Ethernet over coax?

[Slottr]

New place in moving to has coax through the walls, but no Ethernet wiring. I've seen that there's adapters for an Ethernet setup over this wiring, but is it worth the premium for the adapters?

 

The living room is down a hallway from the office, where I'll have the modem and router set up, so I'm looking for alternatives to stringing cat cables down the hall

[star_pilot475]

I have the same problem! Might be worth the money, because if you’re like me and don’t have insane internet speeds, Ethernet might make a semi-slow speed bearable. 

Edited March 18, 2019 by star_pilot475

[Slottr]

4 minutes ago, star_pilot475 said:

I have the same problem! Might be worth the money, because if you’re like me and don’t have insane internet speeds, Ethernet might make a semi-slow speed bearable. 

Literally. Sadly the spot I'm going to doesn't have fibre so I'm stuck to either an independent 25 down or 75 down over shared community bandwidth

[star_pilot475]

Agh, me too! I wanted Verizon Fios but alas, I can’t. Shared community is really bad because you get ridiculously slow speeds when everybody is home. Around 6:00 or so at my place my internet speeds slow down to about 6 mbps

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, star_pilot475 said:

Agh, me too! I wanted Verizon Fios but alas, I can’t. Shared community is really bad because you get ridiculously slow speeds when everybody is home. Around 6:00 or so at my place my internet speeds slow down to about 6 mbps

What are you speeds are you subscribed to?

[star_pilot475]

 

 

35 or 40 mbps, something like that. Nothing wonderful.

I really hate it because I used to have 100mbps on Verizon fios at my old house.

[Slottr]

2 minutes ago, star_pilot475 said:

 

 

35 or 40 mbps, something like that. Nothing wonderful.

I really hate it because I used to have 100mbps on Verizon fios at my old house.

That's exactly what I'm leaving from right now- so it's a pretty tough choice

[star_pilot475]

I guess it would depend on what time you like to actually use the internet or play games or whatever. If it’s a time when everybody else around you is home too, then maybe go for the independent 25. 

[Donut417]

4 hours ago, Slottr said:

New place in moving to has coax through the walls, but no Ethernet wiring. I've seen that there's adapters for an Ethernet setup over this wiring, but is it worth the premium for the adapters?

 

The living room is down a hallway from the office, where I'll have the modem and router set up, so I'm looking for alternatives to stringing cat cables down the hall

Moca 2.0 adapters can do any where from 400 Mbps - 800 Mbps half duplex. So Id say they are worth the money. The trick is, you can only have 16 Moca devices on a network, so you might need to invest in some Switches in areas where multiple machines need a connection. Also, if your using the same wiring as your cable provider you will need a filter on the main line coming in, besides that, it should work pretty well from what I read. 

[Slottr]

59 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

Moca 2.0 adapters can do any where from 400 Mbps - 800 Mbps half duplex. So Id say they are worth the money. The trick is, you can only have 16 Moca devices on a network, so you might need to invest in some Switches in areas where multiple machines need a connection. Also, if your using the same wiring as your cable provider you will need a filter on the main line coming in, besides that, it should work pretty well from what I read. 

Luckily we'll only have 75-150 down, so great. 

Theres only two PC's, a ps4 and xbox in the house so that shouldnt be a problem. 

Thanks!

[Jay Deah]

i looked into this and concluded it was easier just to use powerline adapters instead

[Donut417]

49 minutes ago, Jay Deah said:

i looked into this and concluded it was easier just to use powerline adapters instead

Yeah but Powerline adapters are hit or miss, moca on the other hand generally will work. Plus Moca generally is faster compared to powerline adapters. 

[aezakmi]

On 3/18/2019 at 7:53 PM, Slottr said:

only have 75-150 down

On 3/18/2019 at 7:53 PM, Slottr said:

only

 

posts like this make me wanna commit die

this is so sad

 

 

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, aezakmi said:

posts like this make me wanna commit die

this is so sad

In comparison to other places very close to where I am, I've been living the good life lol

But I know the feeling, I the max most of my friends have and my family has is 25

[Guest]

On 3/19/2019 at 4:03 AM, Slottr said:

New place in moving to has coax through the walls, but no Ethernet wiring. I've seen that there's adapters for an Ethernet setup over this wiring, but is it worth the premium for the adapters?

 

The living room is down a hallway from the office, where I'll have the modem and router set up, so I'm looking for alternatives to stringing cat cables down the hall

I suggest Power Line Adaptors if you want a cheap solution for Ethernet wiring in your house. The signals run down the electrical wiring in your house, so the age and quality of your electric wiring will really depend on what speeds you get. Usually the speeds are OK, depending on how far away the adaptors are from each other. They work the greatest on the same circuit, but they still work (not great) on different circuits. Usually the speeds aren't great though, but it really depends on the quality of the electricity wiring in your house. Personally, my house was built in 2010 and it has very good quality wiring and power line adaptors work pretty well from my tests. but they're useless in my house as I have Cat6 wiring. 

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, commendedfish said:

 

Not looking for powerline as they're so/so. Specifically wondering for coax adapters.