MoCA adapter connected directly to PC

[Guest]

Hello, I have a situation where I have a coax cable in my room that comes from the wall and splits. One goes to the modem and the other is free. If I were to get a MoCA adapter for that free line, would I be able to get internet access to my PC?

 

[kanewolf]

If the modem is in the room (with a router, I assume) why would you not use conventional ethernet cable? Even if all the wired ports on the router are full, a simple ethernet switch is a much simpler implementation.

You should also remove the splitter if possible. It is only degrading the signal going to the modem. Get a simple barrel connector.

 

[Guest]

If the modem is in the room (with a router, I assume) why would you not use conventional ethernet cable? Even if all the wired ports on the router are full, a simple ethernet switch is a much simpler implementation.

You should also remove the splitter if possible. It is only degrading the signal going to the modem. Get a simple barrel connector.

The set up is tight as it is now, there's no room for more hardware unless I remodel it all. I would just like to know if the MoCA works that way,

 

[kanewolf]

I don't believe there are any internal MoCA adapters. You would have an external box with an ethernet connection to your PC.

I will stand by my original suggestion that standard cabled ethernet is the correct implementation.

 

[Guest]

I don't believe there are any internal MoCA adapters. You would have an external box with an ethernet connection to your PC.

I will stand by my original suggestion that standard cabled ethernet is the correct implementation.

That's what I was asking, if I had one adapter, connected to the loose split coax source from my wall, could I put a Ethernet cable from that to my PC and still have connection?

 

[kanewolf]

MoCA assumes you have two devices connected via coax. Where is the other MoCA device?

 

[Guest]

MoCA assumes you have two devices connected via coax. Where is the other MoCA device?

I do not have one, Just the coax cable from the wall to the modem, and the free split coax cable.

 

[kanewolf]

You need two MoCA adapters. Think of MoCA just like powerline adapters. They are using a pair of hardware bridges to convert ethernet to some other cable medium. Cable coming from the ISP won't work with a MoCA adapter. Your modem/router is already taking the DHCP address provided by the ISP.

You need to connect to a router which then should be connected to the modem... Which is exactly what I said in the first post.

 

[Guest]

You need two MoCA adapters. Think of MoCA just like powerline adapters. They are using a pair of hardware bridges to convert ethernet to some other cable medium. Cable coming from the ISP won't work with a MoCA adapter. Your modem/router is already taking the DHCP address provided by the ISP.

You need to connect to a router which then should be connected to the modem... Which is exactly what I said in the first post.

I see thank you, is there a way to utilize the split coax cable? With a 2nd modem sharing the same address or something of that nature?

 

[kanewolf]

You need two MoCA adapters. Think of MoCA just like powerline adapters. They are using a pair of hardware bridges to convert ethernet to some other cable medium. Cable coming from the ISP won't work with a MoCA adapter. Your modem/router is already taking the DHCP address provided by the ISP.

You need to connect to a router which then should be connected to the modem... Which is exactly what I said in the first post.

I see thank you, is there a way to utilize the split coax cable? With a 2nd modem sharing the same address or something of that nature?

No. The only possible use of the split coax would be to watch TV if the cable provider has unencrypted channels. Remove the splitter and improve the signal to the modem...