 is currently prefered over COAX. I believe COAX was used because it was there & people were used to it.

You want one cat6 for an STB/TV & one for a computer. You can multiple each of these with a switch. But if you risk using one cable to feed a switch that feeds both computer & T, you risk flooding the switch.

My house is currently connected via coax. Where do I need to terminate the cat6 at to connect the uVerse box in the shop? I wouldn't mind running cat6 through the house and switching to that instead of coax if that is needed.

@gnball - There are four cat6 (RJ-45) outputs on the RG. Use any one of them.

One thing I was not thinking of in my previous post - That was based on the "standard" single pair service first rolled out. -  If you were beyond that initial service area & had to wait for the bonded pair service needed to extend the range of the VRAD, you will not have cat6 available for TV. It is used only for internet in that case. Those bonded pair installs used COAX for TV.

Also, are you saying you would replace existing COAX with cat6? How many sets do you have?

You may run into neediing a switch to serve all your connections. You can do that, but there is not a compelling need if your COAX is working fine. OTOH if it is a good opportunity, go for it. You do not have to do all or nothing, Mixes work. I have two TVs on COAX & three on cat5 with a switch.

When you start talking about COAX changes, things can get get complicated - like do you have a diplexer? When a tech is on site, they can see what you have & also review the rcords. Answering a question on the forum usuallly starts with the simplest possibilities. - adding a leg to the MC. If you want to do more, I would like to know more about your setup. Even that has the one possible difference in your install.

It is within 300 feet. I have tested the connection at the shop via my laptop using the single Cat6 that I ran and it works fine.

I didn't know if you could just connect the new box to one of the ports on the router or not. I'm thinking of having the RG - New router for House wifi - Switch - Router in shop - Switch - Devices, but I could connect the switch to the RG.

I'm not sure if I have the bonded pair service or not.

I would probably just add Cat6 instead of replacing.

@gnball - what is the model number of the device you plugged the cat6 into? That should tell us if it is bonded pair.

You can just add the cat6 leg. But, if you want both computer(s) or game(s) & TV(s) in the MC & use just one feed distributed in the MC via a switch, TV signals may flood the switch.

Best to run two cables. one for TV & one for internet. You can use a switch on each for multiples of like devices.

I'm confused, I plugged the Cat6 ran to the shop into my laptop. I am definitely going to run more than one cat6 out to the shop. Probably going to run 4 cat6 and 2 coax just in case. I think I will rerun some of the coax in the house and run Cat6 throughout the house as well.

You can run Gigabit Ethernet over Cat6 for 100 meters.  That will most likely cover all your needs out to the man cave and putting a simple gigabit switch out there would be fine, except if you want a U-verse TV receiver and a Wireless Access Point at that location.  At that point you need to have two different connections to the RG and either need two cables to keep them separate, or you need to use VLAN tagging with two switches capable of such.  The two Cat6 cables are simpler.