Actiontec Bonded MoCA 2.0 Ethernet to Coax Adapter ECB6200S02

These really work well to create wired network speed and reliability utilizing existing physical plant. Our two-story house was built in the mid-nineties. I'm assuming many 1970's to 1990's, multi-story houses are in a similar situation; so I will describe in detail below. As in many houses from that era it has lots of cable jacks (like 1-2 in almost every room). Most are on RG-59 wiring and a few newer ones are on RG-6 wiring. Since the house is two story, getting WIFI to propagate through multiple walls, ceilings, and floors is difficult. We are also at the top of a hill and pick up lots of interference from our neighbors' WIFI routers. Plus the total number of WIFI clients these days limits throughput making WIFI okay for low-bandwidth applications (like smart home devices) but poor for streaming devices. Also, running new wires is basically impossible in rooms that have rooms above them as the plenum is too narrow to crawl (about 6" tall). The mid-90's phone network is pre-Ethernet and as such is a hub network on cheap phone wire not a star network on Cat3 or Cat5 like many newer homes. Basically this meant we had three choices: 1.) use wireless only, 2.) find a way to use existing wiring, 3.) cut open walls to run Cat7. Option 1: WIFI works for low-bandwidth devices, but with so many devices these days (easily about 50 for a smart home) the throughput is very limited. We decided to keep WIFI for portable devices and low bandwidth requirement devices, but go with something else for our streaming devices. Option2: Using the existing wiring to create an Ethernet seems like the best option. I decided to make this happen one way or another. The house had lots of coax and quite a few phone jacks too. I researched options. Phone is limited to VDSL adapters. The problem with these are they are just point to point. So you get one connection and that is it. I wanted to connect all my major streaming point (office computer, game room TV, living room TV, and bedroom TV). So VDSL was a no go. I discovered both MOCA and DECA. DECA is much cheaper, but won't interoperatre with cable. We use a cable modem, which would have meant a lot of work at the cable box to separate all the ports in the house except the cable modem. This would have required running at least one more line up to my attic as the cable modem line was shared with my office line. Also MOCA 2.0 supports about 9 times higher bandwidth than DECA. I decided these two things made MOCA worth a few hundred extra dollar, especially since this is a one-time investment. Option3: Cutting open walls is messy and expensive. I really don't want to do that. Updating my coax network: 1.) I went to the box and installed a MOCA POE filter at the input from the cable company. Don't forget this, or you maybe sending your LAN to your neighbors' houses. You can buy this on Amazon. 2.) I went to the box and also all lines I could reach in the attic and replaced all splitters with new ones rated for up to 2.4 gHz. A two way splitter comes with each Moca adapter (or set of adapters). I used one of these. Likely you need a larger one at the box. I bought a 4 way Moca compatible splitter from BAMF here on Amazon. Don't "daisy-chain" the splitters. Buy the appropriate size. You will get better bandwidth. Also don't skip this step. In doing this I replaced two splitters that were rated to 1 gHz. The Moca 2.0 channels are at 1.0-1.2 gHz. This would certainly have lowered my bandwidth, if I had not done this. The install: I installed five Moca adapters as follows: 1.) One is attached to my router - "coax in" line previously attached to the cable modem input, "tv out" out to cable modem input, Ethernet port to my router's Ethernet switch 2-4.) "coax in" attached to the cable jack by my TV's, "tv out" is terminated with an f-terminator, Ethernet is connected to a 5 port TP-Link Gigabit switch connecting my Fire TV and Smart-TV or Smart DVD player. 5.) Connects my office desktop computer the same ways as 2-4. After bringing my coax network up to date (described above). I just plugged these adapters in and it worked. No configuration needed. After installing my Internet speed tests with a laptop hooked to the switches maxes out at our ISP's limits. A network speed test using a 512mb file copy using LAN SpeedTest Lite shows the following 500-600 Mbs downstream 300-400 Mbs upstream I think the difference in downstream and upstream speeds is due to greater isolation on the output side of the splitters. After the install I was finally able to Steam stream games from my office computer to my FireTV in my Game Room.

