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I have an ASUS Zen WiFi Mini AX mesh system that is configured in Access Point mode, so it is not acting as a router, as I have that wired to an Edgerouter-X for QoS and ISP failover. This mesh system consists of one device (model SD4R) that has two ethernet ports (WAN/LAN and LAN), and two other devices (model SD4N) that has a single LAN ethernet port. If I need to make a config change, it is done by connecting to the SD4R, which here I will call the the "main AP". Currently, my networking flow is (see full explanation here) Two ISP modems > Edgerouter-X -> Main AP (SD4R) -> MoCA Adapter -> 1:4 coax splitter (one with a terminator cap, one goes to MoCA for ethernet switch, two goes to MoCA for other APs) -> One SD4N AP for each room. I will be evaluating whether there really needs to be the main AP (SD4R) in the same room as the router because the next closest AP is just one room away. So the room with the router may already have solid 5 GHz reception without its own AP. So, I was wondering: Would things operate normally to move the main AP to a different room on the same Coax splitter as the other APs, such that the APs would no longer be downstream from the main AP? That would result in the following updated networking flow: Two ISP modems > Edgerouter-X -> MoCA Adapter -> 1:4 coax splitter (one goes to main AP, one goes to MoCA for ethernet switch, two goes to MoCA for other APs) -> One SD4R/SD4N AP for each room. What have I checked and why am I posting this? I read the ASUS manual, and its "wired connection" diagram shows putting the other APs downstream from the main one. However, it does not say whether this is required for certain or all configurations (such as Access Point) I searched for other posts on these forums, and there was one regarding a similar question about having some APs on MoCA and some not, but that was a different layout - So I'm not entirely confident that the same thing applies to my situation or even my manufacturer. Why don't I just try it on my own? Well that would take a considerable amount of time to get the main AP in another room, and I think it would be helpful to have an up front answer for the community or even the internet's sake since... ASUS doesn't have a community/forum that fits this wifi product or all their products. They have specific forums for ROG and even ZenPhone, but not ASUS products in general. Also, bonus points to anyone that can tell me how I can connect reliably connect to my ScreenBeam MoCA adapters directly so that I can see signal related stats. I've tried connecting the device directly to the ethernet port of my PC and using whatever IP the directions told me to connect to, but a page for the device doesn't load at all.

I want to set up a MoCA adapter for wired internet in another room, but I have no idea how to make sense of the panel containing all of the networking gear… The picture I attached is what’s behind the panel (located in the living room). The router is connected to an Ethernet port in the wall on the opposite end of the living room. The room I want Ethernet in currently only has a coax cable, hence the need for a MoCA setup (I’ve tried powerline, it doesn’t work great). The internet was (and still is) provided for free by the previous building manager - he’s no longer around and cannot help. I have 2 MoCA adapters on the way. I should mention, lights 8, 6, and 5 are lit up green. If I unplug my router from the Ethernet port, light number 6 turns off. I should also mention that I’m living in an apartment - and I used to share this internet connection with people in another unit. I’m not sure if that’s the case anymore. My assumption is that I should be doing something with line 6. Can anyone help with this? This setup is not familiar at all to me. Appreciated!

Question: Do I need a MoCA filter using this setup? Can MoCA escape through the ethernet connected to the first MoCA adapter and out the ISP coax through my router? Long story short we just had our basement finished and the guy didn't do what he was supposed to; we found out our original ethernet run in the basement ceiling to the living room TV area had some sort of faulty wiring and could only get 10 Mbps on the other side if it worked at all (it was only connected to a pc we don't use often so either no one noticed or his crew broke something or idk, whatever it doesn't work now). He didn't fix this like we asked and has ghosted us for a while now on other stuff he left unfinished/never followed up on. There's no real way to fix or even rerun new cable without cutting up some brand new ceiling, but instead of directly using the ethernet I was thinking we could use the existing coax that was run for a cable box (that we don't have anymore) via MoCA to get wired internet back to the entertainment center. So going back to the question, do I need a MoCA filter (which I'm 90% sure we don't have, there's an attenuator but no PoE filter, and I heard can cause loss of performance) for this isolated coax cable run that will only be doing this one thing and has no connection to the outside other than the ethernet connection to the router? If it matters at all we have Xfinity internet that directly goes into our Netgear C7800 router/modem no splitters, nothing.

