I found this annoying, since it means you can’t look at statistics while the adapter is in operation. The other ( Mode) button is used to put the adapter into Configuration mode. NETGEAR has thoughtfully included an actual button so that you can kill all of the front panel lights. You’ll see why in the Performance section later. The Ethernet port is 10/100 Mbps Auto MDI/X, not gigabit, even though the max data rate spec’d is 270 Mbps. But 1.1, which the MCA1001 is certified to, supports 16. But if you have a long run of cheap RG58 with lots of stubs and corroded / loose connections, you probably won’t get maximum throughput. The MoCA FAQ says "if you can receive a TV signal from the outlet, it can support MoCA". But the throughput numbers, like all that vendors quote, is squishy. The MoCA FAQ quotes 100 Mbps "at distances of more than 300m". It won’t work backwards through amplifiers, however. It also says that it can work backward through splitters and from output to output. The MoCA FAQ says that "MoCA can work effectively through a significant number of splitters". But it is not an exercise that the average consumer could pull off, hence, NETGEAR’s "no satellite TV" position. MoCA actually can be configured to work with satellite TV installations. The reason is due to the frequency bands that MoCA, cable and satellite TV use (850-1550 MHz). More correctly, NETGEAR says that the MCAB1001 kit won’t work with satellite TV installations. But there are a few key things you should know: You can hit the FAQ on the MoCA site if you want more details. I’m not going to provide a technical primer on MoCA. And while it is not terminated like 10Base2 for optimal high-speed signal handling, RG6 coax is a hell of a better transmission medium than your home’s power line wiring or the interference-laden 2.4 GHz radio band. A coax cable is a shielded, controlled impedance electrical environment, which is exactly what you want for high-speed data transmission. MoCA’s advantage has always been its coax-cable transmission medium. While some people have had success with both technologies, there are plenty of others who have tried them and found them wanting. The reason for this quest is that both powerline and wireless LANs-even draft 802.11n-have proven inadequate for reliable HD video streaming and online gaming. Which brings me to NETGEAR, who finally came through with the MCAB1001 MoCA Coax-Ethernet Adapter Kit for me to review and appears to be going to actually ship it. D-Link then re-announced the DXN-221 at January’s CES, but then said they have decided to not put the product into retail. Then I thought last year would be the year, when D-Link announced its DXN-221 Coax Ethernet Adapter Kit. But Actiontec never came through with product for me to test, although I hear that they have shipped it via service providers. I really thought I would be writing this piece two years ago, when Actiontec announced its ECB1500 MoCA to Ethernet adapter to go along with its MI424WR router, which was one of the first to be deployed for Verizon’s FiOS service. Each year I would show up at the MoCA booth at CES to ask for product to evaluate and each year come away with nothing. Doesn’t appear to prioritize media over dataĮver since Entropic went public about four years ago with its MoCA Multimedia over Coax technology for using TV coax to extend Ethernet, I have been trying to get my hands on product to test.~70 Mbps maximum for a single TCP/IP stream. Two-adapter kit that uses your TV coax to extend a 10/100 Ethernet network NETGEAR MoCA Coax-Ethernet Adapter Kit ( MCAB1001)
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