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muffrat · 31-01-2006, 12:12

Apols if this is a thick question, but here goes...

At the moment i have two cable boxes, one upstairs and one downstairs. Currently my broadband is piped to my pc from the upstairs box.

I have bought a mini shuttle pc to connect to my tv downstairs, primarily to play MAME games & play music. However it would be good to be able to use broadband & share files with the main pc upstairs. Is there a way to connect the small PC to my downstairs cable box to access broadband?? They're right next to each other, it would make things so easy...!

The distance between the 2 computers means i cant daisy chain them together without spaghetti-ing cable all over my house, and i have skint myself buying the new computer so i can't afford a wireless solution yet. Can anyone suggest anything??

31-01-2006, 12:12	#1
muffrat Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5	Double cable box broadband conundrum Apols if this is a thick question, but here goes... At the moment i have two cable boxes, one upstairs and one downstairs. Currently my broadband is piped to my pc from the upstairs box. I have bought a mini shuttle pc to connect to my tv downstairs, primarily to play MAME games & play music. However it would be good to be able to use broadband & share files with the main pc upstairs. Is there a way to connect the small PC to my downstairs cable box to access broadband?? They're right next to each other, it would make things so easy...! The distance between the 2 computers means i cant daisy chain them together without spaghetti-ing cable all over my house, and i have skint myself buying the new computer so i can't afford a wireless solution yet. Can anyone suggest anything??