works well when tethered to coaxial cable, easily reach speeds of 1Gbps connected through cat5E

Funktioniert zuverlässig und ist Plug-and-Play. Es sind 2 Splitter, 2 Koax-Kabel und 2 LAN-Kabel mitgeliefert. Für Deutschland benötigt man nur noch 2 Reiseadapter für die Netzteile. Über eine Direktverbindung via vorhandenem Koax-Kabel (ca. 20 Meter Kabellänge) habe ich eine andere Wohnung mit meinem Glasfaseranschluss versorgt und es kommen ohne Schwankungen knapp 1.000 MBit/s an. Ggf. kann hier sogar noch mehr übertragen werden, wenn der Glasfaseranschluss nicht limitieren würde. Mit so einer guten Performance im Praxiseinsatz hätte ich nicht gerechnet.

In my house, the UHF TV signal is distributed throughout the house by a 12 way distribution amplifier fed from a log periodic aerial in the loft. There is a restrictive covenant covering all houses on the estate that prohibits any aerials other than satellite dishes and these must be fitted below the roof line. My house is in a dip and out of sight of the transmitting aerial some 15 miles away. The signal can be intermittent and prone to distortion especially in certain weather conditions. To provide a good signal to the two main reception rooms I used an existing SkyQ satellite dish to receive Freesat satellite signals. This meant that the two coax cables from the distribution amplifier in these rooms are not needed. However, a consistent high speed network feed for streaming is essential. This led to a decision to unplug these coax cables from the distribution amplifier in the loft and connect them together so that there is a continuous coax cable between the lesser reception room which houses the FTTP (Fibre to the premise) broadband feed and the main reception room. They are 15m apart. Initially, I purchased the ScreenBeam starter pack of MoCA Network Adapters (ECB6250) and they were an immediate success. Installation is very simple and quick. I had the link working in ten minutes. I was so pleased with the setup that I then purchased an additional single adapter to connect the Office computers to the net. I replaced the coax cable connector in the loft with one of the splitters included with the kits and then connected the Office cable to the splitter. I was delighted with the results. The average of a series of Ookla broadband speed tests using the computer in the office returned a download speed of 941 Mbps and an upload speed of 110 Mbps.If you are interested in using these MoCA adapters I would suggest using F Type cable connectors throughout. In my setup, the coax cables to the distribution amp were already F Type and I replaced the face plates in the Reception rooms and Office with F type faceplates. Also you will need to purchase USA to GB plug adapters as the kits come from the USA. That said, service from the company via Amazon was outstanding and the units were delivered within days and update information was timely and informative.

