We just purchased a house that was built in 2010 and my issue is they did not run any ethernet cables and the entire house including the basement is finished with sheet rock so I have no access to run wires. I was researching wifi mesh systems and someone on reddit suggested MOCA...which I had never heard of...and with some basic research think that MOCA could work for me as there are coax jacks in every location that I currently would like wired ethernet.
The house is serviced by Frontier Fiber and comes into the bedroom on one end of the house and they installed an ONT and then an arris router/wifi device. I want to get wired ethernet at the family room in the basement and the mechanical room in the basement. The mechanical room has an incoming line from the outside dish that goes to a 2 way splitter. Please note that we are not going to be utilizing DISHTV...but just mentioning it as it is existing. All the other runs of coax are near this splitter and are just bare wires...no ends on them (I have a compression tool to install my own ends).
I am trying to do research...but am a little concerned on what to purchase. I see the gocoax is a popular recommendation for the MOCA adapter and I am assuming that I need 3 MA2500D gocoax moca 2.5 adapters (bedroom, family room and mechanical room).
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POE...do I need one of these if no coax line leaves my house? If I still need one any recommendation...also not sure where to place it.
Splitter - any recommendation...right now I only envision 3 points needed wired ethernet...should I get a larger one in case that changes and just add terminators to the unused splitter ports? This splitter will be in mechanical room..once moca is installed in bedroom does this line go to the in of the splitter then the outs go to the other two locations I want ethernet?
I am also confused on location of the moca adapters, right now I am connected as follows:
ONT->Ethernet to ->Arris Router ->ethernet to -> eero wifi (all these devices are in the bedroom where the fiber enters the house). Where does the adapter go?
Sorry for so many questions...I would normally keep researching..but I want to place my order ASAP so I can make an attempt at installing this weekend.
Thanks for any assistance!
The house is serviced by Frontier Fiber and comes into the bedroom on one end of the house and they installed an ONT and then an arris router/wifi device. I want to get wired ethernet at the family room in the basement and the mechanical room in the basement. The mechanical room has an incoming line from the outside dish that goes to a 2 way splitter. Please note that we are not going to be utilizing DISHTV...but just mentioning it as it is existing. All the other runs of coax are near this splitter and are just bare wires...no ends on them (I have a compression tool to install my own ends).
I am trying to do research...but am a little concerned on what to purchase. I see the gocoax is a popular recommendation for the MOCA adapter and I am assuming that I need 3 MA2500D gocoax moca 2.5 adapters (bedroom, family room and mechanical room).
.
POE...do I need one of these if no coax line leaves my house? If I still need one any recommendation...also not sure where to place it.
Splitter - any recommendation...right now I only envision 3 points needed wired ethernet...should I get a larger one in case that changes and just add terminators to the unused splitter ports? This splitter will be in mechanical room..once moca is installed in bedroom does this line go to the in of the splitter then the outs go to the other two locations I want ethernet?
I am also confused on location of the moca adapters, right now I am connected as follows:
ONT->Ethernet to ->Arris Router ->ethernet to -> eero wifi (all these devices are in the bedroom where the fiber enters the house). Where does the adapter go?
Sorry for so many questions...I would normally keep researching..but I want to place my order ASAP so I can make an attempt at installing this weekend.
Thanks for any assistance!