My brother used to have an issue because the room with the router had a brick wall (I think the room was probably a garage at some point) which greatly diminished the strength of the signal to the rest of the house but by putting an AP just near the hallway to that room and another one in the basement things are working fine. While a wired connection is preferred (no interference issues), a mesh system should work in most homes if you have enough access points and they are located properly. In most cases you only need about 5 Mb/sec to stream HD content and maybe 25 Mb/sec for 4K. If it is a single story (like I had in AZ), you can run the cables outside and over the roof or along the gutters and punch a hole in the wall to add an outlet.Īlso use a tool like NetSpot to walk around your house and do a rough signal survey to see where the signal is weak or where you may be getting interference from neighbors or certain electronics. If you have a multi-story home use the basement and/or attic space. In another house I was experimenting with it but found out the coax cables were not run as I thought they were and gave up on it since I was selling the house.Īlthough it can be a pain, the best path is to run ethernet cables to various rooms. In one house I used MOCA and it worked fine. When you say "poor wifi" what do you mean? Speed? Signal interference? Fios 1G is overkill for most people but that is beside the point. Has anyone had luck recently with a MOCA service? My experience was a lousy one and it was about 1 year ago. I am really looking to go to Internet only with verizon and either sling or youtube tv but need to address the streaming issues. I bought actiontecs and after hours with their tech support, couldnt get it to work and ultimately sent them back. Yes I have a mesh network but was told by my work IT person moca over the old cable lines will really help the signal. I have fios 1 gig internet but along three floors have poor wifi for streaming tv. Google wifi puck ethernet -> moca adapter ethernetįor additional wifi mesh points, it would be coax wall -> moca adapter coax and then moca adapter ethernet -> google wifi ethernetĪnd if you want to save $30, buy the Motorola ones (at Best Buy they'll be $140 instead of $169).įrugalhen wrote: ↑ Mon 12:53 pm Splitter 1 -> moca adapter coax in -> out to cable box (if you have cable box)Ĭable modem ethernet -> google wifi puck (it has two ethernet ports) I'll confirm when I get home but basically it will be: That seems reasonable for an electrician but you will be poorer and not that much better off. I've used MOCA adapters for years(Long before mesh wifi was available), and they've always worked great.ĭo not pay $1200 for ethernet line installation. Then you'll have a high speed connection through the ethernet port on that adapter, as if you were plugged straight into the router's ethernet ports. Then you just plug the adapters above into another cable outlet elsewhere in the home, and they will sync up automatically. The FIOS router basically acts as a MOCA adapter, so you just need to have it connected to your home coax wiring the way they normally do. I also understand the gateway router is MoCa equipped but don’t understand what that means.Īny help would be great! It would definitely save money over routing Ethernet lines with an electrician that quoted me $1200 My question is what do I need between the ONT line coming through the second floor wall into my router? Do I need another of what’s above? A splitter? I’m confused. I was going To buy these for the two set top boxes and connect to the tv:
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