Tutorial What does a moca POE filter do for my moca network ?

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See section 2.4.5

http://www.mocalliance.org/technology/Final_Best-Practices-for-Installation-of-MoCA_170516rev01.pdf

section 2.4.6 for amps

 

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2.4.5 POE Filter:

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2.4.6 Amplifiers:

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FWIW, the Best Practices PDF assumes perfect reflection, but the "PoE" MoCA filter would realistically add a slight additional loss, per the filter's return loss spec. A slide from the SCTE San Diego Chapter "MoCA Basics" presentation (PDF) illustrates the calculation:

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edit: p.s. Another MoCA presentation with similar info: "Basic MoCA" (PDF), by Robert Schaeffer, President Technology Planners, LLC

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