ScreenBeam ECB6200K02 Network Adapter Starter Kit Bonded MoCA 2.0 - Fast

I'm stunned at how well these MoCA coax adapters work and how easy they are to set up. I thought I was tech-savvy, but I clearly wasn't because I wasted a lot of money on WIFI range extenders and mesh systems that never worked well. WIFI range extenders and mesh systems take the signal from the home router and try to bounce it to the range extender or mesh node, which then tries to bounce it to the next node and so on. The problem is the range extender cuts down the WFI signal by 50% and it and the mesh nodes only work well when they're in sight of each other. That's not very efficient for larger houses or houses that don't have an open floor plan. Obviously, the best way to extend WIFI is to have your house wired with ethernet cables, but how many people have that? Answer: not many. However, almost everyone has coax running in their house for cable TV and that is where MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) comes in. A MoCA adapter allows additional routers to receive an internet signal directly from your modem through the existing coax cable in your walls. You just plug the coax from your wall into an adapter and then plug the included ethernet cord from the adapter to an additional router, and now you have a super-strong WIFI signal as if the main router and additional router were connected by an ethernet cable. It works brilliantly and immediately, and the good news is you can set up as many routers as you need if you have a coax outlet in your desired room. I set this up in my mother's large colonial house where WIFI signal goes to die. I put three adapters in separate rooms and attached three old routers I had laying around and Voila, my mother loves me again! Ok, now for the Pro-Life Tips. 1. THIS WILL NOT WORK FOR SATELLITE TV! CABLE ONLY! Sorry, but you're SOL w/ DirecTV and Dish 2. You do not need a MoCA adapter at your modem if your modem is already MoCA enabled. You will need to hook up one of the adapters to the modem if it is not MoCA enabled. A lot of people rent a combination modem/router from their cable provider. The newer ones are already MoCA enabled and if it's not, your cable provider will trade your old modem/router for an updated one for free. 3. Speaking of renting a modem/router combo...don't. Buy a separate ARRIS SURFboard Modem and whatever router you want and it will pay for itself in about a year. Don't give your hard-earned shekels to the corp bastards. 4. You need a MoCA 2 way splitter if you're running your additional router off a coax that is also providing a cable signal to a TV. The instructions and diagram that come with the adapters aren't clear about this. The adapter set comes with one 2 way splitter, but you will need a 2nd one if you're going to set up two adapters and two additional routers. You can buy a 2-way splitter at Lowe's or Home Depot for $6. Just make sure it is MoCA compliable. Also, the box comes with two short coax cables, but you will need two more if you're connecting them with two TVs. You can buy 3 ft. coax for cheap if you don't have extras laying around. 5. The MoCA adapter does not send out a WIFI signal by itself! You must use an additional router for each adapter. Any old router will do, so you don't need to blow your brains out on the latest and the greatest. However, you still need your original "Home Base" router that you have already been using. 6. Instructions. How to set up in a room where you already have a TV and your modem is MoCA enabled: Unscrew the coax from the cable box and screw it into the "cable in" port on the splitter. Now screw in another coax to the "cable out" port of the splitter and run it back into the cable box. Cable TV is now all set. Screw another coax to the other "cable out" port of the splitter and screw the other end into the "cable in" port on the adapter. Then plug the provided ethernet cable into the adapter and plug the other end into the WAN port of your router. Plug adapter and router into the wall or outlet strip and enjoy that sweet, sweet rock hard WIFI signal. 7. Please know the difference between "your" and "you're". Your is possessive, ie: your new MoCA adapter. You're is a contraction of you are, ie: you're going to love your new MoCA adapter. (See what I did there?) 8. Enjoy your strong WIFI signal and please be safe and please be nice to each other. We're all in this trying time together and a little kindness goes a long way. Cheers.

