I currently have my cable modem at the point of entry under the stairs. I run an ethernet cable from the modem to the router in my office. Unfortunately it goes under the hallway carpet, which is not ideal. I was therefore thinking of moving it to the office, where the coax wall plug is right near my router.
However, the successive attentuation of the cable and the splitters makes me think I should leave the cable modem at the point of entry as it's power levels are much better there instead of being right on the borderline. It's likely to give me a better quality of service.
In this scenario, Diagram A below shows the recommended layout according to most documents I read.
However, I would like to know if I can lay it out as you see in Diagram B. The cable modem will not be connected to the Moca network at all - it has an ethernet cable to my router and no return cable into the Moca network.
In this scenario, surely it would be better to place the MoCA POE filter as shown just before the MoCA splitter that comprises the two "legs" of my MoCA-enabled network?
The way I see it, even though my cable modem uses frequencies only up to 450Mhz, this would mean that there would be absolutely no risk of interference from the MoCA adapters and the MoCA network would still be isolated from the cable provider, as there are no other cable-network connected devices on the house coaxial - they only such device would be my cable modem.
Is there any technical reason why I should not lay it out as in Diagram B (I also just happen to have that 2500MHz splitter lying around, which while not MoCA certified, is probably ok given its wide band operation; if I lay it out as in Diagram A I need to wait a week for another MoCA certified splitter to arrive)
However, the successive attentuation of the cable and the splitters makes me think I should leave the cable modem at the point of entry as it's power levels are much better there instead of being right on the borderline. It's likely to give me a better quality of service.
In this scenario, Diagram A below shows the recommended layout according to most documents I read.
However, I would like to know if I can lay it out as you see in Diagram B. The cable modem will not be connected to the Moca network at all - it has an ethernet cable to my router and no return cable into the Moca network.
In this scenario, surely it would be better to place the MoCA POE filter as shown just before the MoCA splitter that comprises the two "legs" of my MoCA-enabled network?
The way I see it, even though my cable modem uses frequencies only up to 450Mhz, this would mean that there would be absolutely no risk of interference from the MoCA adapters and the MoCA network would still be isolated from the cable provider, as there are no other cable-network connected devices on the house coaxial - they only such device would be my cable modem.
Is there any technical reason why I should not lay it out as in Diagram B (I also just happen to have that 2500MHz splitter lying around, which while not MoCA certified, is probably ok given its wide band operation; if I lay it out as in Diagram A I need to wait a week for another MoCA certified splitter to arrive)
) So I suggest you test option B first.