Wow, I am so impressed with how quick and easy this was. So I was doing so much research into these as the wifi has a lot of interference here which sometimes makes streaming choppy. I bought these and it is so simple, you just put a 2 way (***moca compatible**) splitter on your coax before your router, run one coax to your router, the other to this adapter and an Ethernet from your router to the adapter and that's it for this end. Now the other side you just go to any coax outlet, run a coax to your adapter and then pplug in your device's ethernet right into that and.... that's it! I plugged it in and had my tech had on all ready to configure something and play around and nope.. it just worked the second I plugged it in. Honestly I am thinking this is a better set up than using wifi, especially for old people, no passwords or fussing around just plug and forget about it. I attached a picture of the speed boost I got from switching, it doubled my download speed to what it actually should be! So things they don't tell you is you'll want: a POE moca filter at your coax coming in to keep the moca network in and other people's out, an extra coax to run to your router (as the old one is now going to the splitter and one included goes to the adapter) and lastly the 3 way splitter but make sure it is one that works with moca as your standard ones don't work with those frequencies I guess. Hope this helps someone!

Funktioniert direkt, keine Konfiguration von Nöten. Durchsatz 650Mbit über 3 Etagen. Verbesserungswürdig. 1. APP für ggfs die Firmware upzudaten 2. Netzteil dabei (US) aber nicht jedes externes 5V Netzteil (2A) wird akzeptiert (Power Leuchte blinkt in diesem Fall)

In my house, the UHF TV signal is distributed throughout the house by a 12 way distribution amplifier fed from a log periodic aerial in the loft. There is a restrictive covenant covering all houses on the estate that prohibits any aerials other than satellite dishes and these must be fitted below the roof line. My house is in a dip and out of sight of the transmitting aerial some 15 miles away. The signal can be intermittent and prone to distortion especially in certain weather conditions. To provide a good signal to the two main reception rooms I used an existing SkyQ satellite dish to receive Freesat satellite signals. This meant that the two coax cables from the distribution amplifier in these rooms are not needed. However, a consistent high speed network feed for streaming is essential. This led to a decision to unplug these coax cables from the distribution amplifier in the loft and connect them together so that there is a continuous coax cable between the lesser reception room which houses the FTTP (Fibre to the premise) broadband feed and the main reception room. They are 15m apart. Initially, I purchased the ScreenBeam starter pack of MoCA Network Adapters (ECB6250) and they were an immediate success. Installation is very simple and quick. I had the link working in ten minutes. I was so pleased with the setup that I then purchased an additional single adapter to connect the Office computers to the net. I replaced the coax cable connector in the loft with one of the splitters included with the kits and then connected the Office cable to the splitter. I was delighted with the results. The average of a series of Ookla broadband speed tests using the computer in the office returned a download speed of 941 Mbps and an upload speed of 110 Mbps. If you are interested in using these MoCA adapters I would suggest using F Type cable connectors throughout. In my setup, the coax cables to the distribution amp were already F Type and I replaced the face plates in the Reception rooms and Office with F type faceplates. Also you will need to purchase USA to GB plug adapters as the kits come from the USA. That said, service from the company via Amazon was outstanding and the units were delivered within days and update information was timely and informative.

As mentioned in title I cannot understand why this is not a product sold in the UK, except to let internet providers make money on us. I tried power line adaptor in the past but I had three issues with them (tried few brands) lost bandwidth, phone stay connected to other room until it loose signal and get new one. And doesn't work well with smart home devices as they ended up not seen depending on what adapter they are one. This adaptor is plugged in straight to my modem in my office, go in the attic via the existing coax cable made for the TV, and is then distributed back to the bedroom and living room on the ground floor opposite side of the office. A new adaptor on the other end of the coax, and the ethernet goes to a ethernet splitter. TV PS4 mesh router, Chromecast dongle, smart home gateway.. everything is plugged in as if it was on the office router. No loss of bandwidth. The only reason this product is not advertised in the UK is for providers to force more expensive services or cheap power line adaptor.