MoCA 2.5 with 2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports - Ethernet Over Coaxial Adapter (2 Pack) | | Model: TL-MC84

Bought it to take advantage of an upgrade to full fibre broadband as my 300mbps power line network had become a bottleneck. My house already had an old obsolete cable coax in a couple of rooms. I connected, it ran, no setups or fiddling. Now get I get the full benefit of a 1000mbps broadband. Apparently this thing runs faster than that, but nothing else on my network does so can’t comment on its full speed.

I have been searching for a way to replace my slow and erratic powerline adapters without running all new cable and spending a fortune. My home is lathe and plaster, in other words, a Faraday cage so Wi-Fi is limited. I began researching MoCA and it seemed like a logical choice since it is high speed and I have multiple coax connectors close to any spot I would want an ethernet drop. Since MoCA 2.5 has been out for some time, I decided to try to go with 2.5 versus 2.0. Unfortunately, 2.5 adapters are difficult to find. I settled on goCoax but they are continually out of stock. I found Translite by accident and tracked them back to Amazon and decided to give them a try. Performance It is best to get this out of the way as soon as possible. The MoCA adapters performed as fast as a standard ethernet 5e cable. My machines maxed out at their standard 940Mbps. I used four machines to copy two 11GB files and both sets of machines were able to stay above 940Mbps during the copy so there is more bandwidth than a single Cat 5e cable run would provide. The package arrived much sooner than expected based on the Amazon estimate. I ordered it late on 30-Jan and received the package on 3-Feb. The box is non-descript. Other than a small barcode with Translite on the label, you would have no idea what is in the box. It is not an Apple Watch unboxing experience and I am glad for that. I would rather have the lower price than fancy packaging. The package includes: Two TL-MC84 MoCA adapters Two Cat 5e cables Two coax cables Two USB power adapters (.5A) Two micro-USB cables for power One really bad user manual Not included Point of entry (POE) adapter. Translite states the built-in security circumvents the need for the POE filter. The user manual is the only disappointment. It is almost impossible to read and some of the graphics appear to be copies of copies. They were impossible to read. I could not find an online version of the manual so I had to scan it into Acrobat before I could really read the instructions. The manual has multiple mistakes and refers to the adapter as a DaulGig-2 adapter. Be sure to look on the bottom of the adapter so you don’t “Avoid” your warranty. What I liked Setup is very easy. It may get tedious changing the IP address if you are deploying more than 3 -4 adapters The adapters appear to be well made There are two RJ45 ports on each adapter. It is great to have multiple ports to avoid placing a hub for my application Micro USB power. This may be a con for some, but I love having a generic power adapter and cable I do not have to worry about losing or going bad. It is not USB C, but I still have multiple micro USB cables The form factor is decent. The goCoax may be a little more streamlined and look nicer but it only has one ethernet port What could be improved The user manual and instructions. An online version would be great Additional explanation regarding some of the settings would be helpful I would prefer a stand to use the adapters vertically but that is a personal choice Overall this is a great choice if there are no issues with the MoCA adapters. They are the same price or cheaper than equivalent MoCA 2.0 adapters. Translite does not have a company the size of Motorola behind them but this is a great product at a great price that actually works as advertised.

UK review - the negatives No UK Stock, had to be imported from the US and needed a adaptor to be used for UK Mains supply The positives My parents’ home does not have any ethernet ports besides the router. Parents do not like messy ethernet cables being laid, this was a good solution as Virgin had installed coaxial cable from where the router stands to my mum and dad’s room. They are no longer with Virgin so this cable was unused. Managed to utilise this and worked with a charm. Could create an access point to strengthen wi-fi signal. Speedtest was 141mb/150mb which is really good and that was a test on my phone.

Top! Leider nur aus den USA verfügbar, aber mit einer Frequenz von 1400 MHz erreiche ich nun 2000Mbit. Ist alles nicht ganz einfach einzurichten, aber mir KI dann wieder doch. ;-) Ich muss dazu sagen, dass bei mir das Sat-Signal auf DVB-C umgesetzt wird und damit alles ab 900 MHz frei für MoCa ist, wenn man nur Sat hat, sollte man ggf. G.hn Standard über Coax nutzen, die Adapter gibt es auch in Deutschland. Entgegen PowerLAN, was ich zuvor nutzte, aber viel stabiler und um Faktor 10 höherer Durchsatz, zudem wesentlicher geringere Latenz als bei PowerLAN.

Moca was good for replacement of coaxial over ethernet