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

[@ShaneTheGeek]

I have coax throughout my house already and was looking to see if I could get something better than ethernet over powerline. I remembered that they used this technology for lighting up data connections for hotel rooms that always have coax but usually are lacking ethernet connectivity. Happy to see that these have 2.5GB speeds with low latency which will be a great option for the price. Saves me a ton of work running new CAT6.

[@victor2410]

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.

[@ericonca]

Amazing! This is super helpful for older homes that have coax in every room but no CAT6!

[@purplefuku]

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... 😅😩)

[@Placesandspaces35]

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!

[@sjsphotog]

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

[@dbcooper7326]

The old 1Gb version adds about 7ms to my connection. I have ordered some of the new ones and hope based on your review the latency is now improved. Fingers crossed.

[@mowcowbell]

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.

[@spencerlowe3805]

My house was built in late 2018 and it also was wired with coax and not with ethernet. I think it's still fairly common for some reason.

[@joedoub]

Reminds me of the old days of networking BNC Standard

[@BrianKeeganMusic]

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

[@LonSeidman]

Take a look at this manual for the Translite adapter - same chipset as the GoCoax - they have instructions for homes with a Docsis 3.1 modem on the coax loop: transliteglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TL-MC84-Quick-Start-Guide.pdf

[@chj915]

@@LonSeidman - I bought the ScreenBeam MoCA Adapter 2.5Gbps version, however the LAN speed test between 2 PCs using MoCA Adapters are always limited to ~ 300 Mbps instead of my LAN Gigabit network speed 930 Mbps. (iperf speed test)

[@johnpoldo8817]

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.

[@charleshines2142]

I know it won't interrupt my TV service. I recently got switched to one of those little Android set top boxes a lot of ISPs now have. So now the only thing on the coaxial cables is a cable modem. My ISP allows for 2 cable modems so I could get a second one if I wanted it.

[@christopherrogers1350]

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. :(

[@scottlim5597]

Since the node seems to run on a static 192.168.254.x range, What if I have 2 nodes, do it automatically aware of each other and automatically adjust the fourth number in the 192.168.254.* ?

[@GadgetAddict]

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.

[@RQuinton79]

I’ve had MOCA for almost two years and the connection is always fast, but just as important, reliable. Powerline adapters are horrible, and I’ve tried many.

[@Tithis]

It works really well overall, just adds 2-3ms of latency over regular cat5/6 connections. I used it in our 250 year old house to get a connection from the upstairs room where our modem and home server are to our electrical closet downstairs that happened to have a cat5e line running through the basement to a detached garage office for a phone line. Spliced into it and now we got hardwired networking in the living room, guest bedroom and garage office.

[@johnwade1095]

Yeah, I don't know anyone who had a good experience of powerline. I cabled everything a few years back and it's hassle free. I don't really need crazy speed.

[@kathybates108]

We live in the Arkansas Ozarks and only have internet via DSL. Phone company tech support says MoCA won't work although they have a MoCA feature in their modem that they can enable. They say this won't work here but a Google answer says it wil if the MoCA is only being used as an ethernet bridge and with no tv service on the coaxial cables there should be no interference either. Wondering if you can tell me your experience or ideas. So our modem doesn't have a coax fitting. It only has a WAN port and 2 ethernet ports. One runs my computer and the other one runs Mom's so I put a switch in with more ports as we hardwired our tv. We have NO WIFI and don't want it either and the powerline option seems to put a dirty electricity signal on the 60 Hz wave so I don't want that either. I'm trying to find a way to get hardwired tv into our bedrooms. We do have an unused coax throughout the house. We bought Roku enabled tv's, their 4k series, has ethernet so....not sure this will work here and would appreciate any input.THANK YOU!

[@bumpersmith]

With my cable modem, can I connect one of these from modem to my Central cable box that distributes to all of the rooms in the house, then put one of these devices in any room that I want to hookup a devie?

[@QuantumBraced]

MoCA 3 will support 10 gbps, can't wait to see that tested. 😀

[@davidsunduah8018]

I would like to use MoCA to distribute and sell internet to 250 apartments on one building block. They are all wired centrally with coaxial cable. What equipment do I need apart from the MoCA adaptors? Is it possible to manage my clients centrally? Can I be able to disconnect the service for a client? Am eagerly waiting for your response

[@djstephano7711]

Hi i just have question i need to conect new router wich doesnt have coaxial input so if i use this device can conect it thrue this device? On my wall is just coaxial socket wich i can conect to my old router but the new router doesnt have coaxial input only wlan will this work? Thanks very much

[@underseavision6771]

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

[@francois.m]

I've got 2 questions since there isn't really much info on some parts of this product. Is updating the firmware on this necessary and how do you update it? Cos every time I try to update it, I go to the IP, then sign in, upload the bin file, click Upgrade and.. it just hangs there.. :(

[@GhostPro91]

If you are not concerned about the security feature, is there any reason to be on the MOCA hardware gateway?

