![]() Maybe too much detail here, but options to extend a cabke, even if it is just ONE for an access point elsewhere in the house, are certainly possibilities. In the rooms I needed to go up from the bottom I drilled through the 2x4 supporting the walls, and then cut a hole in the drywall for the faceplate, and in the one room where that wasn't an option (extension with a original concrete foundation wall - would have required heavy drilling) I went onto the attic space, and ran it down inside a closet, tucked behind the door sides and then installed the faceplate on the wall on the other side. I installed a 8-port switch there (There is a two-port electricity outlet, one used by the heater/ac system), and then ran several cables UP to the attic space in the shaft space there, and then connected one bedroom and a ceiling mounted AP in the hallway, as well as 2 cables going DOWN again and then up into two bedrooms where I installed a wall CAT5e plug. I ran 1 cable from the edge of the house (where the internet comes in) to the heating closet in the hallway by pulling it UNDER the house and UP into the closet. I did CAT5e in my house because I did it 12 years ago, but nowadays CAT6 is very affordable. I can only imagine what bigger homes go through.Here in Southern California, many houses are built with a raised foundation (so about 1-2 feet of room under the house) or a small attic space (1 to 5ft above the ceiling) so it is relatively easy to run CAT6 cabling to various locations. My problem exists in a relatively small house. Again, you only need one port in a room or so, and use a switch where needed. If you are not wired for coax, then there should be no difference wiring for Ethernet. Who needs a zillion ports on your router? Get an Ethernet switch or switches and you can have as many as you want. Someone explain to me xfinitys actual future?The only way WiFi is expanding is by using higher frequencies, which have a harder time going through walls and even glass. I mean I would take hardwire ethernet over coax but routers get less and less Ethernet ports every year. Xfinity is already behind on tech Advancements. A wifi box will constantly disconnect and be slow.Įven my small house has deadzones, i need coax.Ĭoax should exist until wifi and routers get better range and more stable connections, which is a long way off. Think of bigger homes where the wifi doesnt reach the basement very good. So it would be on the customer to do that? Coax will always exist and is cheaper than installing powerlines in peoples home, which comcast doesnt do. Yeah i dk why they dont keep making coax boxes. Learn more about MoCA adapters in my article, Ethernet Over Coax?! A Complete Guide to MoCA Adapters. Some modems may include built-in MoCA support, making it so that you only need a single adapter.Įxample MoCA Home Network Kevin Jones / TechReviewer That's it! MoCA adapters are typically plug and play, meaning that no additional configuration is required.The computers connect to the MoCA adapters with Ethernet cables. ![]() Upstairs, you can provide Internet access to each computer by connecting MoCA adapters to nearby coax outlets.The MoCA adapter is then connected to the modem using an Ethernet cable. You can share the downstairs coax outlet with the cable modem by using a MoCA-compatible coax splitter.Suppose you have a cable modem downstairs and multiple computers in various rooms upstairs which need Internet access.Multi-node configurations can also function as an Ethernet hub. MoCA adapters behave like an extension for an Ethernet cable. MoCA was initially developed for streaming video over the Internet for set-top boxes and smart TVs but is now available for general use in home networks.Ī pair of MoCA adapters allows you to use a coax cable for Ethernet communication. MoCA, which stands for Multimedia over Coax Alliance, is a standards group that defined how networking can occur over coax cables via MoCA Adapters.
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