Have recently moved to a house and had ATT install Gigabit Fiber. They provided us their own ONT/Router combo (BGW320) which I have set up in a IP-Passthrough mode and using Netgear Orbi Router (Router mode) and one Orbi satellite. The backhaul between satellite and router is currently wireless.
The house has CAT5E drops in a few places downstairs but they are mostly located in weird spots sadly and terminated in to RJ11 phone jacks. I can replace these with RJ45 plates/jacks but the existing jacks seem to have been installed with landlines in mind and not where one would ideally place a router or a media device of any kind…
I am looking to get wired connectivity between Router and Satellite as well as to some of the locations in the house to leverage as much of the bandwidth as possible. I did take a look in the attic to see if dropping CAT6 cables to the desired locations would be possible but it doesn’t seem very friendly for walking around. Thought about Powerline adapters but they’ve been a bit underwhelming for me in the past as far as throughput is concerned. Read about MOCA 2.5 adapters and they seem like a good solution.
The adapters I am looking at are:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XYDG7WN/?tag=snbforums-20
Would really appreciate if you guys can provide some insight into the proposed set up below and see if it would even work. Any suggestions to improve this set up would be great.
Current setup:
ATT Fiber >> BGW320 | BGW320 (LAN port) < Ethernet cable (in wall) > (RJ45 outlet Master BR) > Netgear Orbi Router > (wireless/wifi backhaul) Orbi satellite > PC, NAS.
Everything else (phones, tablets, laptops) is connected via WiFi currently. The bandwidth is not bad for general purpose but would most likely prove insufficient as the bandwidth consumption goes up once we unpack and connect media devices and TVs via Wifi.
Proposal:
ATT Fiber >> BGW320 > BGW320 (LAN port) < Ethernet Cable > (Ethernet port) MOCA 2.5 adapter (MOCA COAX connector) > 3-way COAX splitter > RG6 cables going to 3 different COAX wall jacks (L1, L2, L3)
L1 (Living Room - downstairs): COAX wall jack > MOCA 2.5 adapter > Ethernet cable > Orbi Router > TV, NVIDIA shield, etc.
L2 (Home Office - upstairs): COAX wall jack > MOCA 2.5 adapter > Ethernet cable > Orbi Satellite > PC, NAS, Printer, etc.
L3: (Master BR - downstairs): COAX wall jack > MOCA 2.5 adapter > Ethernet cable > Switch > TV, Apple TV, game console, etc.
Considerations:
The house has CAT5E drops in a few places downstairs but they are mostly located in weird spots sadly and terminated in to RJ11 phone jacks. I can replace these with RJ45 plates/jacks but the existing jacks seem to have been installed with landlines in mind and not where one would ideally place a router or a media device of any kind…
I am looking to get wired connectivity between Router and Satellite as well as to some of the locations in the house to leverage as much of the bandwidth as possible. I did take a look in the attic to see if dropping CAT6 cables to the desired locations would be possible but it doesn’t seem very friendly for walking around. Thought about Powerline adapters but they’ve been a bit underwhelming for me in the past as far as throughput is concerned. Read about MOCA 2.5 adapters and they seem like a good solution.
The adapters I am looking at are:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XYDG7WN/?tag=snbforums-20
Would really appreciate if you guys can provide some insight into the proposed set up below and see if it would even work. Any suggestions to improve this set up would be great.
Current setup:
ATT Fiber >> BGW320 | BGW320 (LAN port) < Ethernet cable (in wall) > (RJ45 outlet Master BR) > Netgear Orbi Router > (wireless/wifi backhaul) Orbi satellite > PC, NAS.
Everything else (phones, tablets, laptops) is connected via WiFi currently. The bandwidth is not bad for general purpose but would most likely prove insufficient as the bandwidth consumption goes up once we unpack and connect media devices and TVs via Wifi.
Proposal:
ATT Fiber >> BGW320 > BGW320 (LAN port) < Ethernet Cable > (Ethernet port) MOCA 2.5 adapter (MOCA COAX connector) > 3-way COAX splitter > RG6 cables going to 3 different COAX wall jacks (L1, L2, L3)
L1 (Living Room - downstairs): COAX wall jack > MOCA 2.5 adapter > Ethernet cable > Orbi Router > TV, NVIDIA shield, etc.
L2 (Home Office - upstairs): COAX wall jack > MOCA 2.5 adapter > Ethernet cable > Orbi Satellite > PC, NAS, Printer, etc.
L3: (Master BR - downstairs): COAX wall jack > MOCA 2.5 adapter > Ethernet cable > Switch > TV, Apple TV, game console, etc.
Considerations:
- I do not have any TV service and media consumption is mostly Netflix and media stored on the NAS locally and played using media devices such as NVIDIA Shield or Vero4K+.
- Living room - not possible for me to run Ethernet cable here. COAX is ideally situated where TV would go. Would like to have either the Router or Satellite placed here for WiFi coverage purposes.
- Master BR - has ethernet jack but is weirdly placed on the wall opposite to where the TV would go. COAX is situated in the appropriate spot.
- Home office - Can run ethernet cable here but would like to avoid the hassle if COAX can do the job.
- BGW320 (Master BR Closet) - RG supplied by ATT doesn’t have COAX connector. Fiber line is coming from outside to an external wall in the Master BR closet (one corner of the house). Closet has COAX and CAT5E cables coming in to a panel box right next to the RG. BGW320 is set to IP-Passthrough and is passing the WAN IP to the Orbi Router connected with in-wall CAT5E and placed in Master BR. Would like to move this router out to the Living room to have better coverage to rest of the downstairs as mentioned above.
- Will connecting MOCA adapter directly to BGW320 via ethernet cable work?
- Will this proposed setup allow Orbi Satellite to connect to the Orbit Router in a “wired backhaul” connection?
- Will devices connected in various locations such as NVIDIA Shield (L1) be able to “see” or connect to the NAS (L2)?
- Any filters/amplifiers needed for this setup? Where?
- Are the MOCA adapters linked above good enough? Can I do better?