Virgin Media Connectivity Query

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Hi all.

A number of years ago when Virgin Media installed our Broadband and Tv connection we had the normal box (cable through wall to street) installed downstairs near the TV and we had a 2nd tivo box installed for TV upstairs in bedroom. A time ago we got rid of the box upstairs.
My question is the box in the wall (upstairs) which I believe had a coaxial connection - is this still live as such - does this receive both TV and Internet feed as the same box downstairs.
Can router be plugged into this now?
There is a splitter connection downstairs - one goes to the Virgin Hub router and then goes through the wall and into the bedroom upstairs via the outside wall.

The reason im asking is can this 2nd box be used to connect another router and we can then easily run ethernet from here rather than up and down the house?
Hope this makes sense!
A mesh network is also an option but they are quite costly when I would rather have ethernet.

Currently have
Virgin Super Hub 3 (modem mode) connected to RT-AC3200 router (downstairs)
Have a TP Link AX5400 router spare
Million devices connected to Wifi ;)
 
Plug a device like a laptop in to the port upstairs, and see if you get network connectivity, making sure your WiFi is off on the device you're testing. If you don't, then no, you can't use it.

I'd be surprised if you can use it like that though, unless it runs from your current router somehow.

Also, you can't have two routers running unless you know how to configure them both properly to run together and not try chucking ip addresses out to other machines and being on different ranges, as well as all sorts of other things. You'd be better off with a switch upstairs if you want to plug stuff in up there.
 
conuk said:
Hi all.

A number of years ago when Virgin Media installed our Broadband and Tv connection we had the normal box (cable through wall to street) installed downstairs near the TV and we had a 2nd tivo box installed for TV upstairs in bedroom. A time ago we got rid of the box upstairs.
My question is the box in the wall (upstairs) which I believe had a coaxial connection - is this still live as such - does this receive both TV and Internet feed as the same box downstairs.
Can router be plugged into this now?
There is a splitter connection downstairs - one goes to the Virgin Hub router and then goes through the wall and into the bedroom upstairs via the outside wall.

The reason im asking is can this 2nd box be used to connect another router and we can then easily run ethernet from here rather than up and down the house?
Hope this makes sense!
A mesh network is also an option but they are quite costly when I would rather have ethernet.

Currently have
Virgin Super Hub 3 (modem mode) connected to RT-AC3200 router (downstairs)
Have a TP Link AX5400 router spare
Million devices connected to Wifi ;)
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If its the standard Coax cable that VM run when setting up multi-room you won't be able to have a second VM Hub off of it since your subscription will be tied to one modem at once.

Potentially, what you could do is move your modem from downstairs upstairs and then run your ethernet runs from there (If you don't need any wired connectivity downstairs) but you can't have two cable modems on the same account with VM as far as I'm aware (I'm sure they are tied to account by MAC or something).
 
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