Short: -These are plug and play and work exactly as expected -The devices are well built and are the quality you would expect for the price -You should get typical wired ethernet speeds, no speed penalty -Make sure to set up all your splitters, amplifiers and filters properly before installing these devices -If using other MOCA devices, make sure to match the MOCA version number between all devices (i.e. don't buy the 2.5 adapters if you're trying to talk to an existing 2.0 device) Long: I moved to a house with tons of cable ports but no possible way to run ethernet. First looked at powerline adapters and decided they seemed too tricky, so I went for this instead. Turns out it was a fantastic choice. When I was first researching MOCA, I found a ton of ambiguous information, so I wanted to share in case it helps others. Instead of looking at forums, the best place to start is to search for the MOCA specification. That makes the whole technology a lot clearer, and contains information useful to the average person (not just technojargon). Essentially, it uses frequencies above those used by normal cable operation (1000MHz) to transmit ethernet without interfering with other signals. Before installing these adapters, make sure you set up all splitters and amplifiers in your house to be one that are MOCA compatible. You will also need to install a filter to prevent your ethernet from leaking out to the neighbors. If you've ever had Tivo or DVR installed, you may already have the correct components in place. I purchased these devices from Amazon and can confirm they worked with these adapters: Splitter: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0113JAN8K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Amplifier: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077BCHVWZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I also discovered that my wireless gateway (model DPC3941T) from Comcast supported MOCA natively. It was not enabled by default, but it was a simple toggle once logged into the device. This meant I only needed to purchase adapters for the endpoints where I actually wanted wired internet. The actual adapters are fantastic. I initially bought the 2 pack of MOCA 2.5 adapters. These are entirely plug and play. They power up and connect fast, and it was easy to get two nodes to recognize each other. The devices also feel well built. However, I then discovered that my gateway only supports up to MOCA 2.0. I returned the 2.5 adapters and replaced them with 2.0 adapters. They worked flawlessly first try. On a speed test, I get the same speeds using the MOCA adapters as by plugging directly into the router. Overall, I plan to buy more of these in the future. I look forward to MOCA 2.5 supported on more routers. Not all companies can be as on the ball as Actiontec.

Note: make sure to disable mesh on your MoCA connected routers. This is a must have technology if you have dark coaxial (unused) in your house and getting internet via coaxial. It's not inexpensive and it does not replace routers in a large home with a basement and backyard, rather it boosts your wireless connection dramatically - in my case consistent 290+Mbps on an 300 Mbps from my internet provider. A bunch of things you need to know before you embark on this effort: 1- You should watch all the videos related to the device and the technology itself to make sure you understand how this works and whether it will work for you 2- You are currently getting your internet via coaxial and have access to point of entry into your home and existing splitters (ideally as you will need to replace the splitters) 3- You previously had a good signal to all your coaxial outlets and not too much noise on the lines 4- Purchase your MoCA filter along with high quality MoCA splitters to match your existing splitter requirements 5- Map out where you'll need to change splitters - e.g. in my installation I had 3x2 way splitters and 2x4 way splitters 6- Try to consolidate your lines as much as possible - e.g. in my case I have 3 rooms that don't need a coax connection since the WiFi coverage after MoCA implementation is more than adequate 7- You still need your existing router or new routers - e.g in my case I have a multi-router deployment that was previously either mesh or bridge 8-You may need to reconfigure your routers depending on models - e.g. in my case I have a complete TP-LINK multi-router deployment some dating back several years but with good security and updated firmware which still can handle at least 180Mbps more than enough for my needs - I had to reconfigure all the bridged routers to Access Points to get the maximum speed and connectivity 9- Do the easy work first 9 a. - install your MoCA filter at coaxial point of entry into your house - must have it for security purposes to demarcate your data travel up and down the wires and not expose your network to outside data splash inbound or outbound up to 300 feet - this is very important 9 b. - change your splitters wherever you can to have the MoCA compatible splitters and maximize data throughput without significant loss 9 c. - install the first pair of MoCA adapters as per instructions and TEST, TEST, TEST - make sure it works in a basic configuration before you start reconfiguring routers which is very time consuming 9 d. - