[davephan]

There is a solution for the problem if you don’t have a working Eithernet connection, but do have a working coaxial connection. The solution is using two MoCA boxes.

I have fiber Internet in my garage, but there was no Eithernet cable in my laundry room which contains the distribution box for the coaxial cables and Eithernet cables. Frontier used MoCA boxes to get the Eithernet from the garage to the laundry room. The Eithernet is connected to an MoCA box at the first location, then a coaxial cable is connected to the MoCA box. At the second location, the coaxial cable is connected to the second MoCA box, and then Eithernet comes out of the second MoCA box.

I used the same MoCA solution to fix the Eithernet problem in my master bedroom. The Eithernet cable existed between the laundry room and master bedroom, but the Eithernet speed was only 10 megs. I installed another MoCA box in the laundry room and in the master bedroom. The Eithernet can then be distributed using the existing coaxial cable. The speed of the new MoCA boxes is 2,000 megs.

Most older homes have coaxial cables run to each room, but may not have Eithernet. Or, the Eithernet cable might be the old, much slower Eithernet cable. The MoCA adapters is an easy solution for that problem. I didn’t want to go through the hassle of having new Eithernet wires run through the attic and through walls. The coaxial cable can be shared between cable TV and the MoCA adapters. So, you can use the existing coaxial cable for both the MoCA boxes and cable TV, at the same time. You can easily distribute high speed Eithernet to multiple rooms using MoCA adapters. You’ll need one MoCA adapter at your distribution box, plus a MoCA adapter box at each room location.You’ll also need a high quality coaxial splitter in your distribution box. A low quality splitter is not compatible with the MoCA boxes. The high quality splitters are not expensive.

You can learn how to easily setup MoCA boxes yourself by simply searching for MoCA on YouTube. The cost for a pair of MoCA boxes is about $110, and you can easily buy them on Amazon. You probably won’t see MoCA boxes for sale at local stores, but they are easy to buy on Internet stores, like Amazon. The MoCA boxes are an easy solution to get Eithernet distributed to the rooms in your home.

My Frontier fiber Internet service is 500 megs up and down. I could get 1,000 meg up and down service for $30 more per month, but the 500 megs service is fast enough for me. Before fixing my master bedroom Eithernet problem, the speed was less than 20 megs up and down in the master bedroom. After installing the MoCA boxes, the Eithernet speed is 450 to 500 megs in the master bedroom.

You can also install WiFi access points around your house after using the MoCA boxes around your house, to dramatically improve your WiFi signal around your house. But sometimes using Eithernet connections on devices, such as video streaming boxes is the better solution than using WiFi. The MoCA boxes are an easy way to get high speed Eithernet around your house, without the hassle and expense to fish wires around your house, possibly having to repair a lot of wall damage after the wires are run through the walls.