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I have the exact same issue. New home with cat6 cabling in every room except my office. I didn't want WiFi (WAP or bridge) because it's in a "smart home" comm
by anonymousiam 3y ago
I have the exact same issue. New home with cat6 cabling in every room except my office. I didn't want WiFi (WAP or bridge) because it's in a "smart home" community and there is much interference. I went with MOCA (Up to 1.4Gbps Gigabit Ethernet ZyXEL HLA4205) because there was a RG6 drop present. You say that you're having problems with your MOCA and that you have "PoE Filters", so I assume you mean something like the ones I use: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KO5KHSQ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KO5KHSQ
You did not say whether or not you are using the RG6 elsewhere in the house for TV. (I am.) Your RG6 cables probably terminate into a distribution transformer (splitter). I solved the interference problem by installing those filters between the antenna/CATV inputs and the distribution transformer. (If you have a cable modem fed by the same RG6 plant, you CANNOT use the RG6 plant for in-house MOCA.)
Here are some things to check:
1) Make sure you're using RG6 cable everywhere and that there is no RG59 cable being used anywhere.
2) Make sure all the F connectors on your RG6 drops are good. F connectors are generally poor and have a lot of insertion loss. You may need to scrape/sand the center conductor to ensure a good connection because it is sometimes coated/plated with some anti-corrosive.
3) Depending on the brand of MOCA adapter, you may be able to access the (undocumented) user interface by browsing to: http://192.168.1.3 http://192.168.1.3
Note that you'll need to change/add the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet to your LAN, and pick a non-conflicting IP address on that subnet in order to connect. Also, all the MOCA adapters have the same fixed IP address, so to connect to each one, you'll need to be on the Ethernet LAN side of the one you wish to communicate with. Once connected, you can see diagnostics with signal levels and a PSD graph that will show you if the frequency response of your RG6 cabling is poor. There may be some settings on the page that will allow you to change the "channel" numbers being used in your MOCA network. The menu on my (ZYXEL) MOCA adapters has a left pane with the following (JavaScript) links:
Device Info
Node Info
Statistics
Configuration
SW Update
The information page for each link loads in the frame to the right of the left pane.
With my MOCA adapters/filters, I get nearly gigabit speeds.
Here's what I get in my office (via MOCA):
Server: CenturyLink - Las Vegas, NV (id = 16446)
ISP: CenturyLink
Latency: 6.72 ms (0.13 ms jitter)
Download: 884.27 Mbps (data used: 834.4 MB)
Upload: 866.54 Mbps (data used: 690.7 MB)
Packet Loss: Not available.
Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/db691c92-eb75-4307-8050-3c7f3633de12 https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/db691c92-eb75-4307-8050-3...
And here's what I get in the rest of the house:
Server: CenturyLink - Las Vegas, NV (id = 16446)
ISP: CenturyLink
Latency: 2.94 ms (0.33 ms jitter)
Download: 938.62 Mbps (data used: 457.8 MB)
Upload: 940.63 Mbps (data used: 447.1 MB)
Packet Loss: Not available.
Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/0a2005ee-b225-4d33-9bb9-026802700239 https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/0a2005ee-b225-4d33-9bb9-0...
Note that the MOCA bridges add 3-4ms of latency.
- tguvot 3y ago>If you have a cable modem fed by the same RG6 plant, you CANNOT use the RG6 plant for in-house MOCA you can. they use different frequencies. only docsis4 may start overlap with moca. i had docsis 3.1 modem and moca 2.5 on same wiring without any problem
- anonymousiam 3y agoOkay, it MAY be possible for them to coexist, but speeds will be degraded.
- tguvot 3y agoi had 1.2gb down from xfinity and 1gb via moca. if something were degraded - i didn't find it
- anonymousiam 3y agoCan you get full bandwidth to/from the Internet while also getting full bandwidth between your MOCA adapters?
- tguvot 3y agonot in any particular order - i have better things to do with my life than doing those tests - i have now fiber and proper ethernet wiring, so i can't test even if i want - moca and docsis usually operate at different frequencies. if it's not bottom shelf equipment - why should be there any interaction ? it's same like saying that because you have cable internet your tv will have problems with tv programming - most of docsis modems top out at 1002mhz iirc. moca starts at 12xx - moca doesn't just starts running. in the beginning iirc it figures out what frequency range is usable. you can also lock it to specific range i think - i never saw xfinity provisioning channels even close to 1000mhz range
- kotaKat 3y agoThere is a weird setup that can happen as well -- MoCA overlaps with DirecTV. DirecTV gets around this by using their own frequency variant of MoCA for their set top boxes and the like (called DECA), which overlaps with standard cable frequencies. So yes, you can't use RG6 plant for in-house DECA, but you can use standard MoCA. Just make sure there's a MoCA filter at your cable entrance.