If you can't use these connectors, you'll need to find another way to get the cable inside the RV. We're lucky in that Outdoors RV appears to use good quality wires and the run is only about 8ft straight up the wall and across the ceiling. Note: Some RVs use low quality wire, or have very long runs for these connections.
We don't want that booster in the circuit, so I used the other port - labeled DSS SAT.
One of these coax connectors, labeled TV, has a booster built in and is designed for TV signals. Our RV came with two coax connectors on the outside of the RV that run to two coax connectors inside the RV, just above the TV - and right next to the rest of our networking gear.
I went with an ARRIS SURFboard SB6190 modem which is capable of far higher speeds than the 100Mbps plan we're using - but it gives us the option to upgrade in future if we need more bandwidth. Even though we'd only be here for about 4 months, I still preferred to buy our own than rent theirs - there are much better modems out there! Xfinity offers the ability to rent one of their modems for $14 per month.
Since I didn't have the modem yet, he left me the splitter, a couple of MoCa filters and some weatherproof cables so I could install it myself later. That could take some time, especially as we enter winter and the ground freezes.īut, he revealed a new option that the site surveyor had said wasn't possible - we could put a splitter on our neighbor's line and use that! As long as the signal quality was strong, that would work fine since the line can support far more bandwidth than either of us will be able to use on our plans. He agreed a trench needed digging, and was only there to take photographs and put in a work order.
The appointment was scheduled for the following week, and we were a little disappointed when a technician in a truck turned up. I contacted the local Xfinity store and they decided to just place the order which would schedule the construction team visit. Since this also crossed a small (unpaved) road in the RV park, they were unable to install a temporary cable for us.Īfter the surveryor, we should have been contacted by the construction team, but a week passed with no call. You'll want to plan ahead for this if possible - plan on this process taking a few weeks.or more.Įven though our neighbor's site has an internet cable, Xfinity insisted on doing a site survey which determined they'd have to run a new cable back to a junction box a few hundred feet away. So we phoned Comcast to get the ball rolling and get ourselves some nice fast cable! Laying the Cable As is typical, the RV park's WiFi is very slow, and AT&T signal here is terrible - fortunately Verizon has been fairly good so far, averaging around 10-15Mbps.Īs it happens, this area is served by Comcast for Xfinity internet, and after speaking with the RV park owner, he was happy for us to have Xfinity cable internet installed.at our site! Several other sites are already wired up, but ours wasn't one of the lucky ones. It's going to get cold and snowy, and having fast and reliable internet is essential. This winter, we're staying in a family-run RV park in Vermont.