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How did you spend less than $200 on APs and MoCA adapters? Each MoCA adapter is like $50 and you need at least 2 of them to be useful. It seems like cheaper APs

How did you spend less than $200 on APs and MoCA adapters? Each MoCA adapter is like $50 and you need at least 2 of them to be useful. It seems like cheaper APs can run ~$30 but only support 2.4Ghz/300 Mbps. I just invested in 4 MoCA adapters and a Ubiquiti UDM/2 small APs (tall & skinny row home with 3 floors but now I get 500 Mbps everywhere in the house including the roof) but it ran way over $200.

easton 4y ago
Most of the mesh APs I've seen on the market also have Ethernet ports so you don't have to just extend the wireless signal around the house. So if OP already had the APs (which it sounds like they did), they just needed to get the MoCA adapters.
- sowbug 4y ago
  Yup, that's what happened. They are $50 each on Amazon US. I think they even included short Ethernet cables, so I didn't even have to root around in the garage to find extras. FWIW, I got only the 1Gbps speed, rather than 2.5Gbps, because my fiber internet tops out at around 900Mbps and I'm the only one in my family who does anything substantial the local network. For once in my life, I might have enough bandwidth at home.
MegaDeKay 4y ago
Can I ask what adapters you are using that cost you around $50? Here in Canada I am having trouble finding MoCA adapters that don't cost double that.
- sowbug 4y ago
  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MQG6T61/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MQG6T61/ are $99.99 for a two-pack.
  - MegaDeKay 4y ago
    Thanks but these guys appear to be quite expensive up here. Cheapest MoCA units I can find on Amazon.ca hover around $163 C$ a pair. However, in the process, I discoved that DirecTV DECA adapters can be used on "dark coax" for $41 C$ a pair. Whoa! They top out at 100MBit/sec, but that would be plenty for my use case. And I just happen to have a fair bit of this "dark coax" running through my house.
    - sowbug 4y ago
      Neat hack! If you ever do light up that cable with TV service, remember to unhook the adapters, because they can't coexist with digital cable. I wonder whether DirecTV engineers approached their management during DECA development and said "we have a problem: this technology we're working on interferes with digital cable," and management replied "uh, yeah, that's not a problem." :)

easton 4y ago

Most of the mesh APs I've seen on the market also have Ethernet ports so you don't have to just extend the wireless signal around the house. So if OP already had the APs (which it sounds like they did), they just needed to get the MoCA adapters.

sowbug 4y ago
Yup, that's what happened. They are $50 each on Amazon US. I think they even included short Ethernet cables, so I didn't even have to root around in the garage to find extras. FWIW, I got only the 1Gbps speed, rather than 2.5Gbps, because my fiber internet tops out at around 900Mbps and I'm the only one in my family who does anything substantial the local network. For once in my life, I might have enough bandwidth at home.

MegaDeKay 4y ago

Can I ask what adapters you are using that cost you around $50? Here in Canada I am having trouble finding MoCA adapters that don't cost double that.

sowbug 4y ago
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MQG6T61/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MQG6T61/ are $99.99 for a two-pack.
- MegaDeKay 4y ago
  Thanks but these guys appear to be quite expensive up here. Cheapest MoCA units I can find on Amazon.ca hover around $163 C$ a pair. However, in the process, I discoved that DirecTV DECA adapters can be used on "dark coax" for $41 C$ a pair. Whoa! They top out at 100MBit/sec, but that would be plenty for my use case. And I just happen to have a fair bit of this "dark coax" running through my house.
  - sowbug 4y ago
    Neat hack! If you ever do light up that cable with TV service, remember to unhook the adapters, because they can't coexist with digital cable. I wonder whether DirecTV engineers approached their management during DECA development and said "we have a problem: this technology we're working on interferes with digital cable," and management replied "uh, yeah, that's not a problem." :)