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Need Wi-Fi for Cabled TV?
A relative had a very simple Cox setup: one cabled TV plus a basic modem for internet and phone. We wanted to add a TV cable box in another room. Got one from the Cox store and followed the basic p...
Thanks for the replies. Using the help email address provided (where is this on the Cox site?), Cox reps explained that "some" boxes require Panoramic Wi-Fi so as to support MoCA and IPTV capabilities. These basically turn your coax connections into an ethernet, albeit with an adapter.
So you need Wi-Fi to control your cabled connections. Crazy.
That said, I didn't need one of "those" boxes - just a basic one with a coax signal in and HDMI out to a TV. Apparently the other box in the house was one such, but Cox just couldn't find another one even the box was "hard wired" for cable.
Geez.
