MoCA Network Setup | Ethernet over TV cable

[wacko]

I live in 27 story Condo so it will be prudent to have a POE in case someone else in the building has a MoCA or similar setup which may interfere.

Just disconnect the incoming coax cable from your main splitter. this should be inside your home.

 

[claypot_king]

Just disconnect the incoming coax cable from your main splitter. this should be inside your home.

If gonna do that, remember to terminate the coax cable with a 75 ohm cap.

You would not want to introduce interference that will degrade the signal travelling through the cable.

 

[claypot_king]

tot default shipping country is SG so should be UK plug default

No, that guy ship us plug by default. Moi really don't want to spend money on travel adapter.

 

[claypot_king]

any reason u choose this over actiontec or motorola ?

The only moca 2.5 adapter on the market lor...

Attracted by 3-5 channel bonding of moca 2.5 over 2 channel bonding of moca 2.0 (I actually ran 4 of them in the place I installed the adapter)

And the price very close to the actiontec/motorola.

 

[claypot_king]

Wow.. how much does a pair of these cost?

Standard price of us $54.99 per adapter.

I wish I could spend the money to run cat 6 cable instead but someone will kill me for it.

 

[vaxvms]

The only moca 2.5 adapter on the market lor...

Attracted by 3-5 channel bonding of moca 2.5 over 2 channel bonding of moca 2.0 (I actually ran 4 of them in the place I installed the adapter)

And the price very close to the actiontec/motorola.

gocoax.com also 2.5 leh

 

[claypot_king]

gocoax.com also 2.5 leh

My adapter is purchased from gocoax.com.

 

[vaxvms]

My adapter is purchased from gocoax.com.

intend to get but no stock now

 

[Tobias Indigo]

So I understand, their last message told me that they don't have a service to do it and to get a contractor to do it.
I'm happy with that. It means I can poke around with the cable installation without contravening some obscure regulation.
Where do I get a 75 ohm cap?

 

[Compose]

I live in 27 story Condo so it will be prudent to have a POE in case someone else in the building has a MoCA or similar setup which may interfere.

I live in a condo and was previously on Starhub Cable TV and cable broadband. I was forced to switch to Starhub fibreTV and broadband recently. Starhub's technician came and disconnected the cable outside my home as I was told that this must be done so as not to interfere with the fibre connection. My MoCA setup is working and have no other issues other than latency, which I have managed to resolve.

 

[Tobias Indigo]

I live in a condo and was previously on Starhub Cable TV and cable broadband. I was forced to switch to Starhub fibreTV and broadband recently. Starhub's technician came and disconnected the cable outside my home as I was told that this must be done so as not to interfere with the fibre connection. My MoCA setup is working and have no other issues other than latency, which I have managed to resolve.

Hi,
Starhub's stories seem to vary. I was the same: SH cable TV, Broadband and home phone. The TV is in the living room where the cable point is but the Broadband and home phone is in the smallest bedroom which I use for an office (I work from home).

Connected to the Broadband is an iMac 27in, two laptops (Mac and Windows), a printer and, three synology NAS servers with 15 terabytes of storage.
When I ordered the fibre upgrade it was for those services and I had silly conversations about how to deal with all that kit on Broadband.

I was told WiFi is the answer, which it isn't. And, it won't be going forward. I live on the 22 floor of a 27 storey building. I can see 70+ wifi signals and that will get worse as all these fibre installations go in.

On the subject of the cable, I was told that my cable service would still be available until the end of June and it still is. I am currently running the TV from the fibre and the office from the old set up.

With the help of this thread I have designed a MoCA installation and the parts are on their way. I shall use my ASUS RT-AC87U in Access Point mode as the connection to the SH LinkSys router via the MoCA setup and run it all as it is now.

What's the latency issue?

 

[Compose]

Hi,
Starhub's stories seem to vary. I was the same: SH cable TV, Broadband and home phone. The TV is in the living room where the cable point is but the Broadband and home phone is in the smallest bedroom which I use for an office (I work from home).

Connected to the Broadband is an iMac 27in, two laptops (Mac and Windows), a printer and, three synology NAS servers with 15 terabytes of storage.
When I ordered the fibre upgrade it was for those services and I had silly conversations about how to deal with all that kit on Broadband.

I was told WiFi is the answer, which it isn't. And, it won't be going forward. I live on the 22 floor of a 27 storey building. I can see 70+ wifi signals and that will get worse as all these fibre installations go in.

