I’ve seen posts for gocoax adapters which use the same chipset.
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If not, buy another adapter and high frequency splitter to install at the modems location.įwiw, the new 2.5 gigabit MoCA adapters use Maxlinear chipsets, same company that bought Intels modem division. You could start by just using the modem’s MoCA capability.
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So, for example, if you were running gigabit service, would you actually see 900+ Mb/s via MoCA, or would it be reduced? I don’t think anyone can give you that answer, so, this is a trial and error answer. Unfortunately Comcast and Rogers hasn’t released any information regarding the MoCA capabilities of the modem, so no one knows if the data rates are capped or not. The question of whether or not to use the MoCA capabilities in the modem versus using a MoCA adapter is a good question. Incoming -> Cable -> MoCA -> MoCA -> cable -> splitter -> ModemĬable Ground Point splitter -> cable -> adapter -> MoCA adapter ***Edited Leafs4ever this is actually pretty straight forward. I'm not comfortable just unhooking cables at the panel without worrying about messing anything up. Sorry for all the questions, this is very intimidating and lots of information to sift through. I'm assuming that is so I can attach the adapter and modem to the same coax port that the modem is currently using, yes? The adapters I linked comes with a splitter. If I get everything set up, should I run an adapter from my modem or should I enable MoCA on my modem (XB6) and use that as the "home base"? Should I check in there for anything?Īlso, I'm pretty sure I have more than 3 rooms with working coax ports in them, why are there only 3 in the splitter?
In my electrical box, I see a coax going into a weird looking splitter.ĭo I have to remove those cables and buy a MoCA splitter? Do I have to add a MoCA filter to the black wire at the top? I also have a gray box on the outside of my house with wires. Now, the part that is confusing me is all this talk about splitters and filters and what not.
I've been reading up on how exactly to get it all to work and I'm still lost on what I'll need and if it can even be done. I believe that you may use an ethernet switch if you are looking to connect multiple ethernet devices via the MoCA adapter, although I have not tried this.Hello, I recently came across MoCA to use your house's existing coax cables as a pseudo ethernet port. I'm posting not so much to ask a question, but instead am posting to share that if you are thinking of using MoCA with your Cox Panoramic WiFi Modem, then you only need one MoCA adapter at the (each) coax receiving end that you intend to connect. It's still much faster than the 170 mbps I was getting a month ago.
Sadly, I did not see the speed increase that I expected - I get about 750 mbps down now, which is only about 15% higher than the upgraded WiFi speeds. Lo and behold, I discovered that I did not need the second MoCA adapter on the head end - the Panoramic WiFi modem already has it built in! This has now left me with an unused extra $60 MoCA adapter - which are coincidentally again out of stock on Amazon.
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I figured that this would give me the true 940 mbps download speeds to my PC that the Gigablast service promised (and also delivered via a Cat 5 ethernet connection).Īfter installing one of the MoCA adapters at the receiving end (PC) and plugging in the ethernet cable to my PC, I anxiously decided to turn on MoCA in Cox's router config before installing the other adapter at the modem. Not completely satisfied, I decided to try MoCA, so I bought a pair of Motorola MoCA adapters - one for the head end (cable modem) and one for the receiving end (PC). This AX200 is a 802.11ax adapter and connects to Cox's modem and my network at 1.7 Gbps - although it obviously does not get 1.7 Gbps download speeds. Suddenly, I was seeing ~650 mbps download speeds on WiFi. So I upgraded the WiFi adapter to an Intel AX200 onboard adapter (which needed my motherboard's m.2 E-key slot). Unfortunately, I saw no improvement in (170 mbps download) speeds whatsoever when connecting to the Cox modem. My WiFi router is/was an Apple Airport Time Capsule, my WiFi adapter a Linksys WUSB6400 - the Time Capsule's WiFi is no longer used since I got the Cox Panoramic WiFi modem. Unfortunately, my PC is in a location where connecting it via a CAT 5 cable was/is not an option, so I always used an 802.11ac WiFi connection.
I had been using Cox Preferred 150/10 mbps service for years but wanted to step up to 1 Gbps connectivity (or 940 mbps, as advertised). I recently upgraded to Cox Gigablast service.