<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Joe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jfwd@phlobus.net">jfwd@phlobus.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Brian Wood <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Here, I don't own the building, and so that sort of thing is out of<br>
>> the question. However, the place is wired for cable tv (of course,<br>
>> since you can't get anything with an antenna here), with an outlet in<br>
>> the living room and the bedroom. I ended up trying this:<br>
>> <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122243&Tpk=moca" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122243&Tpk=moca</a><br>
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</div><div class="im">> Thanks, I wasn't aware of this product (though it does seem to resemble 10-base-2, though it claims faster speed).<br>
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> My question is, can it coexist with CATV signals on the same cable?<br>
><br>
> They say:<br>
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> "Works with DSL broadband and homes wired for cable"<br>
> But I suspect "wired for" does not mean "using".<br>
><br>
> This one's the killer though:<br>
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> "Not compatible with satellite television installations (e.g., DIRECTV, DISH Network)"<br>
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> My brother has DISH :-(<br>
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</div>Yes -- the old 10-base-2 was exactly what I was thinking of when I was<br>
googling around for devices like this, figuring we could run ethernet<br>
over coax 20 years ago, we should be able to do it better now :-).<br>
<br>
We have digital cable from time warner -- both TV and internet<br>
(terrible service btw, but the only choice it seems). So yes - the<br>
single coax wire is carrying cable tv, modem, AND this MoCA/ethernet<br>
traffic simultaneously. They use frequency bands that do not overlap<br>
with tv/modem signals but apparently do overlap with satellite --<br>
hence why it won't work with that -- unless you can find a way to<br>
separate the satellite of course. There's both a coax input and<br>
output connector on it -- it receives the MoCA freq bands and passes<br>
the rest through, to go to the stb and modem -- basically an add/drop<br>
mux.<br>
<br>
Supposedly you can also hook up more than two - they will all share<br>
the available bandwidth and become a distributed ethernet switch of<br>
sorts. I suspect I'm getting good performance because none of my<br>
neighbors have one....<br>
<br>
Thanks for the welcome ... I'm on the east side (24th) and work in<br>
midtown ... being in the city definitely changes the requirements of a<br>
myth system - small form factor is now very critical!<br>
<div><div></div><br></div></blockquote><div><br>This site has some good info, including a good forum:<br><br> <a href="http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/">http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/</a><br></div></div>