[SOLVED] MoCA networking

[Partsman19]

Hello,
I received good information when I asked this question before but was not quite ready to install MoCA in my house but I am ready to do so now. Again, I am using AT&T internet with an Arriss BGW210-700 router which is located in my office over my garage. My living room TV, which streams all content, is located on the main floor of my house around 50 feet away. My wife's office is on the 2nd floor of our house, which is around 100 feet away from the router. Her office does not have coax installed. My office where the router is located does have coax installed. The master bedroom, which is across the hall from my wife's office also has coax installed and streams all of its content via Amazon Firestick. How would I go about setting up a MoCA network so I can finally stop the buffering on my TVs and get a more consistent wifi signal to my wife's computer?

Thanks

 

[bill001g]

I can't see how you are really going to 100% fix the tv it always has wifi if you are using a firestick. If the tv had the streaming app on the tv itself you likely could use a ethernet cable to the tv.

In any case your best option is to buy a pair of MoCA adapters and put one by the router and the second by the tv. Then use a inexpensive router as a AP connected to the moca via ethernet to provide the wifi signal. It should be best case you can get since it close to the tv but it is still wifi.
How well it will work across the hall is hard to say but it will be much better than the signal to the router you would hope. Wifi is all trial and error because very minor things can block it. There is wall paper that has a metal coating that is designed to block radio signals...for those people that are afraid of them.
On the video they demonstrate how thin paper like that will completely block signals. It does not take much to disrupt wifi.

If this is not good enough I would consider going into the attic and adding a ethernet cable between the 2 rooms upstairs.

 

[Partsman19]

Okay, let me give you more details about my setup that I did not share before. I have AT&T internet installed in my house and the router which they supplied is the Arris BGW210-700 which does not have a coax adapter on it. Would I still be able to use MoCA adapters to get a better signal to my television sets? I do have a smart TV in my living room and I bypassed the Firestick and used the apps on my Sony TV and got a better picture but it still buffered a little bit but not as bad as the Firestick does. If i connect a MoCA adapter to the coax in my office and then use an ethernet cable to my router would that work? I do not want to purchase the adapters if they will not work with my AT&T router. Thanks

 

[gggplaya]

Yes, you don't need Coax on your router. You do need a Coax outlet near your router to connect the MOCA adapter to your home.

Question: Is your home connected to the cable company for TV? If so, you'll need to add a POE filter at the main coax splitter right before or right after it enters the house.

Also, make sure the main splitter for the house can do 5-16500mhz or more. Older splitters were only capable of 5-1000mhz and will block MOCA frequencies.

1. Connect ethernet from router to MOCA Coax adapter, then connect coax to the wall. Your coax network in your house now has ethernet data.
2. Connect a MOCA coax adapter to any other coax outlet in your house for ethernet, they make some MOCA adapters with wifi repeaters in built in. Or you can use your own wifi system, but use MOCA as the backhaul.

 

[Partsman19]

Originally I had DirecTV until they became too expensive and switched to Spectrum who had terrible service so I went to streaming my TV using Firestick apps which I found out yesterday are on my smart tv as well. I looked outside in my junction box and found the splitter which is still intact and nothing is disconnected. I took an ohmmeter and tested one of the coax lines in my house which shows they are still active so I think I will be good to go. Will I still need the POE filter? Which MOCA adapter would you recommend?

 

[gggplaya]

If you disconnect the cable(from Spectrum) from the splitter, then no, you won't need a POE filter. The POE(point of entry) filter is only necessary to prevent your network traffic data from reaching outside your home and backfeeding into Spectrum's network.