Can someone explain MoCA. I've done research and still don't fully understand how it works

[Triflexer]

I've done some research on MoCA but I still don't get it. My modem gets internet via coaxial cable. So this device sends the signal back into the wall to be accessed somewhere else in the house?

 

[USAFRet]

I've done some research on MoCA but I still don't get it. My modem gets internet via coaxial cable. So this device sends the signal back into the wall to be accessed somewhere else in the house?

If your house has coax throughout, and if that same coax is tied into the coax that delivers your internet....then yes, you can use a moca device to access an internet signal elsewhere.

What type of service do you have? Who is the provider?

 

[Triflexer]

I've done some research on MoCA but I still don't get it. My modem gets internet via coaxial cable. So this device sends the signal back into the wall to be accessed somewhere else in the house?

If your house has coax throughout, and if that same coax is tied into the coax that delivers your internet....then yes, you can use a moca device to access an internet signal elsewhere.

What type of service do you have? Who is the provider?

my ISP is rogers .

 

[USAFRet]

I've done some research on MoCA but I still don't get it. My modem gets internet via coaxial cable. So this device sends the signal back into the wall to be accessed somewhere else in the house?

If your house has coax throughout, and if that same coax is tied into the coax that delivers your internet....then yes, you can use a moca device to access an internet signal elsewhere.

What type of service do you have? Who is the provider?

my ISP is rogers .

So...is it fiber, is it cable...?

Anyway, MOCA devices.
How is the signal delivered to your router?

If via coax, you might be able to get away with one MOCA device.
Put a splitter in the chain, and a MOCA device upstairs connected to that. Ethernet cable off that MOCA will supply a PC with an internet signal

Otherwise, you just need two.
Cat5e off the router, into a MOCA. coax off the moca through the house wiring
Another MOCA upstairs or elsewhere, Cat5e off that to a PC or other device.

 

[jsmithepa]

My modem gets internet via coaxial cable. So this device sends the signal back into the wall to be accessed somewhere else in the house?

OK, so you have a WAN side (coax) ---> MODEM ---> and a LAN side (normally CAT5 cables).

MOCA is for folks who don't have CAT5 wirings inside the house, but have existing coax wirings instead (originally used for cable TV).

The MOCA technology ADAPTS the LAN side signal, normally run on CAT5 onto coax cabling. There is a performance penalty paid for not running proper CAT5 cables, but maybe acceptable to your situation.

 

[Triflexer]

I've done some research on MoCA but I still don't get it. My modem gets internet via coaxial cable. So this device sends the signal back into the wall to be accessed somewhere else in the house?

If your house has coax throughout, and if that same coax is tied into the coax that delivers your internet....then yes, you can use a moca device to access an internet signal elsewhere.

What type of service do you have? Who is the provider?

my ISP is rogers .

So...is it fiber, is it cable...?

Anyway, MOCA devices.
How is the signal delivered to your router?

If via coax, you might be able to get away with one MOCA device.
Put a splitter in the chain, and a MOCA device upstairs connected to that. Ethernet cable off that MOCA will supply a PC with an internet signal

Otherwise, you just need two.
Cat5e off the router, into a MOCA. coax off the moca through the house wiring
Another MOCA upstairs or elsewhere, Cat5e off that to a PC or other device.

oh srry, i didnt know what u meant lol. its cable but ive been trying to look nto getting fiber for my house (with no avail). the router connect to a wall via coaxial as u guessed.

so i just want to make sure i understand (sorry for making you repeat yourself). So i connect the splitter into the coaxial connection between the wall and the modem (which is on the main floor). then connect the MoCA to the splitter keeping it on the main floor or i have to run a long coaxial cable to (in this case) my basement?

 

[USAFRet]

In your case, I'm not sure if you'll need one or two MOCA devices.

I either case, you'll need coax where you want internet access. If that is in the basement and there is currently no coax...you'll need to run it to there.

If only one - splitter on the coax, one leg goes to where you need it.
Moca device in the basement
Cat5e off the Moca to your device.

If two are needed-
Off the router LAN port, Cat5e to the Moca device
coax out of that, to the basement
Second Moca device to that coax
Cat5e off the Moca to your device.


But...if you currently have no coax to that basement location and have to string a wire....it would be just as easy to string a Cat5e instead of the coax.

Or, you can look into powerline devices. Same sort of concept as the Moca, except it pumps the signal through the house wiring.

 

[Triflexer]

In your case, I'm not sure if you'll need one or two MOCA devices.

I either case, you'll need coax where you want internet access. If that is in the basement and there is currently no coax...you'll need to run it to there.

If only one - splitter on the coax, one leg goes to where you need it.
Moca device in the basement
Cat5e off the Moca to your device.

If two are needed-
Off the router LAN port, Cat5e to the Moca device
coax out of that, to the basement
Second Moca device to that coax
Cat5e off the Moca to your device.


But...if you currently have no coax to that basement location and have to string a wire....it would be just as easy to string a Cat5e instead of the coax.

Or, you can look into powerline devices. Same sort of concept as the Moca, except it pumps the signal through the house wiring.

ok thx for all your help