I've got Prism and have had it for about 10 months. I've been pretty happy with it, but I've realized that my "smart" TV has some major connections problems to the router. I can't stream Netflix, Amazon, YouTube....very well. After doing some research on the TV, I found that the TV is supposed to be within 25 clear feet of the router, well that isn't going to happen, so plan B is to hardwire the TV.......here's the problem.
Fiber to the house. CAT5 line from the basement to second floor where the modem/router is. I think this is a dedicated data line connected to the box on the outside of the house. Prism DVR "brain" is hardwired to the router. Everything else in the house is wireless and I have good coverage. I had thought that I could just move the Centurylink router to the basement, and put a bridge router in it's place (second floor). I've just now been told that the Prism system can't run off a bridge, so I'm stuck again. To hardwire the TV in the living room means I need a switch or a router in the basement to connect it to. I've considered moving the router and the main prism box to a different room, but I'm still stuck with the problem of only having on line of CAT5 run to each room. So the questions are.........does any of that make sense and does anyone have an idea for a solution?
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