I am fairly new to networking, but I just moved to a new place and have been having trouble setting up my NAS server. My goal is to have my NAS pc in the basement which is where the ONT is located and have it plugged directly into the switch down there. The setup down there is fiber -> ONT -> switch -> MOCA adapter (basement) -> MOCA adapter (office) -> router. My issue is that when I plugged my NAS into the switch it did not appear on my network. And when I plugged my laptop into the switch it said it was on a different network than the one the router is on. I do not know if this is something that is caused by the MOCA adapters or since the ONT also serves the other unit in my building if that could be causing the issue. Any tips on troubleshooting or things to try would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

Hi! I did as much research online as I could before finding that my head was spinning. Networking is very confusing for me, so hoping someone with some more knowledge can help me brainstorm. I purchased my home last year and need to improve my internet in 2 different ways. I'm not sure what the best route to take is, and if I'm missing something obvious. The two issues I'm looking to solve are: My small backyard is currently a dead-zone. I'd like to be able to work outside, so I need internet strength and coverage to do at least basic online conferencing with video. I work from home full time, and am relying on WiFi upstairs in my office. I don't have too many issues with strength, but routinely run into issues during certain hours of the day when I guess the network is getting flooded? (Think the hours when children come home from school). I'd like to switch to something wired to keep it consistent so I don't randomly drop from calls. My current setup: I live in an interior townhome so network interference can be challenging. My current AP (is that what it's called?) is in the corner of my garage [which is surrounded by cinderblocks]. My ISP is Verizon and my equipment includes the FiOS ONT and CR1000A router (info on what it can handle is linked). The router is communicating to the ONT using both a coax and an ethernet cord to WAN. I have on-hand my old networking equipment from my apartment, which includes a modem and a router (if that could help). I also have a spare wall plug-in Wi-Fi extender. Current wiring options: I do have 3 open coax cables scattered around the home, and some random phone jacks. The woman I bought this home from was elderly so the install is not wired for a modern home. The location of the coax's today is one downstairs in the living room, just steps from the patio door. Another is in the office where I work. The last is in my master bedroom above the garage. Drawing of my house and location of any hookups if that helps. So far, utilizing the coax cables seems like a smart move. Because there is one in the office already, I could easily run ethernet to my work computer with a MoCA adapter. The real open question for me is if I were to also do that in the living room downstairs, not sure how it would help me. I would prefer not to run a 8ft ethernet cable outside to work, but if that's my only option, so be it. But I'm wondering if maybe just a simple Wifi extender for the outside, using a power outlet beside the patio door, could be enough. Someone recommended to me a mesh system, but unsure how that would help. Any thoughts on the patio problem, and is my plan for the office okay? (It almost feels TOO simple...)

I was thinking of putting a MoCA-to-ethernet adapter in a remote room in my apartment so I can have an ethernet hub there. My ISP modem (its not a modem-router combo) has a MoCA port, so does that mean I don't need to get two MoCA-to-ethernet adapters? Any help would be much appreciated!

So I've been trying to convince my parents to let me do an ethernet cable from the router in the basement to my room on the top floor. They keep saying sure but never do anything about it. I then realized that I have a coax cable curled up in the corner of my room which leads to the basement. My plan is to use MoCA to just use the coax cable as a medium for ethernet since its already run and ill just connect an ethernet cable on each end, one to the router and the other to my computer. My problem is, im seeing 2 different things online. One popular is MoCA and the other is just a simple coax to RJ45 conversion cable like this. Which do I need? I need one on both ends since it would be going from the router as ethernet to the coax medium then back to ethernet on my PC. I'm not entirely sure what MoCA really is, all I know is that it turns coax into ethernet but I'm not sure where it exactly is used and in what case. If the answer is MoCA on both ends, what is a good priced MoCA connector? I only need gigabit

I'm remaking this thread kind of as the last thread I made gave me absolutely 0 answers on what I needed and since LTT recently made a video on moca, maybe more people have info about it. I currently use powerline to get from my router to my pc which is from the basement to my room on the 2nd floor. Its better than wifi and I get around 100Mbps down but the problem is, my parents pay for gigabit and dont even use it fully. Now note this is my parents house as I am still in college, I cannot run new cables, I cannot drill holes, I have to work with what I have. This house was rigged with a bunch of coax cables back in 2011 by our isp at the time, not a clue who it was. I cannot find any info online about this coax cable except for someone selling them on amazon with no description. Here is the exact writing on the side of the cable in the quote below. There is a coax cable that is spooled up in the corner of my room that goes to a coax hub in the basement. I can obviously disconnect the coax cable as I dont use cable tv in my room to have a direct connection from my pc to the router. I don't know what my coax cable could support speed wise since its from 2011 although we do have gigabit internet through coax but the one connected to the router converts from the one below, a CATV to a CATVX which doesnt make sense as it would use the slowest speed one. I have no other info on my coax cable like ohm rating unless someone can find it online for me. I could also honestly say screw it and just buy a moca adapter, test it to see if it works/gives better speeds, and if it doesnt, return it. But I don't want to do that.

