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    New to MoCA

    Do you have a cable drop on the first floor? Which splitter is attached to that drop? Have you changed out the existing splitters for MoCA rated splitters? No point in trying anything until you've one that and added a MoCA POE filter on the incoming cable from Comcast. If the amps are only...
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    MoCa issues with switch

    Dueling acronyms. POE filter gets for a MoCA point of entry filter while PoE is Power Over Ethernet. At least that's the way they get listed on Amazon. I'm not sure if it makes an electrical difference as well. I would think that trying to send the MoCA signal gets attenuated if it isn't...
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    Comcast Goes Nationwide With XFi Pod Wi-Fi Extenders

    The X6 has MoCA built-in and MoCA is used for their whole house DVR. If you don't have it, they might just do it by default on a new install. I did a self-install with mine. I actually use MoCA backhaul with a couple of my Plume pods but there is a little gotcha. If the power in interrupted to...
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    Comcast Goes Nationwide With XFi Pod Wi-Fi Extenders

    Sorry. Fat fingered. Doesn't support WIRED backhaul.
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    Comcast Goes Nationwide With XFi Pod Wi-Fi Extenders

    Likely it was not actually a Comcast employee. The Comcast door knockers and cold callers tend to be from companies that just have a sales relationship have minimal knowledge about the products they are selling. Although this guy was most likely right about FTTH. Everybody that’s made a run at...
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    Comcast Goes Nationwide With XFi Pod Wi-Fi Extenders

    The xFi pods gets discussed a bit over in the Comcast forum. The changes appear to be in the firmware. As I recall, the two big differences are 1) the Plume and Comcast pods do not interoperate, and 2) the Comcast pods do not support wireless backhaul. If I was a “normal” Comcast customer and...
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    Need advice on setting up home network

    I don’t see an answer to the question as to how you are testing? Also, do your OpenMesh APs use wireless or wired backhaul? If you use an app like WiFi Sweetspot, it will test the speed of the connection between the client and it’s attached AP but doesn’t tell you anything about the speed back...
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    MoCa issues with switch

    In all likelihood you have a physical cabling problem. That place you labeled “wall” is likely the source because behind it are the coax cables and splitters that connect the cable outlets in your apartment. All splitters need to be MoCA certified (a huge percentage of already installed...
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    AP VS MESH (Ethernet Backhaul)

    Wired is far superior to wireless so if it’s an option, it should be your first choice. Having a unique SSID for every unit on each band gives you the maximum control over each client connection but is a major PITA if you roam around the house. Using a single SSID for all units and bands is the...
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    MoCa issues with switch

    If everything works fine without the switch, the switch or the additional cable is the most likely problem. There is nothing wrong with your configuration as described. Another, less likely, possibility is a duplicate address. DHCP servers and clients have ways to detect and work around the...
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    I need your help figuring this out !

    Lots of options but generally the most simple solution that meets your needs are best. If a single wireless access point would provide sufficient coverage, you can just buy pretty much any wireless router, configure it in bridge mode, cable it from the center of the apartment to the existing...
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    2x EX8000 vs Powerline

    Can you provide some more detail about your client devices and your testing methodology? I don’t think I even own a wireless device that could do 600-690Mbps sitting right next to an access point.
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    Adding mesh to existing system or replace all together

    I use seven Plume Pods “sprayed” all over the house using wired backhaul. Works great. Not the cheapest solution but flexible, easy to manage, and well supported. All my wireless devices get the same 200Mbps+ performance in all rooms where a pod is installed. With Plume, for anything other than...
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    WiFi router advice, single story home

    To Tim’s point, if you want to look at a mesh or multi-AP solution, you might look at getting wired backhaul to key points in your house. Ideally, you’d use network cabling but both MoCA and latest-gen powerline are good alternatives as well. That fixes the performance issues created by...
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    Choosing between MoCa and OTA tv?

    Does one of the TV coax lines end in the room with the modem/router? If so, you just attach a MoCA bridge there, plug Ethernet from the bridge into the router, attach another MoCA bridge in your media room, plug the bridge Ethernet into a switch, and you are in business. At least, once you make...
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    Wi-Fi System Roundup

    If you have a poor powerline Ethernet connection, that’s going to be your limiting factor rather than the link speed on the AE. If you have coax installed, you might consider replacing powerline with MoCA. I assume you’ve already discarded the idea of installing CATx cabling.
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    Choosing between MoCa and OTA tv?

    MoCA uses part of the frequency range on a coax for the data network. MoCA and OTA can use the same coax line simultaneously. It’s not clear how your coax is wired (the “dedicated” line vs the rest of your cable) but as long as a coax drop in the room with the modem is connected to a coax drop...
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    Extremely Confused and looking for some advice on a WIFI/ethernet system

    There is no magic answer. Good and bad experiences can be had with just about everything out there and no solution is so good you can't screw it up in implementation. I've had good experiences with eero (3 access points, liked them) and Plume (7 access points, love them) using both wired and...
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    MoCA network set-up issues

    No problem. Glad it worked.
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    MoCA network set-up issues

    I’m not an expert although I have MoCA 2.0 bonded running with Xfinity at a couple of houses so I do have examples to work from. That said, there seems to be different ways to do things with coax so just because my setups do thing one way, it doesn’t mean it’s the only way. If the gateway has...
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