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Reddit mentions of ACTIONTEC Home Theater Coax Network Adapter (ECB3500T01)
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We found 2 Reddit mentions of ACTIONTEC Home Theater Coax Network Adapter (ECB3500T01). Here are the top ones.
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Perfect for home theaters, with Gigabit Ethernet connections for up to four devices. Connect a Blu-ray player, DVR, gaming console, and smart TV simultaneously.Four Gigabit Ethernet ports reduces bottlenecks and delivers the lowest latency and greatest stability available to your connected devices.Supports full 270 Mbps PHY Rate/175 Mbps Data rate. Products with "fast Ethernet" cannot match this rate.Works across multiple platforms, including cable, Verizon FiOS and DIRECTVAutomatically detects and joins a service provider's MoCA network.
Specs:
| Color | Black |
| Height | 7 inches |
| Length | 6 inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | July 2013 |
| Weight | 0.7 Pounds |
| Width | 1.5 inches |
You can do it yourself.
Assuming none of your existing equipment supports MoCA, you can get a two-pack of adapters like one of these:
Edit: Note that MoCA 2.x is newer and faster than MoCA 1.x, but other than that they work the same, and are compatible with each other.
If one of the devices already supports MoCA (TiVO, some Verizon modems, etc), you can just get a single adapter instead of the two-pack.
You'll also need to get MoCA-rated splitters for your basement (or wherever the cable lines in your house run to). Either get one with as many outputs as your existing splitter and replace it completely, or get a smaller one and use it to split the signal from your main splitter into the cable for each room where you want to use MoCA. You want something like these, but there are many options with different port counts:
Finally, you need a Point-of-Entry filter to prevent your MoCA signal from leaking out to your neighbors through your cable connection. You put it on your cable line before your splitter(s) and it blocks the MoCA signal from passing through:
Edit: My setup is cabled as follows:
The cable tv / Internet line enters my home in the basement. I have the Point-of-Entry filter screwed onto the cable, and then into a MoCA splitter. Coax cables run from the splitter to various rooms in my house.
In the room with my modem and router, I have a cable from the wall jack to the "coax in" side of a MoCA adapter. I have a short cable from the "tv/stb" side of the MoCA adapter to my modem. There is an ethernet cable from the modem to the WAN port on my router (this gives my router its Internet connection), and then an ethernet cable from a LAN port on the router to the ethernet port on the MoCA adapter (this gives the MoCA network access to the Internet).
In the room with my TV, I have a cable from the wall jack to the "coax in" side of another MoCA adapter. I have don't actually use cable TV service (just Internet), but if I did, I would have a cable from the "tv/stb" side of the MoCA adapter to my TV. There is an ethernet cable from the MoCA adapter to my Roku to provide it with Internet access through the MoCA network.
I actually use this adapter: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CZ6WC3A by my TV rather than one of the smaller ones, because it has four ethernet ports instead of one. I bought it before MoCA 2.0 devices were available. If you only have one ethernet port on your adapter but need to connect multiple devices, you can get a small network switch instead. I was just trying to avoid extra boxes next to my TV.
We werent putting a TV in the room in question, and I'm a dummy who breaks stuff sometimes. I have the full run to the 3rd floor in tact, so that's all good; do I just buy this and call it a day?What's the $20 item?