Alright, here's my short but straight-to-the-point review of the Comtrend GCA-6000 kit.
As you all know my preference was still on GOCOAX but it has been virtually almost impossible to get it in the last few weeks due to the super-duper limited stocks (likely due to COVID19), i went ahead and purchase the above instead after reading up a bit about it. For half the price and with still quite a decent performance, I thought its worth a shot. You can find it sold on
Amazon
Its rated at 1.2gbps although from user reviews, most could get it maxed out between 600-800mbps depending on your cable quality and broadband service provider and subscription.
Very well packaged and although the box does state 2-yr warranty, not sure whether using outside of USA will cover as i don't see any further info about the warranty clauses.
The setup instructions are quite straight forward, given at the rear of the box and also a quick installation guide.
Connection takes up less than 5mins on each point, just need to screw in your coaxial cables (not provided so you gotta make sure you have them) to the wall unit and ensure that the master unit is connected to the router via Ethernet (they provided 2 x Cat.5e).
Power up both units - press the config on both sides to pair-up and create a secure connection - and all 3 LED lights will light up as shown in the picture.
Now on to the speed test ... I'm currently subscribed to Starhub 1gbps and am living in a 15yr-old house. Few years back, i was told by a Starhub technician that 2 of my bedrooms coaxial cables seemed to have oxidised but useable although data transmission may not be at its optimum.
So the room that I connected the G.hn coax is to this room - unfortunately. But to my surprise, the speedtest readings came back pretty decent!
Cabled connection direct to the G.hn:
Wifi connection on 5ghz on iPhone 11 via Linksys EA-7500:
Yes ... pleasantly surprised by the results as i thought that it would barely register anywhere between 100-200mbps on wired connection due to the oxidisation of my cables.
I'll try repositioning it to another room and give a review again and see if I can get nearer to 600-800mbps as some reviewers have mentioned!
Otherwise ... i'm giving it Triple
for $ paid vs. performance!
