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ScreenBeam MoCA 2.5 Network Adapter Starter Kit
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1 Gbps download / 0 Gpbs upload
0 Gbps download / 1 Gpbs upload
500 Mbps download / 500 Mbps upload
Even if you set your 1 Gbps Ethernet port to full duplex, max will be 1 Gbps half duplex.
Using MoCA 2.5 with 1 Gbps ports you can have 1 Gbps in both directions concurrently, e.g. using all bandwidth available on the 1 Gbps Ethernet full duplex port.
Unless your traffic is mostly in one direction (e.g. downloading video) MoCA 2.5 should perform significantly better than MoCA 2.0.
Note that MoCA 2.5 is still half duplex internally, e.g. the sum of download plus upload caps at 2.5 Gbps. ScreenBeam ECB7250 uses a 2.5 Mbps Ethernet port, but that only helps if your traffic is mostly in one direction.
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Because of the splitter (which all the Coaxial cables are all connected to) the signal are also able to go back and forth amongst all the outlets. But, modern day internet uses Ethernet connection (let's just call it internet cable). Which most older houses are not wired for, and it's honestly not difficult to drop them but just annoying and it takes time. So, someone figured out a way to use Coaxial, so basically this device will take your internet cable, plug in put the signal on these existing coaxial cable, then the signal travels to another outlet, and you have another one of these to convert the signal back into your internet cable (that allows you to plug into any other network device, PC, network switch, streaming device, game console and such). That's why you need a MINIMUM two to get the setup to work.
Short story, this allows you to leverage your existing Coaxial cable system so you don't need to go around and drop ethernet cables if you don't already have one.
Even CM when I had MoCA has the concept of MoCA WAN and MoCA WAN. Once I did away w/ video it was no longer and issue then Verizon updated my GPON to ethernet. I still use MoCA adapters which work 120% fine after a decade for media to remote locations.
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If you had problems with Ethernet traffic from MoCA, the problem may be related to your coax splitters. A common frequency band for MoCA adapters is 1125-1675 MHz. Older coax splitters only support up to 1002 Mhz. If you use those with MoCA, higher frequency signals can be attenuated or blocked. MoCA compatible splitters should support up to 1675 MHz.
Also, older coax amplifiers that improve TV reception can distort MoCA signals. If you don't get TV via coax, those amplifiers may no longer be required. If you do need coax amplifiers for TV signals and also use MoCA adapters, amplifiers should be unity (0 dB) gain.
Manufacturers usually specify MoCA compatibility when a coax splitter or amplifier supports MoCA frequencies or gains. These are examples:
Antronix 5-1675 MHz MoCA 2.0 Splitters [amazon.com]
CommScope Passive VoIP MoCA Amplifier [amazon.com]
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