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2-Pack ASUS MA-25 MoCA 2.5 Coax to Ethernet Adapter Starter Kit

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Amazon has 2-Pack ASUS MA-25 MoCA 2.5 Coax to Ethernet Adapter Starter Kit for $109.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member phoinix for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Ethernet Over Coax Adapter
  • Up to 2.5 Gb/s Throughput
  • 1 x RJ45 Ethernet Port
  • 1 x Coax Connector
  • MoCA 2.5 Support
  • MPS Security
  • Includes Right-Angle Coax Adapter
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Amazon [amazon.com] has ASUS 2.5Gbps Ethernet Over Coax Adapter Starter Kit (MA-25 2 Pack) for $110. Shipping is free.

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Model: ASUS 2.5Gbps Ethernet Over Coax Adapter Starter Kit (MA-25 2 Pack), MoCA 2.5, High Speed Internet, Mesh backhaul, TV Streaming, MPS Security, Wall-mountable

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Prone to what problems… guaranteed you've never actually tried Moca devices… ask the average Joe to pull Cat 6 throughout their house. How many you think will try? Pretty well every house has coax throughout their house. These MOCA devices use the existing RG6 to establish wired internet for those who do not have Ethernet cables throughout their house… or can't or won't wire their house with Ethernet.

Do research regarding MOCA standards… I use them to wire backhaul my ASUS ZenWIFI Pro ET-12's… I have ATT 2gb Fiber. I get over 2gb/s wired. My wireless speeds can reach around 1gb/s near my router that's wired backhauled via the MOCA device.
3W = 0.003 kW
0.003 kW/device * 2 (devices) * 24 (hours/day) * 365 (days/year) * 6 years = 315 kWh (for 6 years)
Average for US currently is 15.45 cents/kWh [energybot.com]:
315 kWh * 0.1545 $/kWh = $48.72

The max power the supply generates is 6 W, so it can be as much as double the above calculation, but usually supplies are over-spec'd, and assuming half the capacity (on average) seems a reasonable starting point.

So, yeah, you are spending a chunk of change on power as well. I can't conclude either way whether that cost is significant for each individual. Wholeheartedly agree, though, that maybe the $170 that one might spend is worth the effort of just pulling cat6 cable.
Veteran ISP network engineer with lots of MoCA experience here. I agree with everything you said with one exception: MoCA 2.5 is not a duplex communication system, it's still simplex ("half duplex") just like its predecessor versions and WiFi. We won't see duplex MoCA links until 3.0 hardware hits the market. The spec has been ratified but we're still waiting on MaxLinear to release chipsets so they can be embedded in next gen MoCA adapters. I'm looking forward to 10 Gbps symmetric throughput (probably more like 8.5 Gbps after error correction and other overhead just like XGS-PON) and don't mind the potentially shorter reach, much higher power consumption, and massive RF spectrum requirements that will likely come with it.

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BigTonyTones
04-19-2024 at 01:52 PM.
04-19-2024 at 01:52 PM.
Cool devices and definetely have a purpose but Id rather have one cat 6 line going since I can push 10gb through. Or really futureproof and run fiber
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mrdizle
04-19-2024 at 01:54 PM.
04-19-2024 at 01:54 PM.
Quote from DeejayMesh :
FYI, you can get the frontier communications branded 2.5 moca's for a pair for like 80 or less all day long on ebay. They work great ime.

Those have gigabit LAN jacks, not 2.5gb. What do these have? Info on the Amazon page is limited.
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BigTonyTones
04-19-2024 at 01:56 PM.
04-19-2024 at 01:56 PM.
I wonder when 10gb models are going to drop since coax is capable of such speeds. Just looked it up and moca 3 is on the horizon
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Timless
04-19-2024 at 01:58 PM.
04-19-2024 at 01:58 PM.
Quote from BigTonyTones :
Cool devices and definetely have a purpose but Id rather have one cat 6 line going since I can push 10gb through. Or really futureproof and run fiber
Why stick with old copper?

I run fiber for the future proofing. 400GB here I come.
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04-19-2024 at 01:59 PM.
04-19-2024 at 01:59 PM.
Quote from Timless :
Why stick with old copper?

I run fiber for the future proofing. 400GB here I come.

