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GoCoax Multi-gigabit MoCA 2.5 Adapter with 2.5 Gig Ethernet Review – Network Extender for CATV Wires








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VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 – Intro
01:52 – Price & Comparison with other GoCoax Adapter
02:31 – Interoperability with older MoCA Devices
03:01 – Splitter recommendation
04:03 – Setup
04:23 – Security
05:53 – Monitoring MoCA Connections
06:29 – Internet Speed Test
08:56 – Local Network iPerf Test
10:00 – Network File Copy Test
10:52 – Conclusion

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42 Comentários

  1. Will my internet speed increase by just using one device hooked up to my cable modem or do I need a second device hooked up somewhere else?
    I want to increase my wi-fi speed but I don't have a coax connection on my desktop pc. I'm confused.

  2. I have RG6 cables going through my home, but they are not continuous, as in some of them have connecters. Is that going to affect the performance of Moca connections or do they not matter?

  3. I only bought 1 MoCa 2.5 (WF-803M) and I couldn't connect to the internet. Does this mean I need at least 2?
    My standard connection with just one is [wall (coaxal) +> MoCa +> PC]

    Are there any difference with the Moca MA2500D or C with the WF-803M?
    Right now I have the MoCa WF-803M. Is it inferior to the others?

  4. Awesome video. I just set up a MoCA network myself with a GoCoax device. It works pretty good but it’s not perfect. I have a 1200mbps Comcast plan but only get about 800mbps to the goCoax. I use a Cat6e cable so I’m not sure why I can’t get the full speed. I get the full speed when I plug directly into my router. 800mbps is good enough for my purposes but it drives my OCD crazy haha

  5. Instead of me getting two of those adapters will it still work if I can just get one adapter so that way I can use it for one device that can connect to Ethernet only if there’s no way I can ever run an Ethernet cable from the router to a device that’s on the opposite side of the house in the garage?

  6. I have 2gbps internet connection and i only get 800-900mbps i use this gocoax i follow your step what should i do?

  7. This seems like a pretty positive review, but I'm not sure how the GoCoax stacks up to other MoCa 2.5 adapters? I'm having issues with the Trendnet TMO-312C2K within the return window, and am considering replacing it with the Motorola MM1025/2025 set @ $40 off. But I'm curious if between GoCoax, Motorola, ScreenBeam (Actiontec), or Translite you might recommend one over the other (or caution against any of them). Thanks!

  8. Hello, everyone. Is there anyone of you here know if these moca adapters will work even you don’t have cable tv subscription anymore? I mean, I still have all the coax cable in every room from our cable tv provider before but I already stopped/canceled my tv subscription. So does these moca adapters will still work? Because I read one review in Amazon saying that if you don’t have active cable tv subscription anymore, even you still have those existing coax cables it won’t work. They said you need to have a cable tv subscription active for it to work. Can anyone tell me if it is true? Thanks

  9. I have internet 2000 ft away from my house. Can I use one of these devices where internet is received via ethernet connection (not cable) to push the signal over the cable 2000ft, connect the cable to this device at home and then run the ethernet cable to my router? Yes, confusing. Help please. Currently use corinex CableLAN boxes. the corinex boxes convert the signals from digital to analog in order to push that far. Do these do the same thing?

  10. I'm trying to go from coax to my ethernet wifi router. I purchased this unit to convert it but it's not working. Any suggestions?

  11. I just got my two MOCA 2.5 adapters from ActionTech/ScreenBeam. I was upgrading from two PowerLine adapters which didnt have very good speeds. It was pretty much plug and play and worked great out of the box. Now I can get my full bandwidth of 500/500 Up/Down from my Office Frontier router (for internet only not TV) to my bedroom which had the COAX wired already where I used to have one of my Cable DVR setups. Now I dont have to ise wifi and get limited speeds for steaming. Great stuff. keep it up

  12. I bought Kiwee 2.5 gbe MoCa adapters right before the Gocoax 2.5 gbe adapters came out. The go coax adapters look great. I bought 2.5 gbe switches for each room to make sure there were no bottlenecks so the wired connections are all the same over the house until they hit the clients. Download speeds via MoCa have been great. Download around 1400 mbps on a 1200 mbps subscription (over provisioning by the ISP). Also wireless speeds have increased to 850 mbps download by wiring up most of the devices in my home freeing up wifi channels. Great video!

