![]() I have 4 existing coax lines running from the basement to 4 separate rooms - the living room, office and 2 bedrooms. snerd's suggested pass-through connection for connecting a MoCA adapter, modem and router is typically the recommended solution, as highlighted in Option 2 of BigJimOutlaw's "Setting up a MoCA network" post, here: I'm hoping to improve my home network by using MoCA adapters. (However, if you were to configure such a gateway in "bridge mode," you will have put the gateway into modem-only mode and would again be in the situation where the device wouldn't have access to both your coax lines and your LAN, and so any MoCA-bridging capability would be lost.) That's where a standalone MoCA adapter comes in, to bridge the LAN ports on your router to your coax lines.Ī combo modem/router, on the other hand, *would* have access to both your coax lines and LAN, so it's only a matter of whether the manufacturer chooses to include the feature in a given model. The reason you won't see a function-specific cable modem including a MoCA bridge is because the whole point of MoCA is to bridge your LAN traffic onto your coax lines, and a cable modem would not have any means of connecting your coax lines to your LAN the cable modem will only have a coax port and a "WAN" Ethernet port, for connecting to your router. ![]() ![]() As you've seen, you may find "cable gateway" (combo modem/router) devices that include MoCA bridging support, but they're generally more expensive and, as has already been mentioned, most people will recommend use of a standalone MoCA adapter, pretty much exactly as you've described it (or using snerd's pass-through variation). Strictly speaking, you're not going to find a "cable modem" that also provides MoCA bridging, though more recent cable modems may list a MoCA filter in their specs (which simply means the modem can coexist on coax lines with an active MoCA network). One thing of import, with almost all use of MoCA, a MoCA filter /POE or Whole Home DVR filter will be needed on the input of the first splitter to enter your home and you might need another for your cable modem if it is not MoCA friendly. All of those Whole Home DVR systems are all MoCA based and it is standard on all of the newest equipment.the average consumer is simply unaware. MoCA is used extensively on almost all major cable and satellite systems. Will MoCA catch on.actually it has quite a long while ago and it has gone through 3 versions, MoCA 1.0, MoCA 1.1, and now MoCA 2.0 devices. The Ethernet from the cable modem goes to the Ethernet WAN port of the Verizon router. Other "techie" options would be to leave your cable modem and use a Verizon Fios router, as these have and use MoCA natively, you would need to put a splitter with one leg feeding the cable modem and the other going to the Verizon router. A MoCA adapter would be needed for any Tivo without the MoCA builtin. Your 4 tuner Premiere has builtin MoCA capability the 2 tuner does not. Generally, techies hate this kind of things (gateways) due to poor wireless performance and troubleshooting hardware issues but others love the stuff. ![]() The above is pretty much the only retail modem/router with MoCA 1.1. The PDF says its MoCA spec 1.0 whereas the new Actiontec adapters are labeled MoCA v2.0.īonus question is MoCA catching on or is it not successful? Seems like TiVo is the only application where its used or discussed much. The one example I found with a Google search was the Cisco DPC3827, but its not yet clear to me whether or not it's available at retail (as opposed to being a cable company provided device only). Much better, it seems, would be a cable modem that includes a built-in MoCA adapter and that would use one coax wall outlet for both. The splitter would have the cable-in connection on its single-terminal side and the cable modem and MoCA adapter on its twin-terminal side with an ethernet cable running from the WiFi router to the MoCA adapter. I suppose I could get an Actiontec or other MoCA adapter and use it next to the cable modem and WiFi adapter, but that would require adding a cable splitter (combiner?) and I dont know how well that would work. The setup works well, even for streaming, despite the Powerline weak link, but Im interested in an upgrade that would eliminate the Powerline adapters. Right now Im using Netgear Powerline 500 adapters (XAV5001) between my WiFi router and one of the TiVos that is the MoCA mothership. The other TiVo and three Minis connect via MoCA only. My cable modem and WiFi router are located away from both of my TiVo boxes (a TiVo Elite and a four-tuner TiVo Premiere). Has anyone found or tried using a cable modem with a built-in MoCA network adapter? Does such a thing exist? That is usable on Time Warner Cable? I have searched for an existing thread on this topic but found nothing.
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