On the subject of the cable, I was told that my cable service would still be available until the end of June and it still is. I am currently running the TV from the fibre and the office from the old set up.

With the help of this thread I have designed a MoCA installation and the parts are on their way. I shall use my ASUS RT-AC87U in Access Point mode as the connection to the SH LinkSys router via the MoCA setup and run it all as it is now.

What's the latency issue?

My fibre and cable points are located in the living room. I used the MoCA adapter to connect the Orbi router into my computer room initially and encountered latency issues with erratic pings.

I have changed the configuration and connected the Orbi router directly to the modem. The router is then connected to the MoCA adapter and then to the Orbi satellite in the computer using ethernet backhual. The latency has improved and is stable now.

 

[vaxvms]

I have changed the configuration and connected the Orbi router directly to the modem. The router is then connected to the MoCA adapter and then to the Orbi satellite in the computer using ethernet backhual. The latency has improved and is stable now.

what ur original connection?
tot standard is ONT>>>>router >>>>MOCA hall>>>>>MOCA room>>>LAN devices

 

[Compose]

what ur original connection?
tot standard is ONT>>>>router >>>>MOCA hall>>>>>MOCA room>>>LAN devices

original configuration was ONT (living room) >>>> MoCA (living room) >>>> MoCA (computer room) >>>>> Orbi router (computer room) >>> LAN devices. Have unstable latency issues as ping spikes sometimes. Upload and download speed in the computer room is 500-800mpbs.

now ONT (living room) >>>> router (living room) >>>> MoCA (living room) >>>>> MoCA (computer room) >>>> Orbi satellite (computer room) >>> LAN devices. Latency issues gone as ping is stable. Upload and download speed in the computer room is about 100-200mbps.

 

[vaxvms]

original configuration was ONT (living room) >>>> MoCA (living room) >>>> MoCA (computer room) >>>>> Orbi router (computer room) >>> LAN devices. Have unstable latency issues as ping spikes sometimes. Upload and download speed in the computer room is 500-800mpbs.

now ONT (living room) >>>> router (living room) >>>> MoCA (living room) >>>>> MoCA (computer room) >>>> Orbi satellite (computer room) >>> LAN devices. Latency issues gone as ping is stable. Upload and download speed in the computer room is about 100-200mbps.

guess is bcos coaxial talking to internet world part is the bottleneck

 

[Compose]

guess is bcos coaxial talking to internet world part is the bottleneck

both configuration is via coaxial/MoCA. While the speed has reduced significantly with the current config, ping is stable now. I don't really understand how is this possible but it worked.

 

[Tobias Indigo]

both configuration is via coaxial/MoCA. While the speed has reduced significantly with the current config, ping is stable now. I don't really understand how is this possible but it worked.

When my MoCA kit arrives on Wednesday my set up will be ONT to the SH Linksys router. LAN connection to MoCA, coax to MoCA in home office LAN connection to ASUS RT-AC87U in access Mode. That simply means the MoCA connection will look like a long LAN cable.

Your ping issue may have been that the ONT output is a WAN connection and the setup may not have liked that. You are now doing basically what I shall do. The speed drop is puzzling though.

 

[vaxvms]

When my MoCA kit arrives on Wednesday my set up will be ONT to the SH Linksys router. LAN connection to MoCA, coax to MoCA in home office LAN connection to ASUS RT-AC87U in access Mode. That simply means the MoCA connection will look like a long LAN cable.

Your ping issue may have been that the ONT output is a WAN connection and the setup may not have liked that. You are now doing basically what I shall do. The speed drop is puzzling though.

this should be the norm way i tot too

 

[Tobias Indigo]

So...the ActionTec MoCA kit all arrived today, two days early – plus point for Amazon and UPS.

I installed it all as per the layout I envisaged. I reconfigured the ASUS RT-AC87U as an access point and it all works. I now have four wireless channels and all the LAN connections from the ASUS still work OK The speed I am getting is around 750-800 Mbps, so that works for me.

Thanks to those who helped with answers to my questions.

 

[Mocauser]

So I installed a pair of Actiontec ecb6200 today. Plug and play basically. 5 to 10% drop in bandwidth speed. Acceptable in opinion.

I wanted to order another 2 pairs, may I know if it is possible to mix motorola bonded 2.0 with Actiontec ecb6200? Anyone tried?

As price for Actiontec remains highest... I did try to contact gocoax 2.5 about stock but seems like ran out and will not be coming in soon so wondering if Motorola might be a alternative.