[@SIOYGYG]

I am going to pick these up when Frontier launches 2 gig internet

[@ReneSkotte]

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.

[@loganknoble2797]

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?

[@reycaribe]

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.

[@antonioterrell354]

I actually still use a couple of DirecTV DECA adapters on my home network to backhaul one of my WiFi APs to the main house switch. But they're not the cheap MoCA 1.1 residential DECAs, but the special MDU/Commercial grade "Gigabit DECAs" (DCAGE11R0-01) that are MoCA 2.0 capable. And run at about 500 mbps over a point-to-point link.

[@reycaribe]

@@antonioterrell354 cool. Nah I was using the cheap ones. Like 9 bucks or so each off eBay.

[@TechMeOut5]

Love your product reviews. Thanks for this video!

[@Powergeek2011]

If the computer is far from the coax wich solution is better , a long ethernet cable or a long coax cable ?

[@Dtitilator]

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?

[@ryanr6240]

Can you connect these adapers to an access point?

[@chrismcinelly1436]

Lon, I only have DSL available at my home with very slow internet speeds. However, I am currently testing the Verizon Internet Gateway Router. Question: can I connect a MoCA device to the Gateway? My plan is to get internet from the Gateway and have the internet travel through the MoCA device, to a splitter, then through 3 different coax cables. One of the coax cables will feed a second MoCA device and then feed a router. I would use Ethernet cables to feed to my PC and printer from the router. The other two coax cables will feed my TV and security system (each with it's own individual MoCA device). Will this work?

[@عبداللهحاتم-ف8ظ]

How can I broadcast TV on this piece please

[@Geesav]

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

[@ShaneTheGeek]

I just imagine Jeremy Clarkson yelling SPEEEEDDDD at the top of his lungs while looking at that speed test.... LMAO!!!

[@adamtheman17]

do they have 2.50GB ethernet ports and do 2.50GB through?

[@davidsunduah8018]

How many adaptor ca one adapter feed?

[@shadow.banned]

Did you just say it won't interrupt satellite TV?

[@ericrizo9614]

Yes he did, but according to the spec on their website, this is incorrect. Per GoCoax “Standard MoCA networks use a frequency range known as the D-band, which unfortunately overlaps with the frequency range used by Satellite TV. As a result, normal MoCA and Satellite TV cannot operate together on the same coaxial network due to interference, which disrupts the signal. In the future, it may be possible to develop special MoCA devices that can support this scenario and allow for normal MoCA and Satellite TV to operate in the same network without interference.”

[@TXW100]

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?

[@thomasjefferson3552]

Does enough power come out of the ethernet adapter to power poe cameras?

[@NZT_48]

I have two of these and two on order from another brand. Will enabling the security feature exclude those of the other brand?

[@LonSeidman]

As long as they support Moca it should work

[@MrTBoneSF]

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.

[@dwj3005]

Would this work with spectrum and can I just use them to plug into a wifi extender

[@DL5DLA]

Thanks for the interesting video. How much power do these devices consume?

[@railball23]

Can Moca adapters work with a mesh network ?

[@CallumT5]

Hey Lon!

[@byrd203]

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

[@indiecognition]

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!

[@tyroneshoes4049]

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?

[@LonSeidman]

Too far , fiber is your best bet

[@jaysona3066]

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

[@drifter4training]

Any chances of reviewing the mele quieter 2 mini pc ?

[@ericgonzalez9503]

Did you ever got your fiber to work straight to your dream machine pro instead of a ONT adapter? If you did can you please direct me to that video?

[@LonSeidman]

My connection is metro Ethernet from Comcast so not the same interface

[@ericgonzalez9503]

Got you.. I wish I can go straight to the Dream Machine with SFP fiber cable. @@LonSeidman

[@emailausdrucker]

Any word of the maximum range/length of the coax?

[@sarvjotbhamrah8917]

Whats MPS button is for?

[@ThePatch58]

Would you need a splitter or the older version with the coax pass through to connect to a HDHomerun

[@sjsphotog]

my actiontec/screenbeams came with all the splitters (2x) and CAT5.e (2x)cables and Coax wires (2x) that you need to set it all up along with the MOCA adapters and power plugs. One end of COAX coming in from Internet service goes to MOCA #1 box and split the other end to your router. then 1 ethernet cable from the router to the MOCA#1 box. then in the other remote room you attach MOCA #2 box to the coax in that room and the ethernet cable from the COAX #2 box will got to whatever device you want to get faster internet. I have my COAX #2 box hooked up to a Gigabit 8 ot 10 port switch and thern all my remote devices like TV, Roku, Play station ,etc will hook up with Cat 5/6 cables to the switch. works like a charm. be sure to power on MOCA box #1 first and get the green lights and then power / plug in MOCA box #2 and it should all just work.

