MOCA Adapter via Mesh or Powerline

For reference, our house is two stories, with an Asus RT-AX82U V2 connected to the NBN box in the master bedroom at the front on the second floor. There is an additional two Asus XT8 AX6600 Mesh units in the middle of the second floor and the middle of the bottom floor. Each mesh unit is right next to an aerial port that was used for TV viewing. Would it be possible to have a MOCA adapter plugged into each of these ports and then have the ethernet from the MOCA plugged into each mesh on the first and second floors?

Will they roughly achieve the 1Gbps plan speed that we are paying for, if I plug in additional ethernet cables from the meshes into other devices, such as my PC? Is this the same as a wired backhaul with ethernet wiring setup around the house?

If this doesn't work, I may get Powerline adapters instead, as it isn't feasible to get wiring done due to the nature of our house and how old it is.

Comments

  • +1

    Can you pull Ethernet through by pulling the coax out?

    • Doubt it, unless we get someone out to have a look, I'd rather not get into something that I don't have much experience doing.

      • +2

        Anything except ethernet is a poor alternative. If you own the house and aren't using the coax, worth getting a cabler to take a look. It may be very simple, and once done will last decades.

  • There is absolutely no way you’re going to get gigabit with powerline adapters.

    • what about G.hn ?

      • Sorry, don’t know enough about it :(

  • +2

    It’s a shame you’re not in Melbourne. I’ve got some experience setting up MoCA connections. They can be on par with a proper Ethernet connection (I’m running gigabit across the house now).

    It’ll come down to the actual coaxial points in the house. You’ve got to have two (or more) points that connect with each other for the network to sync across the house. Our lounge room had three coax points, but of them, only one worked with the existing port in the bedroom. Once wired up though, everything worked perfectly - until I started having drop outs. It turns out I had to go back and terminate any unused coax points to avoid things going haywire. Since then, nothing but smooth sailing.

    As stated above: powerline adapters are good, but not for high speed connections. You’ll lose 80% of those gigabit speeds right off the bat, and that’s not factoring in wiring issues.

    MoCA is definitely more widely used in America, but it’s starting to become more common here.

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