  13. Will these work if you have directv please tell me normally you have to use the older Motorolla with 1.1 to get them to work correctly

  14. Honestly, the lack of a splitter is a pro, not a con in my opinion. You don't have to take the signal loss of a splitter if you don't need it, whereas if it was built in you're taking the signal loss introduced by the splitter even if you don't use the downstream output. "It's not that much" you might say, but what if you have three devices at one drop, a modem, a TV, and your MoCA adapter? A single three way splitter will get you less signal loss than two cascaded two-way splitters. Yes, this version is a little more work, but it saves some cost and is actually more flexible

  15. I've been using MoCA adapters in my home since 2017. Dead solid reliable, and saved me a lot of hassle of running ethernet throughout my house. My house was built in 2017 and for some strange reason the builder only wired it with coax, but had no ethernet. Those Comcast speeds you get are impressive… I thought I was doing good to get 900mbps up/down from AT&T fiber.

  16. I asked the manufacturer on the previous version and this version, they said that this is NOT compatible with Dish Network or DirecTV due to overlapping frequencies. 🙁

  17. Thanks for all the coverage on all these devices! I ended up getting the gocoax 2.5 with gigabit ports. Those are perfect for my needs. For the foreseeable future all my connections will be gigabit and having the 2.5 back haul is exactly what I needed. Now time to decide on a mesh wifi system.

  18. Lon, great video. I’ve installed over 50 Moca networks, mostly using the popular Actiontec units and others. Does security feature isolate clients when 2-16 are on a single network? Or must we use vlans to achieve isolation. Do these pass through vlan information.

    MOCA runs at 1150 to 1400 MHz, so you must be very careful of splitters. Most splitters for Comcast and other cable networks only go up to 1000 MHz. Try to avoid splitters with more than 2-3 outputs because power loss is great. A 2-way splitter loses 50% and a three way (5dB) loses about 70%. Terminations on unused ports prevent reflections causing interference.

  19. My house was built in ‘58 and MOCA has been wonderful since I have not had to open walls or drill through ceilings for Ethernet . I’ve been using the 1Gb standard for almost two years I believe. I see no reason to upgrade now since I have relatively slow internet, but I love there are options to eventually evolve into.

    On a different question, why are your download/upload speeds nearly identical? I’ve never had that on my Comcast cable internet. I believe mine is 50/5.

    Wonderful video. Thank you, Lon.

  20. Do you have any advice for running two MoCA networks on the same cable. FIOS STB (TV Boxes) requires the use of their Verizon router which runs MoCA 1.5. Adding a second MoCA network would require the second network to be isolated by ensuring this network is on a different frequency than the Verizon router. The Verizon router is set up to run in bridge mode and is used only to provision and provide a MoCA network to the STB's. Thanks

  21. I tried some from Allnet some years back, they did not work in my home in Germany. The sat dish is connected to an LNB multi-switcher in the attic and from this 5 coax cables runs to each room. I was not able to get any signal between the rooms with that setup.

  22. Pretty cool. I didn't know these exist.

    I've used ethernet over powerline but it didn't perform well for me.

    Eventually I just took the time to run ethernet around the home.

  23. See, this is why I love your channel. A review of an unknown (to me!) & seemingly "mundane" product that actually provides great functionality! This would be perfect for my parents' house… (assuming I can ever travel internationally again to install it for them… 😅😩)

  24. Cool. Might look into MoCa again when I go back to gigabit. I was using DirecTV adapters and those were definitely not gigabit. Cheap as heck tho.

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  26. If you set a new pair of these up on an existing MoCA network and just paired and encrypted the new pair, would you effectively have two independent networks? I realize it would slow both down, but I think having two MoCA networks would still work better than trying to use WiFi bridges. I have a use case with Starlink where this could be useful in a large old house.

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