cable descrambler

[Lao Tzu]

can i hook a cable descrambler up and use a cable modem at the same time. or will that be detected.

also, what all equiptment, if any, do i need to watch cable TV and use a cable modem at the same time (wire split, etc).

 

[big4life]

All you should need would be a wire splitter.

I don't see why it would be any easier for them to detect a descrambler.

 

[Warik]

A descrambler does not send output back to the cable company, so I don't see why it would be detectable at all.

Basically you have: ------- Cable wire
[] Descrambler
=== TV wire
{} tv


Something like this...


------[]====={}

All of the information flow is ---> that way. (At least in one-way cable areas... don't know how it works for bisynchronous cable modems)

I wouldn't worry. Just get a splitter to split the cable, send one input to the descrambler and then to the TV, and send the other directly to the cable modem. You may run into some trouble if you go through the descrambler first.

-Warik