When I moved into my house ten years ago, the cable network was split in the attic. To get a "home run" system, Comcast ran the line into my utility room. That was fine, because my TV was on the other side of the wall, so all my equipment is in the utility room. A couple years later we put a TV in our hearth room. To make sure the MOCA network worked, I was able to run a conduit from the utility room to the attic, and then ran a coax cable across the attic, above the hearth room, and dropped a line in from there. My TiVo Mini in the hearth room has been working fine for years.
Now, I just got a TV in my office. I ran every line that had been split in the attic down to the utility room, and tried them all one by one on my splitter, but the new Mini can't see a network connection. In speaking with TiVo customer support, they said that if the line to the office was split up even further in the walls, then the signal might not make it. They recommended trying a POE filter on the incoming cable, and I've ordered one from Amazon. Fingers crossed, I hope that works. If it doesn't, I need to explore my options.
1. Get Comcast to come out and get the cable outlet in my office working. That's $80, not too bad. But my fear is that Comcast doesn't care about MOCA, they care about a cable signal, and if the lines are split in the wall, it might be fine for cable but not for MOCA.
2. Get one of those devices that turns your electrical wiring into transmission for ethernet. Not recommended by TiVo, but the tech said he has heard of this working. http://ift.tt/1VOFLUG
3. Get a Wifi Extender with an ethernet jack. http://ift.tt/1VOFLUI
4. Come here and get you guys to give advice. :)
What do you guys think?
Now, I just got a TV in my office. I ran every line that had been split in the attic down to the utility room, and tried them all one by one on my splitter, but the new Mini can't see a network connection. In speaking with TiVo customer support, they said that if the line to the office was split up even further in the walls, then the signal might not make it. They recommended trying a POE filter on the incoming cable, and I've ordered one from Amazon. Fingers crossed, I hope that works. If it doesn't, I need to explore my options.
1. Get Comcast to come out and get the cable outlet in my office working. That's $80, not too bad. But my fear is that Comcast doesn't care about MOCA, they care about a cable signal, and if the lines are split in the wall, it might be fine for cable but not for MOCA.
2. Get one of those devices that turns your electrical wiring into transmission for ethernet. Not recommended by TiVo, but the tech said he has heard of this working. http://ift.tt/1VOFLUG
3. Get a Wifi Extender with an ethernet jack. http://ift.tt/1VOFLUI
4. Come here and get you guys to give advice. :)
What do you guys think?
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