ditto what TheEthyr said Re: your ISP configuration simplifying the MoCA setup … but even greater simplification and optimization is possible if just trying to link one remote room to the router LAN; see the following parallel reply by TomRILReddit from today for another thread attempting the same…
I would like to repurpose a Netgear AC1200 Modem-Router as a range extender/
MOCA/Switch to add ethernet ports to our home offices.
Easy enough to test: Can you configure the Netgear modem/router in such a way that allows it to be hard-wired via Ethernet to your Xfinity gateway, LAN to LAN, such that any devices connected to the Netgear, wired or wireless, receive IP addressing from the Xfinity gateway? (typical manual configuration involves setting a manual IP for the AP, plus disabling DHCP services)
If the Netgear modem/router can’t be configured to work in this way, it won’t work if linked via MoCA, either. (Best case, you’ll need a separate MoCA adapter to proxy the Netgear connection with the Xfinity gateway.)
Aside from the modem vs gateway issue and how it alters the need for an additional adapter, the diagram doesn’t address how the coax outlets would actually interconnect: the coax outlets can’t be direct-connected, as diagrammed, if the pictured setup is for cable Internet, since the modem lacks a connection to the ISP. You’ll want to make sure that the rooms and incoming ISP feed are interconnected using a MoCA-compatible splitter, and that a 70 dB “PoE” MoCA filter is installed on its input port to isolate/secure your MoCA network.
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Even if you do the typical setup (disable DHCP, set an IP within the Telus LAN range), it will be interesting to see if the T3200M can connect with the Telus MoCA bridge. ‘gist: I’m thinking that the T3200M is bonded MoCA 2.0 and likely uses the same Broadcom MoCA chip that has made the Actiontec WCB6200Q incompatible with MoCA 2.5.
How are you testing the throughput? An Internet speed test, or iPerf or other utility?
What do the MoCA diagnostics report for PHY rates?
Can you offer any details on the setup … ? … including brand & model #s of your MoCA nodes and any coax components interconnecting their locations, whether you have cable Internet or TV service and, if so, whether you have a “PoE” MoCA filter installed to isolate your coax plant?
Symptoms align with excess loss/attenuation between nodes, and absence of a “PoE” MoCA filter.
Yeah, a couple 8-port RJ45 data modules like suggested by TiggerLAS should get the cables terminated in the cabinet, and RJ45/coax keystone jacks for the in-room outlets. All paint-by-numbers easy following the color legends on the modules/jacks.
See the following for additional tips, parts and tools:
Linked comment also discusses what to do after you have everything wired-up to activate networking, and also what to add should you want to cover backward compatibility for phone/POTS connectivity.
Theoretically, you could just upgrade the main MoCA/Ethernet bridging adapter at the router and the adapter at your PC, but the devil is in the details … and the thread is lacking any details. So… maybe.
Brand & model of MoCA nodes and all coax splitters? Any known MoCA 2.5 incompatibilities for existing gear? Are splitters spec’d for MoCA 2.x?
they only extend out of the wall about 4 inches each.
Oh, are you referring to the ends at the wall outlets? My earlier comment meant to suggest that you first try ONLY re-terminating the unidentified cables at the outside junction location, making the assumption that those ends are the stumbling block. (And if reterminating the outside ends resolves the issue, I’d also consider reterminating the 2 identified lines, thinking that they may have deteriorated performance, even if not as crippling as the other 5 lines.)
Then, you could try re-terminating the coax lines, starting with the outside connectors.
Is this a 2-unit building? Seems like the incoming cable service line is already split somewhere upstream (to the left) of the picture scope … with one line running up to the “PoE” MoCA filter and ground block, and the other line connecting to the input port of the passive 8-way splitter at the bottom of the picture. (FWIW, a non-MoCA CommScope SV8G)
What splitter would work?
For what purpose? For how many locations?
Assuming the one working room is a cable modem location, how many other rooms are you looking to get connected, and for what purpose … cable TV boxes? … MoCA?
Assuming you’re trying to use MoCA, you’d want to use a MoCA-optimized splitter series like that recommended by TomRILReddit, the Antronix MMC1000-B line. Typically, a cascaded splitter setup is used, with a 2-way splitter feeding the modem location and a secondary splitter sized to service the rest of the locations.
You may want to upgrade the pictured “PoE” MoCA filter to a 70 dB model, as well. (Preferably, the “PoE” MoCA filter would be installed on the input port of the top-level splitter, with the filter connected via a short coax line to the ground block.)
These connections would ideally be made inside a protective cable junction box. At a minimum, you’ll want to use weather boots for the coax joints.
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Only 2 of the coax jacks inside linked up with a cable outside. The other 5 showed no signal after trying every possible combination.
One thing to check is that the in-room coax outlets are actually connected to a coax cable behind the wallplate. (It happens.)
Then, you could try re-terminating the coax lines, starting with the outside connectors. (example coax compression kit)
Top component seems a patch panel. What I don’t get is why a patch panel if they don’t have Ethernet/Cat5+ cabling.
since my home isn’t wired with RJ45
Seems like the patch panel & jumpers are just for extending in-room patch cables, to make it look cleaner. I suppose it might improve portability, with the patch panel effectively documenting where the device patch cables need to be connecting. (I’m assuming RJ45 coupler keystones.)
FWIW… similar thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/frontierfios/comments/17le76b/2gb_moca_configuration_help/
Go check each end of the two cables to see how the wires are terminated, and use that to reverse engineer how they need to be connected at this coupler(?).
Who’s the provider? Comcast typically will perform this service free-of-charge; that is… grouping and isolating the residence’s coax behind a “PoE” MoCA filter.