![]() ![]() Setting up a MoCA Home network is quite simple, as it often requires no software configuration. What You Need to Set Up a Home MoCA Network Some modems may include built-in MoCA support, making it so that you only need a single adapter.Įxample MoCA Home Network Kevin Jones / TechReviewer ![]() That's it! MoCA adapters are typically plug and play, meaning that no additional configuration is required.The computers connect to the MoCA adapters with Ethernet cables. Upstairs, you can provide Internet access to each computer by connecting MoCA adapters to nearby coax outlets.The MoCA adapter is then connected to the modem using an Ethernet cable. You can share the downstairs coax outlet with the cable modem by using a MoCA-compatible coax splitter.Suppose you have a cable modem downstairs and multiple computers in various rooms upstairs which need Internet access.Multi-node configurations can also function as an Ethernet hub. ![]() MoCA adapters behave like an extension for an Ethernet cable. MoCA was initially developed for streaming video over the Internet for set-top boxes and smart TVs but is now available for general use in home networks.Ī pair of MoCA adapters allows you to use a coax cable for Ethernet communication. So I am not clear if the MEB100 can also function as the MoCA WAN connection based on this discussion, and if this should be true of any 2 MoCa devices.MoCA, which stands for Multimedia over Coax Alliance, is a standards group that defined how networking can occur over coax cables via MoCA Adapters. I see that very few of these have more than a single Ethernet port. I expect that a pair of stand alone MoCA devices (or a single device and a MoCa enabled Router\Gateway) should be capable of functioning at either end of a COAX cable to pass Ethernet. (Condo was actually a fiends, I have a reasonable understanding of traditioanl networking with a basic modem, but now learning integrating with ISP supplied infrastructure is more challenging) I am interested in buying something for the "lab" to play with. The older tech, like the MEB100, are V 1.1 (or so) and probably in practice can support a few hundred or more Mbps. Generically, I am trying to understand MoCA devices by themselves, most are relativity price for a pair, and the latest tech supports (on paper) 2.5 Gbps, which is IMHO, overkill for any home application. The condo is totally sorted, though not the way I originally had envisioned. I changed perspective and did not say so. Not objecting to Moca, but not really used it. Looking at a TP-Link One mesh router and powerlines for HW ATM. The real issue is at distance in the condo. Service is 75\75 and the old N gets about 50 up close. I would still need a wireless repeater to get Ethernet to the Cable box or to a MoCa adapter to the Cable box. This method would allow me to optimally place the router. I would rather it upstairs, but the only existing cable is COAX, and I do not know how or if I can use a COAX from the ONT to a "widget" to the WAN of the router.Ĭan I use a Pair of Power line adapters, one near the ONT and one central in the dwelling, to pass the WAN? I would like to think its transparent, but I know these devices "play" with the signal and not sure if this is an issue. I can easily get to the ONT and connect Ethernet to a router, but the location in the basement is sub-optimal. If the Cable box can be reconfigured for Ethernet, then I am thinking that I can use a pair of Powerline adapters to connect the new router via "Ethernet" to the Mot?Īccess to the ONT is in a corner of the basement. TV is involved, so I think Moca is currently in play, but the Verizon cable box (MOT QIP7232 / A386 / 014 / 500) has an Ethernet connection. I wish to replace the router with a newer, non Verizon, AC or AX router. The Verizon ONT is in the basement and the COAX is connected thru a splitter to very old (Wireless N) Verizon router up in the living-room and other places. I have a 90's era condo, no Ethernet in the walls. ![]()
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