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    ? on Xfinity 1 Gig home setup

    There is no "better" choice as the right choice for you depends on your personal circumstances. If you are fairly knowledgeable about networking, you might prefer different equipment than Xfinity and/or may prefer to buy vs rent. Perhaps the most important trade-off is that Xfinity is on the...
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    Question on how to convert point to point MOCA2.0 to tree

    The only 3-way MoCA splitters I've seen are "unbalanced" with two outputs at -7.5db loss and one at 3.5db. Think of it like a 2-way splittter daisy-chained with a second 2-way. One port on the first splitter has a 3.5 loss while the two ports on the second one each have 3,5+3.5. The extra 0.5db...
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    New house. Repurposing phone Cat5e. Looking for advise.

    You could use a structured media enclosure like Leviton sells but it's not deep enough if you want to install a bunch of active gear in it. It's fine for a patch panel, a switch, a cable amp, a modem, and even a small UPS if you get the extension bracket. Mounts in the wall. But if you want to...
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    Wireless AC Upgrade - Thoughts and Opinions Needed

    Serving a 3300sf house with a single wireless access point is a big ask depending on your layout and interior construction. It might be OK if it's an open loft with few interior walls but I've only got 2500sf and moved to multiple access points long ago. A lot of your devices are going to end...
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    Question on how to convert point to point MOCA2.0 to tree

    I've never daisy-chained MoCA adapters the way you are doing it but it sounds like it works. A more conventional configuration would be to connect the ONT to a 3-way splitter with one output from the splitter going to the coax-in on the moca adapter in the garage, the living room, and the...
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    Question on how to convert point to point MOCA2.0 to tree

    Your coax physical wiring is unclear from the diagram. Are all the cable outlets in the house connected back to the garage? If so, install a MoCA 2.0 compatible splitter in the garage that connects the ONT (input) to all the coax runs you are using. Don’t daisy-chain the MoCA adapters. If...
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    Router advice requested - I may be overthinking things...

    If you can afford it, do yourself a favor and spring for a mesh system that will take care of all the details like channel assignments. Use wired backhaul when it's available and wireless when it's convenient. If you want it to be simple, go for a consumer product like eero or Plume (there are...
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    Question on how to convert point to point MOCA2.0 to tree

    You don't show a coax run from the office to either the garage or the main floor. You need a coax run from either the garage or the main floor. That's where you'll install the splitter.
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    Wi-Fi Roaming Secrets Revealed - Part 4

    Plume says both 5Ghz radios are available for clients and backhaul. My MBP shows a PHY connection of up to 1300Mbps which is 3x3 which squares with that claim. Let’s say I have a low powered AP in every room of my house that provided a great signal in that room, an average signal in the...
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    Help Needed: Mesh Wifi with Ethernet Backhaul vs Multiple Dumb APs

    Read the Roaming Secrets articles to understand why you are sad and the difficulties in roaming performance. My rule of thumb is that, if possible, space your access points so that in the spots where you mostly use WiFi, your clients see a strong signal from one WAP and poor signals from all...
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    Wi-Fi Roaming Secrets Revealed - Part 4

    The Plume wired backhaul limitation only exists if you want to use router mode. No restriction in bridge mode. I run all four of mine (a mix of V1a nd V2 pods) with wired backhaul. One of the reasons I didn’t move to the Comcast version was of the restriction to wireless only but I suspect for...
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    Devolo Debuts Mesh WiFi System With Powerline Backhaul

    Tim, Any recent experience with latest gen powerline equipment? The older gen was a bust for me because the signal basically died when it tried to go across my panel to the other leg. As I recall, you put some time into it and it appeared that it completely depended on some technical detail in...
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    Help me build a Top of the Line Setup

    MoCA 2.0 bonded is as fast as wired GB although the latency is higher. But MoCA and powerline need active units with introduces complexity and reliability issues compared to UTP. One thing to keep in mind with wired mesh units is that they may not be happy with flaky wired connections. I used...
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    Help me build a Top of the Line Setup

    if networking is where you want to spend your time and money, there are lots of good ideas here. If you have other interests, I’ll stand by my advice (modified only to take into consideration the advice to avoid Spectrum combo units). I actually prefer a módem to a combo but Comcast no longer...
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    Help me build a Top of the Line Setup

    Or you could take the easy way out and not become a part-time network administrator. 1. Get the combo modem/router/WiFi box that Spectrum rents. 2. Buy a multi-pack of one of the many mesh systems. Make sure it can be configured for bridge mode. You’ll need 3-5 units most likely. 3. Turn off...
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    Mesh Router with Full Featured Software?

    I’m not sure about Google (https://support.google.com/wifi/answer/6240987?hl=en suggests not really) but I know that both eero and Plume offer the option to run in bridge mode so you can use any router you’d like with them. You lose a few of the mesh features that depend on the router but...
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    Advice: Mesh System or 2 Routers?

    I generally use Wi-Fi SweetSpots on iOS to test performance between the client and the access point and iperf3 (server on a wired Mac Mini, client using Hurricane Electric Network Tools on iOS) to test end-to-end throughput. This is simplistic testing since I usually only test a single client at...
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    Advice: Mesh System or 2 Routers?

    If one AC router works adequately, there’s no reason to screw around with a multi-unit solution so +1 to Tim’s suggestion. If you go with multiple units and can’t hardwire them, Orbi dominates the benchmarking although there have been some interesting results on latency with Plume so if your...
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    Plume is turning its mesh Wi-Fi into a subscription service

    These I care about Single, simple point of configuration, management, control, and reporting (e.g. total bandwidth used by device) Better roaming from high density, low power access points Superior support These I don’t because I don’t have kids or a lot of heavy, simultaneous WiFi use (only...
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    Plume is turning its mesh Wi-Fi into a subscription service

    I’ve bern using Plume for 15 months in my 1.5 floor, 2600sf house. My seven pods replaced three eeros which replaced several iterations of AirPort Extreme/Express extended networks and a variety of ASUS and Netgear wireless routers over the years. I replaced the eeros not because I was unhappy...
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