My basement office has lousy internet coverage. I have an eeros mesh system that works well everywhere else, but the office is slow. I was looking for a solution and found MoCA.
My house was built in 2006 and has several (8-10) coaxial cable terminations in the basement. Some are labeled, including ones that say living room and master bedroom. I have searched my master bedroom and living room, there are no cable outlets in either one. There is a ethernet drop in each. The ethernet comes in through a port connects to the modem and then plugs into the second port which sends internet to my master bedroom and two a port on the second floor of our house. When we had cable boxes they plugged into the ethernet ports. I know 3 of the coax cables terminate in my sons' rooms, but no idea where the rest go. We've cut the cord so we use none of this coax cable now.
Anyone know of anyways I can trace these coax cables, is there likely an old coax line behind the ethernet ports in my living room and bedroom?

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Coax termination in basement

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I have this in my living room

Could you give a more clear description of what equipment is where, and which cables (only those you have access to) connect them? It's not clear to me a) how the geography of this house works and b) where existing equipment (modem and mesh hubs) sit. People can give better advice with the whole layout clear - you can just draw it on a napkin and take a picture.


Generally speaking, I used MOCA for a decade, and it's great if you already have coax exactly where you need it. If that's not the case, there's no reason to use it instead of a mesh network or a new ethernet drop.

FtWorthHorn said:

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If that's not the case, there's no reason to use it instead of a mesh network or a new ethernet drop.

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Or even a powerline adapter which would be pretty simple as well in his case

Basic layout of the house...

https://flic.kr/p/2pwXUyT
2nd floor

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Main floor

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Basement

Big reason I'm looking to do this (if it's not too much effort) is for the extra speed. Wired is more than double the speed of our wireless.

There is a coaxial cable behind the plate for the ethernet. Is there a way to check both ends if the cable to make sure they're the same cable?

Something like this (but I haven't dealt with coax in quite some time):
https://a.co/d/ctSRGfz

ArmyAg2002 said:

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My basement office has lousy internet coverage. I have an eeros mesh system that works well everywhere else, but the office is slow. I was looking for a solution and found MoCA.
My house was built in 2006 and has several (8-10) coaxial cable terminations in the basement. Some are labeled, including ones that say living room and master bedroom. I have searched my master bedroom and living room, there are no cable outlets in either one. There is a ethernet drop in each. The ethernet comes in through a port connects to the modem and then plugs into the second port which sends internet to my master bedroom and two a port on the second floor of our house. When we had cable boxes they plugged into the ethernet ports. I know 3 of the coax cables terminate in my sons' rooms, but no idea where the rest go. We've cut the cord so we use none of this coax cable now.
Anyone know of anyways I can trace these coax cables, is there likely an old coax line behind the ethernet ports in my living room and bedroom?

https://flic.kr/p/2pwHVYy

https://flic.kr/p/2pwNt4F

https://flic.kr/p/2pwHVYJ
Coax termination in basement

https://flic.kr/p/2pwQHBd

https://flic.kr/p/2pwNt4R
I have this in my living room

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Maybe I misunderstand the situation, so I apologize in advance if so.

How does internet come into your house? If it comes in via a coax cable, then all you need to do is split it from the modem to a MoCA adapter (use an endpoint filter where it comes in for security) and then put another MoCa adapter in the basement for a little switch or router.

Those saying that mesh networks are better are incorrect. If you can plug your mesh routers into MoCA ports, you'll get better speeds.

(edit) Also, upon further reflection, why are you searching for Coax behind your ethernet ports? You can have both on a network.

Fiber optic from the street into the house, CAT 5 into the modem from the wall. There was coax behind my ethernet ports, looks like the coax was changed out and the cable boxes (that we no longer use) were run off ethernet. I have verified the coax from my living room to the basement. I'll run the adapter from the modem to the coax and run a switch with cat 6 to my eeros boxes in the basement.