Netgear's MoCA coax-ethernet adapter kit now available, explained with bizarre cartoon
By Ross Miller 
posted April 22nd 2009 3:43AM
posted April 22nd 2009 3:43AM
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Gotta love the Xbox360 face...
Wonder why they're all sucking gum...
The Internets getting a 3-way B.J. :)
That's not gum. It's a milkshake.
Don't you know anything about the internet?
This is a waste of money. Seriously? $190?
It's not like a big truck, you know.
Darn, the secon link doesn't work. I would've loved to see that video.
http://syndicate.sellpoint.net/Syndicate/SynMaster?Tentoe=YPA50U-117165
Hi, I made the video and I have it in my blog at: http://www.nutintuit.com/client-video-moca-in-a-nutshell
That video sucked, bra.
-jp
wow------------Thats a trippy picture. I really wish I could see that video.
ummmmm I don't know about you guys but they totally lost me after about the first minute and a half.
"I drink your milkshake, I drink it up."
"Ben is playing an online videogame in his room. He and his friends want to take over the galaxy."
Love it.
So the internet is a series of straws and not tubes, as previously thought?
"Of course not" says the tube rider.
This link appears to work: http://syndicate.sellpoint.net/Syndicate/SynMaster?Tentoe=YPA50U-117165
Works like the US economy (sits there saying 'processing but not producing anything I meant to say)
This does make you wonder, a networking devices manufacturer that in 2009 can't put up a simple file? The same kind of file 4yo's seem to be able to put up easily? That doesn't bolster confidence.
I've seen that internet somewhere else: http://www.kurogami.com/data/productos/PEL00065-F.jpg
What's the point in being 270 Mbps capable and having 10/100 Ethernet ports in this adapter >-( ???????!!!!!!
Presumably because it can handle 270mb/s transfers with the Internet Connection and then distribute it to several clients on our side.
Is that not the logic?
the problem is there is only one 10/100 ethernet port per adapter
Well, I guess it can hit 100mbit each way (full duplex). 270mbps is probably the aggregate throughput for all MoCA devices on a wire segment. So if you had two kits, you could use up the whole 270mbps.
The difference is the little b.
bits are smaller than Bytes.
270 Mega bits per second = 33.75 Mega Bytes per second
Sure, but 10baseT and 100baseTX are 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s, respectively; 270 Mb/s is still more than you can cram through either of them.
I presume, as suggested by wntLS2LS7, that 270 Mb/s is the total bandwidth available, and you can hook up more than 2 endpoints to saturate it.
My 1st thought: "Another Engadget Photoshop"
My 2nd thought: "Oh sh-- that thing is a real ad"
Well the ad is actually pretty cool.
As for the article picture GOTO "My 1st thought".
Suckers
What if you have two Cox lines that aren't connected? Like Two different lines.
All Coax in a house should be connected together. How else would you get TV?
Not necessarily, Most of the time you get two different Coax lines coming from two different single amplifiers for bandwidth reasons.
Switch to Verizon?
Is that a rocket... attached to a house? I'm not watching this video. I saw Zathura and I know how things like this end, MoCA or not.
i didnt watch the video either, but attaching rockets to anything/everything, including houses, makes it awesome.
It's clear that xbox sucks @ the internet
Is this a caption contest? Because I got one. "Netgear, no one suck harder than us."
Isn't this just basically faster BNC we where replacing 10 years ago.....
So can this replace my fios router?
This will most likely interfere with your FiOS stuff. Unless you can talk to them and get it on the same network.
Two observations:
1) Is that Bill Gates narrating that video
2) that family, and the friends, look like a bunch of stones. Pineapple Express is probably their favorite movie.
Back on topic, is MoCA any good? I've had the worst of luck with Netgear stuff. I may have to read some more on those Motorola adapters on eBay.
I had very good luck with Motorola NIM100 MoCA adapters I picked up off of eBay.
By the way, I think MoCA probably does work fine with FiOS, because (if I recall correctly) most of the NIM100s on eBay came from FiOS installs. :-)
That's a bit expensive for only allowing connection between two devices. I guess it's marketed towards people who want to stick their wireless router in a location that's good for wireless coverage, but far away from where the modem is.
Interesting video, even though the bottom line is just "NETGEAR CAN DO IT." Also, watching the "sucking" animation for the consoles and laptop made me look around for Mr. Hansen. :(
So it is a coax splitter with an ethernet port in a box, an expensive box at that. Ethernet home plugs will accomplish the same thing and its more practical in the sense everyone has a power plug in every room of their home, not so much with coax. Forget about this idea if there is an amplifier on your coax line if its not at the appropriate frequency range for the device. For the average person who attempts home networking this is going to be complicated. No matter how hard the person tries to suck on the coax cable they aren't going to get to the internet, but it would be hilarious to watch them try.
Though I thought this idea was nifty, the price is way too high (twice as much as the Netgear power outlet adapters). You're right about the plug in ethernet adapters being a better solution for houses that don't have coax in each room. We have 2 rooms in our house without cable wiring, so plugging into the power outlet would be the best method to avoid wiring costs.
The last house I lived in, I tried the latest Ethernet-over-Powerline equipment but it failed when large appliances (clothes washer, etc.) were running due to interference on the power lines. I switched to the Motorola NIM100 MoCA adapters and they worked much better. (Your mileage will doubtless vary)
So yes, I would try Ethernet-over-Powerline first, but if neither that nor wireless work for you, MoCA is definitely worth a try!
Nice but very pricey considering you can buy a used Actiontec or Motorola on ebay for 20 bucks.
living in a 1 bedroom apartment, things like this make no sense to me
Gotta have this at every STB if you got FiOS and want guide/VoD. $$$$$$$$$$.per box.
Hey folks, a little outfit called NutIntuit Studio (run by me) made the video. I have it on my site at: http://www.nutintuit.com/client-video-moca-in-a-nutshell
I've done several other videos for Netgear, as well. Thanks for the comments.
Josh
Hey your work is excellent, I'd love to do work like that someday, I need to learn some more video stuff though I do alot of audio. But keep it up.
Much appreciated. I'm just psyched to have something pop up on Engadget!