Hahahahah it will come to that point one day
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seanleeforever
04-19-2024 at 02:00 PM.
04-19-2024 at 02:00 PM.
Quote from ClawSS :
Could I make this work in an apartment if there were existing coax runs to the rooms, but the fiber modem is in a utility closet. I don't believe there is a coax drop in there, so I'd be running an ethernet jumper from Router to one then a coax patch cable from the "one" to a wall jack...and that would allow the apartment's internal coax routing between rooms to carry signal to wherever I had #2 unit....Is that the gist of it? A Powerline might be the same without the patch...
depend on when your house is built, and when the coaxial is put in, and if there is splitter, and what type of splitter.

older building may have splitters, and those splitter tops out at 900MHz, MOCA protocol (to carry ethernet over coaxial) is at 1150 MHz. simply put.. if the path between your coax cable happen to have a few old splitter that isn't meant for MOCA... you have to change that. now that could be a piece of cake if the splitter is next to a wall outlet , or downright impossible if it was build with the house and bolt on to a frame inside of your dry wall.

in my case, i have 6 coaxial outlet in my house, and one inlet outside of house facing cable service provider. i was lucky enough that my modern outlet connection happens right at the first leg of the inlet, and just so happens that one of my other room upstairs happens to only be one old splitter away, so i can barely get a moca connection. but none of my other rooms can form the moca connection (possibly due to multiple splitters), and i have no way to change the splitter inside of my dry wall.

the only easy way for you to find out is just to buy it, and play with it.
you may also want to get a few filters (2 to be exact) to block the MOCA signal going out to the ISP, and going out to the neighborhood.
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audioClover
04-19-2024 at 02:10 PM.
04-19-2024 at 02:10 PM.
Quote from mrdizle :
Those have gigabit LAN jacks, not 2.5gb. What do these have? Info on the Amazon page is limited.
no they are 2.5gb too
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56XNO
04-19-2024 at 02:24 PM.
04-19-2024 at 02:24 PM.
Quote from kalirob99 :
Getting Frontier, will they supply these or do I have to request them for a charge? Used to the modem rental scam, so hard to know what you'll get charged for. TIA for a reply. 👍

They supplied me with 2 units free of charge when I installed a new internet service. If you need more, just grab them on eBay.
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04-19-2024 at 02:50 PM.
04-19-2024 at 02:50 PM.
Quote from 56XNO :
They supplied me with 2 units free of charge when I installed a new internet service. If you need more, just grab them on eBay.

Thanks for the tip, been using cable up until now, so it's still hard to believe free, means "free". 😂
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04-19-2024 at 02:53 PM.

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04-19-2024 at 02:53 PM.
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Really annoying that they mixed the product reviews with their WiFi routers
it should be second nature to always filter anything you ever look at amazon. See More Reviews -> change All Formats to the item you're looking at -> and then i usually filter by Most Recent.

it's basically automatic with me. this is how you have to do it on amazon, sadly. Even when there aren't multiple products bc amazon allows sellers to change product listings to different products and lets sellers keep the review rating of the old item.

amazon is trash.




this product actually only has **10** reviews if you filter.
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04-19-2024 at 03:09 PM.
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Been using Moca for years . I have Frontier and do need more and to upgrade mine from 2.0 to the 2.5 , so I went with the Frontier Ebay ones .for half the price and same frequency .

Thx to multipe op replies ~ Smilie

Heres the Ebay user/store I bought from ( very good and high amounts of feeback } :https://www.ebay.com/itm/155888609646
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04-19-2024 at 03:17 PM.
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Pretty well every house has coax throughout their house.
Houses of a certain vintage, perhaps. Most houses? No way.
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it should be second nature to always filter anything you ever look at amazon. See More Reviews -> change All Formats to the item you're looking at -> and then i usually filter by Most Recent.

it's basically automatic with me. this is how you have to do it on amazon, sadly. Even when there aren't multiple products bc amazon allows sellers to change product listings to different products and lets sellers keep the review rating of the old item.

amazon is trash.




this product actually only has **10** reviews if you filter.
Yup. Started doing this a couple of years ago when I noticed just about every single item with 1,000+ reviews was 4.5 or higher. Then you sort by "most recent" and you find 100 straight 1 star reviews all with similar issues.
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You can get these things for $60 on eBay.
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04-19-2024 at 04:00 PM.
04-19-2024 at 04:00 PM.
Confused why there is a deal. You can buy a 2 pack 2.5 MOCA adapter from Hitron for $105 currently off Amazon.

I didn't even realize asus made these. I doubt there is anything special about them worth the price premium.
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