[@Sarberos909]

Man I got these and I'm not sure where the issue is but my speed on the other end dropped literally 10fold.

[@TimPeou20]

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?

[@LonSeidman]

You can’t have a bridge without two ends! It bridges through the coax so you need something on the other end

[@TimPeou20]

​@@LonSeidman What if I'm not using bridge mode which I would use one output of the splitter to one of those adapters and the other output to the main router and the TV's in the house?

[@LonSeidman]

@@TimPeou20 you’re not understanding how these work they bridge through the coax - it needs at least two.

[@TimPeou20]

The one and only device I'm planning on connecting to those adapters is IP cameras which are Powered over Ethernet (PoE)

[@TimPeou20]

@@LonSeidmantwo of those MA2500D adapters?

[@robira1313]

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.

[@LonSeidman]

This doesn’t impact internet speed

[@robira1313]

@@LonSeidman I see. Maybe you can tell me why my coax light is not staying solid? It is flashing - trying to connect but it won't.

[@ericrizo9614]

Please correct your comment that this will work for Satellite TV. According to GoCoax this WILL NOT work for Satellite TV “Standard MoCA networks use a frequency range known as the D-band, which unfortunately overlaps with the frequency range used by Satellite TV. As a result, normal MoCA and Satellite TV cannot operate together on the same coaxial network due to interference, which disrupts the signal. In the future, it may be possible to develop special MoCA devices that can support this scenario and allow for normal MoCA and Satellite TV to operate in the same network without interference.”

[@charleshines2142]

I know it is spelled MoCA but how many people have the urge for a nice latte or cappuccino when they hear the word MoCA?

[@RQuinton79]

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.

[@LonSeidman]

So I got on Comcast’s gigabit pro fiber service which is symmetrical - check out my series here ! Lon.tv/gigpro

[@fofoqueiro5524]

Very helpful, thanks

[@shadow.banned]

I bought the new devices, and now I'm SOL cause they don't work with the old WF803M. The WF803M used to work plug n play. The expensive ones aren't plug n play.

[@mixdupjoe]

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

[@Placesandspaces35]

Do you think that is why they omitted the pass through on this version? For my set up I terminate the set top box coax port on all of my Moca adapters except the one connected to modem/ router so not a big deal I don’t think.

[@mixdupjoe]

@@Placesandspaces35 you're still taking an insertion loss even if you terminate the unused output. I think the reason I highlighted above, along with cost savings, is the reason behind the design change (with cost savings probably being the biggest reason)

[@Placesandspaces35]

@@mixdupjoe That makes sense. Thinking about switching to Gocoax from my Kiwee 2.5 GBE adapters. Would be interested to see if i see a difference between the two. Appreciate the reply back.

[@Usernotknown21]

I'm confused. Can i use my cable tv as an internet service without a subscription?

[@DaveVoyles]

No. This is only taking your existing internet connection and allowing you to use a coax cable, instead of cat 5 cable.

[@shadow.banned]

PoE would be super cool.

[@HardcoreNacho]

Will this cause any issues for internet coming in from my ISP? I know you mentioned TV service… What about antenna?

[@RQuinton79]

No issues. I use MOCA and cable internet. Didn’t see a single drop in performance with and without MOCA installed. In fact, my Comcast modem has MOCA built in so I only need one adapter, and that is at the other end. I just plug that final line into a switch and have 8 connections for my entertainment center.

[@deejayleeho]

noticed there's not pass through coax like the previous version?

[@LonSeidman]

Yes noted it in the video :)

[@deejayleeho]

@@LonSeidman I guess I should finish the vid before commenting ;)

[@nobodynemoq]

This is quite a nice tool, but the price kills its usability 😢

[@catchnkill]

But you do not need to break wall or thread cat-6 cables through the ducts within walls. Personally I like the transparent optical fibre cable solution. Just lay the cable and let it exposed. Since it is quite transarent and does not influence the internal decoration of the house. And it is cheap too.

[@Bermwolf]

No information on setup. Disappointing

[@pilljr.3331]

He said…go to the website and download the old install instructions

[@tonyvalenti6614]

I have just purchased 2 of the Synology RT6600 Routers I want to set up as a mesh. I assume I can use this method to increase the backhaul speed, correct?

[@LonSeidman]

Yes if the device supports backhaul over ethernet these will work well for that.