MoCA Network help

[kylenetwork]

Hello,

I have a home network that has Cat5e cables and coax cables running from all over the house into a central closet. The central closet is where my main internet line comes into my modem. I have a switch for my Ethernet cables. I do not use the coax cables at all for any purpose. They are not attached to anything. I do have a few places where I could use hardwired connections and came across MoCA adapters.


My question is this:


Is there one single “MoCA switch/patch panel” I can use in the central closet, so that all of the coax cables can be terminated into there, and then I can attach those cables to my Ethernet switch?


Or would I have to buy individual MoCA adapters for each coax cable I want to use as Ethernet?


Also, I’m a little confused by how people are setting these up: some people have a MoCA router, but I’m not sure what that is. Some people are connecting it to their main internet line from the ISP. And some people are buying 2 MoCA adapters and attaching them to the 2 ends of the coax cable. I’m assuming the third one is the best option for me, but I have a lot of coax cables ( 20 cables). None of these are hooked up to anything, in fact they have yet to be terminated. I wanted to see if there was a way where I wouldn’t have to buy 40 MoCA adapters.


Thank you!

 

[Marin]

Did you get to see this thread? There are links there that may eventually show different setups.

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/moca-2-5-adapters.47087/


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[kylenetwork]

Did you get to see this thread? There are links there that may eventually show different setups.

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/moca-2-5-adapters.47087/


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Hi, thanks for your reply! I just saw the multi node setup, so I’m assuming I would have one MoCA adapter in the central closet, hook it up to a 3 way splitter. Then buy 3 more MoCA adapters to use in the rooms for a total of 4 MoCA adapters. Is that correct?

If I use an 8 way splitter, I’m guessing I would have less throughput because the 2.5 gbps is shared by 8 coax cables, right?

Thanks!

 

[abailey]

It is great if all your COAX terminate in a central spot. Then you can decide how many MOCA adapters you want on a group (yes they will share bandwidth if they are in the same group, meaning off the same splitter). I have a mix in my house. For things that don't need but 100Mbit I use adapters that are much less expensive (Like $16 for a pair). https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AYMGPIO/?tag=snbforums-20

 

[kylenetwork]

It is great if all your COAX terminate in a central spot. Then you can decide how many MOCA adapters you want on a group (yes they will share bandwidth if they are in the same group, meaning off the same splitter). I have a mix in my house. For things that don't need but 100Mbit I use adapters that are much less expensive (Like $16 for a pair). https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AYMGPIO/?tag=snbforums-20

Great, thank you so much! Would I need a MoCA filter if I’m using MoCA only internally, meaning it is not set up through the main internet line?

 

[abailey]

Great, thank you so much! Would I need a MoCA filter if I’m using MoCA only internally, meaning it is not set up through the main internet line?

No you should not need a filter in that case.