Doing some upgrading on my inlaws home network - previously they were just using the standard router and the wifi was struggling to get to the furthest room upstairs which they use like a lounge/tv room. Tried power plugs but the results weren't great so I installed a deco mesh network which is pretty good but still suffers a bit of a loss in the tv room - so I decided to look at a moca setup along with the mesh combined with a switch so that both wifi and ethernet would be decent up there and could use ethernet for the fire tv while laptops and phones etc could still run off the wifi.
I am using a Deco Mesh setup.
I bought 2 Motorola Bonded 2.0 adapters -https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078HMDDVS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
When I checked their coax set up in the basement there was an 8-way amp on it which I discovered wasn't Moca compliant so I ordered this 9 port one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TN963JJ/?tag=snbforums-20
I set everything up but am not getting a Moca signal in the upstairs room and the 3 lights arent showing on the moca adapter downstairs (they do on the upstairs one) but I connected my ps5 to it to test and no luck.
The path is as follows:
incoming coax - amp - moca adapter - modem - mesh puck - moca adapter ethernet port > wall point upstairs - moca adapter 2 - tv box and ethernet port to ps5 to test connection.
The incoming line to the house in the basement goes into the amp - the various outputs I have then coming out of the amp, using output 2 as recommended in their video as the line going to the modem/router and the rest then going to the various points around the house. They included a power inserter with the moca compliant amp but not sure if that's necessary? Initially using the power inserter and the coax hooked up I wasnt getting any internet at the mesh network at all, then I watched their video about using output 2 as the best one for going to the router/modem so I changed that and also removed the power inserter to test that and this time I had internet via the mesh so I left it like that.
At the router then I have the coax going into the moca adapter - out of it and into the modem which is set to bridge mode and connect to the main deco on the mesh. The mesh is working so the signal seems to at least be going through the adapter ok - on the other ethernet port on the deco puck I have it running back into the moca adapter to pass the signal back to it - I then have the other moca adapter upstairs with the coax from the wall going through it to the set top box and the ethernet port connected to my ps5. On this moca adapter I get 3 green lights but on the one down by the modem I am only getting 2 - the third one showing a link does not light or blink.
As its not my own house I am not familiar with everything but as best I can see I have everything setup properly and the way it should be - the power inserter I wasnt sure on but as I said it worked without it. Its possible there is a splitter upstairs in the attic which is along the line somewhere before the upstairs room - I am going to investigate that tomorrow but outside of that I am stumped at why its not working?
I had assumed rightly or wrongly that once I was using a moca amp that the signal would get though fine (it has its own POE filter internally) and once I linked everything up it would connect between the two adapters but no joy.
Any ideas or advice appreciated - I can draw up the layout if needed but its pretty standard I think. I am assuming there is no other splitters outside the line coming in to the basement, and my father in law says he thinks the only place there is a splitter is in the attic to send the line to one or two of the rooms upstairs, I'm aware the splitter may be the issue and could be too low frequency and will check that tomorrow but maybe spots some issue in the setup or a familiar issue that crops up - ISP is TW/Spectrum if that makes any difference.
I am using a Deco Mesh setup.
I bought 2 Motorola Bonded 2.0 adapters -https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078HMDDVS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
When I checked their coax set up in the basement there was an 8-way amp on it which I discovered wasn't Moca compliant so I ordered this 9 port one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TN963JJ/?tag=snbforums-20
I set everything up but am not getting a Moca signal in the upstairs room and the 3 lights arent showing on the moca adapter downstairs (they do on the upstairs one) but I connected my ps5 to it to test and no luck.
The path is as follows:
incoming coax - amp - moca adapter - modem - mesh puck - moca adapter ethernet port > wall point upstairs - moca adapter 2 - tv box and ethernet port to ps5 to test connection.
The incoming line to the house in the basement goes into the amp - the various outputs I have then coming out of the amp, using output 2 as recommended in their video as the line going to the modem/router and the rest then going to the various points around the house. They included a power inserter with the moca compliant amp but not sure if that's necessary? Initially using the power inserter and the coax hooked up I wasnt getting any internet at the mesh network at all, then I watched their video about using output 2 as the best one for going to the router/modem so I changed that and also removed the power inserter to test that and this time I had internet via the mesh so I left it like that.
At the router then I have the coax going into the moca adapter - out of it and into the modem which is set to bridge mode and connect to the main deco on the mesh. The mesh is working so the signal seems to at least be going through the adapter ok - on the other ethernet port on the deco puck I have it running back into the moca adapter to pass the signal back to it - I then have the other moca adapter upstairs with the coax from the wall going through it to the set top box and the ethernet port connected to my ps5. On this moca adapter I get 3 green lights but on the one down by the modem I am only getting 2 - the third one showing a link does not light or blink.
As its not my own house I am not familiar with everything but as best I can see I have everything setup properly and the way it should be - the power inserter I wasnt sure on but as I said it worked without it. Its possible there is a splitter upstairs in the attic which is along the line somewhere before the upstairs room - I am going to investigate that tomorrow but outside of that I am stumped at why its not working?
I had assumed rightly or wrongly that once I was using a moca amp that the signal would get though fine (it has its own POE filter internally) and once I linked everything up it would connect between the two adapters but no joy.
Any ideas or advice appreciated - I can draw up the layout if needed but its pretty standard I think. I am assuming there is no other splitters outside the line coming in to the basement, and my father in law says he thinks the only place there is a splitter is in the attic to send the line to one or two of the rooms upstairs, I'm aware the splitter may be the issue and could be too low frequency and will check that tomorrow but maybe spots some issue in the setup or a familiar issue that crops up - ISP is TW/Spectrum if that makes any difference.