FYI: Throughput using aging D-Link DXN-220

[stevech]

Pair of D-Link DXN-220 MoCA bridges.

Windows 7 PC (AMD E350 CPU) used as HTPC, sending to
Synology DS212 NAS

9MB/sec (72Mbps), for a 30GB file (disk image)

My units don't (yet) have the new firmware for MoCA 1.1 which claims it provides higher throughput via packet aggregation.

I think that speed is best one can expect with this generation of MoCA. Certainly OK for HD video streaming.

The products say DX220 but the literature says DX221. Confusion.


(Though I'm no D-Link fan, these two bridges have been in use 24/7 for well over a year.)

 

[scottyja]

Good info. You recommended a MoCA solution on a different post I had and I think it might be a good fit for what I need. But it doesn't look like many retailers have these units in stock. I was looking at either the D-Link or Netgear products, and both are unavailable from Amazon and Newegg. Is this a dead/dying technology? If so, it's unfortunate. Many of the houses near us have plenty of coax connections, but built before Cat 5/5e was common.

 

[stevech]

I've seen about 6 manufacturers for MoCA boxes.

I think I paid about $175 for the pair, like 2 years ago.

MoCA is kind of complicated for the consumer market. HPNA is simpler, but I preferred to avoid power line irregularities, noise and so on.
MoCA is still widely used by Cable TV set top boxes (in-built) for whole-house-DVRs.

And the (cursed) U-Verse used it.