On Jan 11, 4:26*pm, Texas Dawg wrote:
The other day I was surfing the web and saw an ad for a
cable modem, which won't do me any good because I don't
have cable, but, the thought crossed my mind, If someone
hooked up a cable modem to a TV antenna, pointed it at
their neighbors house where they had the same setup...
Would you be able to get a network connection between
those two houses?

This might turn out to be an unnecessary expense for me
to try it, if it didn't work, so, I thought someone on
this group might already have the equipment to try it,
without incurring additional expense, or, you might
already know if it will work.

I thought it would be an interesting experiment.

What do you think?

Doing this with a cable modem would never work, for lots of reasons.
If your intention is to create a wireless bridge for sharing internet
service with somebody, use a wireless bridge or long-range wifi
network.

Wifi can be added easily if doesn't already exist, and if distance is
an issue, get a bigger antenna. I've done it: Had two neighboring
farms sharing an expensive satellite internet subscription. Used two
access points driving signal amps with outdoor dish antennas on poles.
One end provided a secured wireless network, other was client. Wasn't
overly fast, but did what was needed and it blew dial-up (only other
option) out of the water. Works well aside from issues caused by
severe weather (dish alignment). Put in several years back, still in
use as of November.

If the intention is to steal cable internet or TV, what you suggested
isn't even remotely close to being a way of doing either.