Within less than a minute of connecting and powering up our test units, they were reporting a successful link, and the Xbox 360 we connected at the far end had received an DHCP IP address from our router. There’s only one Ethernet port per adapter, but you can accommodate additional devices by adding an inexpensive Ethernet switch.
(Not so satellite receivers like those from DirecTV or Dish Network however-they use different frequencies than cable hardware.)Īfter the two MCA1001 adapters are connected via coax, you can plug in your router and other device to each via Ethernet and power up the adapters. If the jack was previously occupied by a television set, cable box, or cable modem, you can connect those devices to the MCA1001’s via its Coax Out connector. The first step is to connect the MCA1001’s Coax In connector to the wall jack. Getting the MCA1001 adapters talking to each other is simple enough that the hardest part of the setup process is likely to be getting access to that coax jack on the wall. (Unlike powerline network adapters, Multimedia over Coax adapters are quite content to be plugged into surge suppressors.) Setup The MCA1001’s wall-wart style AC adapters are slim and plug into an outlet horizontally the design is ideal if you’re using a wall outlet directly but it can block one or maybe even two extra outlets when plugged into a power strip. They run a touch warm, but not hot, so they shouldn’t be a major heat contributor if you set them up in enclosed AV furniture. The MCA1001 adapters are relatively small in size-they measure 1 x 6.8 x 4.4 (H x W x D) and have Netgear’s familiar rectangle-with-rounded-edges design. The MCAB1001 kit consists of a pair of MCA1001 adapters-one to connect to your intended device, and one that completes the link by connecting to your broadband router. In so doing, it allows you to join entertainment devices– a set top box, DVR, game console, or Blu-ray disc player– to your home network.
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While powerline technology links devices by using a home’s electrical wiring as the network conduit, MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) leverages a different but almost as ubiquitous form of wiring-the coaxial cable that brings cable television to the various rooms of your home.Įnter Netgear’s $190 MoCA Coax-Ethernet Adapter Kit MCAB1001, which essentially converts coaxial cable TV connectors in your wall into Ethernet jacks. Now there’s yet another option available for home networking. Later on, powerline networking technologies like HomePlug offered an alternative to Wi-Fi in cases where excessive distance or interference made wireless communication impractical. The advent of Wi-Fi gave those looking to network household devices a choice other than wiring with Ethernet.
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