MOCA CABLE BOX TV

Side story: A few months ago, my parents upgraded to digital cable. It's important to purchase a standards compliant splitter. One of the most reputable brands is Antronix, who has a partnership with Legrand for cable splitters. You may need additional, or longer cables for your installation, which can be easily picked up online or at a home improvement store. The adapters come with a coax cable (~6.5ft), a twisted pair Ethernet cable (~3ft) and a power supply. I needed three adapters for my installation because I was installing in three rooms. At the core of the installation is the coax network (MoCA) adapter, which I purchased from Legrand through Amazon. įor the simplicity of photography, I included one each of the products used in this installation. To get the most detailed and updated information about this technology, visit the MoCA website. The MoCA 2.0 standard in development is expected to work for all service providers. For their respective multi-room DVR services, they use a proprietary coax networking technology. However, satellite TV, which runs on different spectrum, is not compatible with the 1.1 MoCA standard.

MOCA CABLE BOX TV

The technology is designed so that it does not interfere with the broadcasts of traditional cable TV service. A MoCA network is broadcasted roughly between 500MHz and 1.5GHz (1500MHz). The current standard for MoCA is 1.1 and the equipment used in this project is standards compliant. If your cable service provider offers a service called Multi-Room DVR, they are almost certainly using MoCA to enable it. MoCA stands for the Multimedia over Coax Alliance.

Just like Wi-Fi is the ubiquitous standard for wireless home networks, MoCA is the nearly ubiquitous standard for coax networks. Before I get into the installation, the next step will cover a quick overview of the coax networking technology.Ī coax network is an extension of the existing home network onto the coax cable network in the home. Fortunately, there's a wired networking solution that allows high speed Ethernet to bridge over the existing coax cable (cable TV) network in the home.

With the family room and bedroom on the opposite side of the house, expanding the wired Ethernet network conventionally would have been labor intensive. My parents' Ethernet network is limited to the home office and a small bedroom directly above it. I recommended that they switch to a wired network connection for a faster and more reliable solution. Prior to me coming home for Labor Day, they set up an Apple TV on the wireless network. My mom, who has rented Netflix DVDs for a while, wanted to start streaming her favorite shows in the family room and bedroom rather than waiting for disks. Like many existing homes, my parents' home has a limited wired Ethernet network and a wireless (Wi-Fi) network covering the rest.

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