Got a question about MOCA. So I know my modem can do Moca, but what else do I need to connect my ethernet cable to coax through this device in the link below? Do I just plug the two cables into it or are splitters and such required? I'm exploring other ways to stream to my TV besides WIFI since I no longer have a cable TV box. Link: MoCA 2.5 Network Adapter

Hello everyone, Recently before the start of the pandemic, I got a Broadband connection in my home and my ISP provided the internet through a coax cable. While getting the connection, I opted out of getting a Wireless Router from my ISP because I wanted to buy a better one. But due to this crisis I haven't purchased one yet. Currently, I have my phone connected to my Laptop's Wi-Fi and this is my temporary solution. The problem I am facing is this, my ISP has provided a "HPNA EOC SLAVE" ,which as far as I can tell is a RF to Ethernet adapter, and a very small Ethernet (STP) cable. But I want to eliminate this adapter when I buy a router mainly because of the obnoxious power plug and its inefficiency (it runs very hot). But I haven't found any Coax to Ethernet adapters which doesn't require external power (perhaps because Coax doesn't carry any power by itself?). I searched the internet and this forum and found that MoCA adapters are my best bet but those too require external power. I was hoping if there are some routers that has a RF input but couldn't find one. Does anyone have any suggestion? I'm open to any other solution as well. Thanks in advance, PS: I don't want to invest in any expensive solutions as because Internet in India is very very cheap (I'm getting an average of 50Mbps for less than 9 USD). Also the electronics are relatively more expensive (irony).

To start out, I live in an apartment complex where all of the buildings are connected. I'm looking to use the currently not in use coaxial cable in my room to connect my desktop to my router, which is downstairs over a MoCA network. During my research on MoCA networks, I have came to the realization that I should use a POE filter. The only problem is that my apartment's point of entry is inside the wall somewhere, and then it splits off from there (also in the wall). So my question is, is there a alternative I can use to a POE filter? Or do I not even need one at all?

Hello all, So I have gigabit plan from Verizon and I also have three extenders in my 3 floor home. The router (gateway i think they call it ) is connected via ethernet from the ont, the gateway is then also connected to the coax of my wall. This is all in the basement. then on the main floor i have one extender connected via coax in the middle of the floor. and then i have two more extenders connected the same way at the far ends of bedroom 1 and 3 to cover the entire floor properly. This also created a mesh wifi system in my home. Now here is the issue I am having. No matter where In the house that i hardwire my laptop to the extender I am only getting about 350 to 450 mbps. however, when i connect my computer to the gateway router, i am getting my full gigabit connection. Would connecting the actiontec moca 2.0 adapters speed up my connection if I hardwire it into the extender? so wall coax to moca, to extender via ethernet. Extender to laptop via ethernet. Thank you in advance, I really dont know what to do about this issue and all ive been seeing as "fixes" is this moca 2.0 adapter

Moca, or Multimedia over Coax alliance, to my knowledge, Uses Coax to run a 1.5 GHz Signal, that would carry multimedia from a PC or Repeater, while your Cable company runs HDTV through 3 Ghz, on the same line. This is fascinating to me but there is little to no documentation on this, there are very few people that i have seen on the internet that use this. If someone could explain this in more detail that would be great. The use case for this technology is maybe an older house that doesn´t have ethernet wiring through the house, as my situation is. Powerline networking can be fairly unreliable in these older houses, so i chose not to pursue this.

Hi everyone I'm trying to improve my home network, which is currently using powerlines (500Mbps ones, but they only have 100Mbps port). These powerlines worked really well in some places, but not so great at all in other places. For this reason I decided to order new powerline adaptors (https://www.coolblue.be/nl/product/698406/d-link-dhp-701av-geen-wifi-2000-mbps-2-adapters.html). After some testing I came to the conclusion that these work very well in the places my original adaptors worked well, but were struggling once again in the places my original ones were struggling (I am still able to send these back, so that is what I might do). I am not able to get Ethernet cables in the places I want to. I do have coax running to every room I need, that's why looked into MoCa adaptors. While looking into them, I found it very hard to find those adaptors (I'm located in Belgium). The ones I found so far are these: 1) https://www.amazon.de/Yitong-Technology-Koaxialkabel-Starter-Set-YTMC-51N1-M2/dp/B01CZFO5W6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512489770&sr=8-1&keywords=moca 2) https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/461878/hirschmann-multimedia-over-coax-(moka-32).html Are there other ones available, or is one of these two options a good solution? Is moca the best solution for me, or are there other powerline adaptor options that could work where my current ones don't work? Thanks in advance Sam