I'm stunned at how well these MoCA coax adapters work and how easy they are to set up. I thought I was tech-savvy, but I clearly wasn't because I wasted a lot of money on WIFI range extenders and mesh systems that never worked well. WIFI range extenders and mesh systems take the signal from the home router and try to bounce it to the range extender or mesh node, which then tries to bounce it to the next node and so on. The problem is the range extender cuts down the WFI signal by 50% and it and the mesh nodes only work well when they're in sight of each other. That's not very efficient for larger houses or houses that don't have an open floor plan.Obviously, the best way to extend WIFI is to have your house wired with ethernet cables, but how many people have that? Answer: not many. However, almost everyone has coax running in their house for cable TV and that is where MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) comes in. A MoCA adapter allows additional routers to receive an internet signal directly from your modem through the existing coax cable in your walls. You just plug the coax from your wall into an adapter and then plug the included ethernet cord from the adapter to an additional router, and now you have a super-strong WIFI signal as if the main router and additional router were connected by an ethernet cable.It works brilliantly and immediately, and the good news is you can set up as many routers as you need if you have a coax outlet in your desired room. I set this up in my mother's large colonial house where WIFI signal goes to die. I put three adapters in separate rooms and attached three old routers I had laying around and Voila, my mother loves me again!Ok, now for the Pro-Life Tips.1. THIS WILL NOT WORK FOR SATELLITE TV! CABLE ONLY! Sorry, but you're SOL w/ DirecTV and Dish2. You do not need a MoCA adapter at your modem if your modem is already MoCA enabled. You will need to hook up one of the adapters to the modem if it is not MoCA enabled. A lot of people rent a combination modem/router from their cable provider. The newer ones are already MoCA enabled and if it's not, your cable provider will trade your old modem/router for an updated one for free.3. Speaking of renting a modem/router combo...don't. Buy a separate ARRIS SURFboard Modem and whatever router you want and it will pay for itself in about a year. Don't give your hard-earned shekels to the corp bastards.4. You need a MoCA 2 way splitter if you're running your additional router off a coax that is also providing a cable signal to a TV. The instructions and diagram that come with the adapters aren't clear about this. The adapter set comes with one 2 way splitter, but you will need a 2nd one if you're going to set up two adapters and two additional routers. You can buy a 2-way splitter at Lowe's or Home Depot for $6. Just make sure it is MoCA compliable. Also, the box comes with two short coax cables, but you will need two more if you're connecting them with two TVs. You can buy 3 ft. coax for cheap if you don't have extras laying around.5. The MoCA adapter does not send out a WIFI signal by itself! You must use an additional router for each adapter. Any old router will do, so you don't need to blow your brains out on the latest and the greatest. However, you still need your original "Home Base" router that you have already been using.6. Instructions. How to set up in a room where you already have a TV and your modem is MoCA enabled: Unscrew the coax from the cable box and screw it into the "cable in" port on the splitter. Now screw in another coax to the "cable out" port of the splitter and run it back into the cable box. Cable TV is now all set. Screw another coax to the other "cable out" port of the splitter and screw the other end into the "cable in" port on the adapter. Then plug the provided ethernet cable into the adapter and plug the other end into the WAN port of your router. Plug adapter and router into the wall or outlet strip and enjoy that sweet, sweet rock hard WIFI signal.7. Please know the difference between "your" and "you're". Your is possessive, ie: your new MoCA adapter. You're is a contraction of you are, ie: you're going to love your new MoCA adapter. (See what I did there?)8. Enjoy your strong WIFI signal and please be safe and please be nice to each other. We're all in this trying time together and a little kindness goes a long way. Cheers.

If you need a hard-wired solution because wifi is not reliable in your home and/or not fast enough then this is your answer. Don't bother with Powerline Adapters. I had powerline adapters in my home for years and they are flaky. I would routinely lose connectivity at least once a day (usually twice), which would require me to physically pull out the adapter from the receptacle. Frustrating. And worse, the speeds that it claims were total BS.Enter Moca 2.0 (ECB6200). Night and Day. These things worked great out of the box. I have a gigabit network and my real-world speeds between PCs is 940Mbps. It's as fast as you're gonna get.Anyway, there are two versions of the ECB6200. The v2A and v2C. The 2C is the newer model and has vents on top (as u see in this product picture). It already comes with the latest firmware. Don't make the mistake asking support to give u a firmware that you think is a higher version (the v2A firmware has a higher # than then the 2C) because it will cause your 2C to act erratically (which can be fixed by reinstalling its original firmware).Also, you can access its admin page via 192.168.144.30 -- you will need to set your NIC card with a static IP with the gateway set to 192.168.144.1 .. Not much to do in there besides check the stats.Also, other things to note. In the adapter's admin page under Node Info don't be concerned if your Phys Speed is 600Mbps+ ... due to bonding it means you are 600 x 2 = 1200Mbps. If you are below 600 it means you have some issues on your coax, which is fixable e.g. you may need a moca filter, you might have one or more DVR units using the MOCA frequency, or you simply need a terminator on your moca adapter. All of these are simple fixes.Sorry for the rambling and the raw review. I'd clean it up and make it more coherent but i am not sure anyone will ever read this.Update: It's been some years since buying these and to this day i am still using these MOCA devices. They are still working perfectly. ScreenBeam, the manufacturer, still provides quality support for them. Just the other day i reached out and asked if there were firmware updates. And indeed there were. They walked me through on how to upgrade my moca devices. Very smooth. And it adds some new, unique features not present before. Fantastic!