Equipment connection question

[Stu-Pidaso]

First post here at satellite guys. I tried to search some before asking this.

I am in the process of building a house and after researching service in the area (ATT, Comcast, Directv, and Dish) I have decided we will probably be going with Directv. My situation is much like adam61.....

http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-forum/214494-ordering-directv-summer-help-please.html

My concern is not with fees or what equipment I need but how the equipment connects to the dish. I am going with 2 HD DVR boxes and 4 (maybe 5 later) HD boxes. After trying to find pictures of boxes and how they connect I am a little confused. Some of the pictures I have found seem to show 2 connections for satellite input? I have also seen another one with 2 ethernet ports? The house has only one coax line per TV location and I also had the put in ethernet ports everywhere there was a coax outlet. Does the receiver take 2 coax lines? Is the dual ethernet port a pass through?

 

[ramimac]

If you go with a SWiM setup. the dvr's can go with 1 coax. and yes the 2 Ethernets are a pass through.

The issue is at the moment a SWiM Setup can only handle 8 tuners. The single wire DVR dual tuner uses 2 of your 8 connections.

so on your 8 connections you can have 2 DVR's and 4 non DVR's.

I have seen rumors that a SWiM 16 is on it's way

 

[Stu-Pidaso]

okay, noob question. What is SWiM? Also if the ethernet is pass through, what is the speed of the ethernet port? I am setting up a gigabit network. Thanks!

 

[jdspencer]

And don't forget that the newly rolled out DECA will eliminate the need of ethernet at each DVR/receiver location.

Edit to add answers to your questions asked while answering earlier.

SWiM = Single Wire Multiswitch; it allows the use of a single coax to enable both tuners in a DVR.
DECA = DirecTV Ethernet over Coax Adapter.

Forget ethernet and go with the DECA.

 

[Stu-Pidaso]

Thanks to both for the info.