How do I get my Arris cable modem's Moca to work using my DSL modem?

[Tbcsmd]

How do I get Moca to work with my DSL modem? I had cable internet before I moved and now I'm forced to use DSL. I still have my Moca cable modem and adapters. I ordered the netgear N600 DSL modem/router. If I connect a cable from the netgear wan to the Moca cable modem and then my homes coaxial into the Moca cable adapter, will this enable the coaxial cables to run Moca and have the internet from the DSL modem carry through the coaxial cables via the Moca cable modem?

 

[bill001g]

That is a interesting issue that I have never tried. I know that if you have a PC hooked to the lan port of the cable modem/router it can talk to the a device hooked to the remote moca device. It can do this even if the internet happens to be down. Will it work if the modem is not actually active to a cable company ever that is a good question.

You want to plug the device lan-lan and if the cable device is a actual router you will need to disable the dhcp and make sure the ip does not conflict.

 

[Tbcsmd]

Thanks Bill. I will be more specific now that I have more time. I had my arris Motorola SBG6782-AC 3.0 cable modem and wifi router along with cox cable internet 100mb speed. Along with this, I used a actiontec wireless network extender Ethernet over coax adapter model WCB3000N01 and a channelmaster 4 port Moca adapter throughout my old house. We bought our new house and I found the only high speed internet available is 5mbs wireless or windstream 12mbs ADSL. I have 3 sons who all game online so along with spending alot of money on my Moca equipment from my old house, my boys can't game at the same time online anymore because of the much slower internet lol. Right now I'm using windstreams standard modem/router combo that has the DSL line input and 4 LAN ports. If I'm only going to go from one of the LAN ports on the windstream modem to one of the LAN ports on the cable modem to use Moca, do I even need to bother with buying the netgear N600 ADSL modem/router? I Only ordered the netgear cause I thought I would need the WAN port to try and connect the cable modem for the Moca. I'm sure there is a simple way to get Moca working with ADSL internet with the right equipment however, my Google searches aren't finding anything. Also my house is already wired with a cat 5, eight port network switch. You would think I wouldn't need Moca but the location of the network ports in the rooms is very inconvient. Lastly, I have no idea how to disable the dhcp or which device to disable it on. My goal is to disable the wireless on the ADSL modem and run a network cable from the cable modem to the 8 port switch so the ADSL modem is strictly for feeding internet to the cable modem and all of my computers, devices and internet are on one network whether through an already wired in the home cat5 LAN, moca or through the cable modems WiFi. Obviously the cable modems WiFi is much much better than the ADSL's and with my other Moca equipment, I can have multiple hard lined network connections in every room of my house. I hope this added info helps with finding a solution to what I'm trying to do.

 

[bill001g]

You are best off making it as simple as possible. I suspect your best bet is to use the DSL router the ISP provided as you main router you do not need the other router....you can use it as a AP if you have coverage issues.

I would use the motorola box only as a moca adapter. You might be able to use it as a DHCP server but it is just making things complex. I am not sure you can even do it. You need the default gateway to be the internet router. If you were to send all your traffic to the motorola box how would it know to send it to the dsl device.

I am not real clear if you have ethernet ports why you would need the moca. You would still need to run a coax cable from the motorola box to a wall jack. You would think the same room would have a ethernet port.

Let say the dsl router is in room1 on a phone line. If there is a ethenet jack you should be able to plug a lan port into that and it will carry the signal back to where ever the central switch is and the connection would then carry to the rest of the house.

 

[Tbcsmd]

You are best off making it as simple as possible. I suspect your best bet is to use the DSL router the ISP provided as you main router you do not need the other router....you can use it as a AP if you have coverage issues.

I would use the motorola box only as a moca adapter. You might be able to use it as a DHCP server but it is just making things complex. I am not sure you can even do it. You need the default gateway to be the internet router. If you were to send all your traffic to the motorola box how would it know to send it to the dsl device.

I am not real clear if you have ethernet ports why you would need the moca. You would still need to run a coax cable from the motorola box to a wall jack. You would think the same room would have a ethernet port.

Let say the dsl router is in room1 on a phone line. If there is a ethenet jack you should be able to plug a lan port into that and it will carry the signal back to where ever the central switch is and the connection would then carry to the rest of the house.

 

[Tbcsmd]

Again thanks Bill. The DSL modem is actually in the utility room where the network switch is and its plugged directly into the switch via network cable. The network switch runs to most every room of the house however the locations within the rooms are inconvient. For example, the network jack in the living room is on the wall opposite of where our entertainment center needs to be and we have hardwood floors so I can't run a cable from the network jack across the room. I have 4 devices with my entertainment center. The cable jack is located where the entertainment center needs to be so if I run Moca, I can have all 4 of my devices hard wired into my network via Moca. Same applies to some of the bedrooms. The only place to effectively put the bed is with the headboard in front of the network jack. The cable jack is across from it and the wife watches Netflix on the bedrooms smart TV at night. As with the other room, Moca will give her a hard network line. The same goes for the basement. It looks like the people who had the house built set up the network jacks to accommodate their laptops and not entertainment devices. The ISP router has very limited range. We get no signal in half of the house. That's why I wanted to use the arris modem for WiFi also because between it and the actiontec extender, our whole house, garage and deck will get full signal on the phones and tablets. Since its better to use the ISP router as you said, then that's what I will do and add a couple of regular extenders to it. Thank you very much. I'm relieved to know that I can in fact use my Moca with DSL and thanks to your knowledge, I now know how to do it.