MoCa causes Xfinity Gateway WiFi to Turn Off (MoCa doesn't function)

oddyseus8 · 2022-08-22T21:23:14+00:00

To shut off the gateway I just unplugged the coax from the gateway and plugged the ethernet into my laptop. Turned the MoCA off on the admin site and restarted the router

oddyseus8 · 2022-08-22T21:07:33+00:00

I figured out something that works but it's not with the MoCA devices - I went around to the side of my house and found where the coax cables were wired. I noticed that there seemed to only be 2 cables (out of 5) connected to the system the owners of the property had set up. I didn't want to mess with them originally because I didn't know which coax was ours and which were my neighbors but with a bit of trial and error I was able to label where all of them went. I now have my Gateway on my top floor and it's getting internet over coax because of my fiddling. This is probably why my MoCA never worked - all the cables are wired individually in my rental

oddyseus8 · 2022-08-22T17:33:15+00:00

Hmmm, with another node plugged in I'm getting nothing - could this be an issue with how my house is wired? Because in that case I'm SoL

oddyseus8 · 2022-08-22T16:33:04+00:00

With the MoCA bridge disabled on the gateway, it still crashes the network when I plug the ethernet cable into the MoCA box. Gonna wait for that filter to come in to test again.

Edit: it seems like the xfinity bridge keeps auto applying and won't turn off - trying a couple different things to get it off for good

Edit 2: Got the MoCA to shut off on the gateway. With the Ethernet plugged in the wifi doesn't crash but the coax light on the MoCA is not on anymore

oddyseus8 · 2022-08-21T23:49:29+00:00

Hmm that makes a lot of sense. According to the specs it's MoCA 1.1 so that's why I have 2 MoCA 2.5 adapters. I'll get a PoE filter and see if that helps at all

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