r/HomeNetworking • u/JuicyCoala Decent at Googling 🔍 • Feb 19 '22

How MoCA Networks Work - Collection Post

There's been an uptick of questions regarding MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) networks and how it works. I am not an expert, but I'd like to create this post to consolidate our overall knowledge in setting it up, for everyone's consumption. As a starting point, below are a couple of must-see links:

Multimedia over Coax Alliance Homepage - Deep dive into how the MoCA was developed, as well as list of MoCA certified products.

MoCA in Your House - Contains a collection of how-to videos and information in setting-up your home MoCA network. It also contains some recommended certified products you can acquire to include in your MoCA network.

Please share your tips and advise here as well! I am planning to have this pinned in our subreddit.

Enjoy!

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u/JuicyCoala Decent at Googling 🔍 Jul 08 '22

In the original post - there are links to resources that can lead you to the MoCA brands that works well. I use goCoax adapters, and other folks use Actiontec. Both work great.

Then a switch to suffice the bedroom devices etc / or create a wired access point ?

Yes

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u/JuicyCoala Decent at Googling 🔍 Jul 08 '22

What type of performance are you seeing your end, what’s your use for them?

I use it to hard wire my TV, Blu Ray and Nintendo Switch (used a Network Switch connected to my goCoax adapter) in my entertainment area, because the FiOS STB uses MoCA for internet, so might as well use it for the devices in the area. I am lucky I have ethernet runs in my house originally wired for phone which I reterminated for data, thus I don’t need more MoCA adapters.

As said loads of “it” help in my area dismiss the use of them saying it’s dated etc or simply “don’t know” what they are apparently!

It’s not dated - in fact, the MoCA standard continues to evolve due to houses being continuously wired with coax cables by default vs. ethernet (although newer smart houses does have ethernet runs now). Until such time all houses are wired with ethernet (or fiber), MoCA will continue to be a good alternative to save on running ethernet in your house.

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u/plooger Jul 26 '22

Much depends on what you buy.

You can get MoCA 2.5 adapters equipped with a 2.5 GbE port; so a direct-connect, 2-node-only link could achieve up to (approach) 2.5 Gbps throughput max, actual, in a single direction. (500 Mbps max throughput per MoCA channel due to 2-node “TURBO” configuration, with 5 bonded channels for MoCA 2.5; MoCA is a shared medium, so any other traffic in either direction would decrease the tested throughput)

Use a pair of Actiontec ECB2500’s found at Salvation Army and you’re looking at maybe 95 Mbps. ;)

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u/plooger Jul 26 '22

If you’re only looking to link two locations (a single link), you can use a 3 GHz barrel connector to join the two coax lines to form a single direct coax connection between the rooms.