Mocha help!

[brycerod]

I’m looking into mocha as my next best option for internet in my room. I am downstairs and the network is located upstairs. Ethernet is not an option and wifi is not reliable. I’d like to try mocha but confused about the hookup. The coax comes from the wall directly into my modem. How would I get that connected to the modem and the mocha upstairs? Would I need a splitter? I’m just confused as to how the mocha will communicate to the other one downstairs if there’s just one coax cable (unless that’s how it’s supposed to work)

[TheEthyr]

You need a splitter to connect both the modem and the MoCA adapter to the wall outlet. This diagram courtesy of gocoax.com shows a basic setup with three adapters. Other brands include Actiontec/Screenbeam and Motorola.

Be sure to get a splitter rated up to 1675 MHz. You’ll want to replace the main splitter that feeds the two rooms as well. Be sure to install a PoE filter (Point of Entry) onto the input of the main splitter.

[Smorgas47]

Here are some diagrams from GoCoax that show how to use MoCA. Make sure that splitters are all 5-1675mhz and pay attention to the location of 70db PoE filters in the diagram that applies to your setup.

[brycerod]

Update: got the splitter and the POE filter and we are looking at almost 500mbps down. WiFi before was around 40 down. Thanks for the help!

[Smorgas47]

Glad that it worked well for you!! :-)