I have recently been looking into trying to get faster networking throughout my home and laying Ethernet isn't going to be an option. What I was considering to do instead was to use a MoCA network in place of ethernet, but I never hear of anyone doing this, so I am skeptical. Is this a viable solution? Is there some drawback I don't know about that is the reason everyone uses ethernet?

Problem: So I have my router upstairs and my internet connection is poor on my main floor. I have tried a Dlink Powerline (DHP-541) Kit and that gives me good signal in the basement but not in the first floor. Question: I heard about MoCA devices, which use coxial lines to send the internet. Can someone give me their opinion on MoCA devices? Also is it worth to go for one of these or should I try another powerline kit? I will be super excited if one of LTT members makes an overview+review video on MoCA devices and compare it to existing solutions! Thank You, 4321Rocket

i have a Verizon fios router in the basement of my house which is connected via coaxial to the Verizon AP and a coaxial to Ethernet adapter in the other room. i am trying to find another coax to Ethernet adapter for my main room. the one in the other room is a Verizon one and i can not find it online. do any of you know a good inexpensive adapter i could get that works with fios MoCa?

could you do a techquicky on Moca an dhow it works

I bought a smart blu ray player that doesnt have wifi to put in my room. My router is located in my office and i cant run an Ethernet cable since my attic and basement are finished. I was looking at wireless bridges and was wondering what the best one would be for hd media streaming from things like netflix and youtube or any other ideas tha would work. My price point is around $50USD thanks

Hi, I just moved in to a basement appartment, and both me and the family in the main house are dissatesfied with the network setup. The simple reason being that we are in a house with: an ADSL connection at 10/1, a 2.4 ghz network, brick walls and 7 people with sevral devices each, three of which are heavy consumers who could probably exhaust the 10/1 connection on their own. As the most tech-savy person of the house, I have been tasked with upgrading the infrastructure... So, here's the deal: The new connection is at 100/10. The modem and router will be in the main house. My appartment is separated from the main house by two floors and a brick wall, absolutly destroying chances for ac wifi from the main house. There is no cat infrastructure in the house, so no-go there. There are separate power infrastructures, so powerline is also no-go. Enter MoCA, there is a shared coax infrastructure in the house. As it seems to me the best option for this senario is a MoCA network, as i could run cat 5 from the router and back into the coax via a MoCA adapter, and then set up my own wifi with another MoCA adapter, an ac access point and a cat 5 switch for my NAS, tower pc and PS3. However there is one small concern; the ISP runs their broadband in the coax. I have called the ISP and asked them which frequencies they utilize. They responded that they utilize frequencies up to 860 mhz. According to Wikipedia MoCA can utilize frequencies from 500-1500 mhz, which might cause conflicts in the 500-860 range. However I have noticed that the most common MoCA PoE filters only reject the 1000-1600 range, sugesting that these frequencies are the ones that are actualy utilized by MoCA networks, in which case I have nothing to worry about. So my questions are: Will there be a frequency conflict? Are MoCA devices "smart", so they will detect the 800 mhz trafic, and run on higher frequencies to avoid it? Is this a good setup in this senario? Does anyone know of a better anternaltive? Would I benefit from the gigabit speeds of banded MoCA 2.0 ? My NAS would be connected to the same swich as my AP, but the router would be on the other side of the MoCA. Does anyone have any spesific MoCA devices to recomend? If there are any faults in my text I aplolgize, english is not my first language

Okay so first, here's the issue: I've got my modem, router, and DVR in my bedroom. However, my wife sometimes get's bad signal from the router when she uses her devices in the living room and kitchen. I searched around and found that as long as I have a coax port in my living room, I can do a MOCA thingy and connect a router to that and basically extend the signal in the living room for better signals. So, first question is, is this the best solution to my problem? I'm open to other alternatives, please let me know what you think I should do. I've got an extra unused router besides what we are using in my room right now, if that is any help. Second question, if the MOCA thingy is the best solution, I'm gonna need a 3 way coax splitter. But there are apparently different kinds of splitters, balanced and unbalanced, different ghz, and so I'm not sure what to get. Which should I get for my situation? Thank you in advance to everyone who tries to help!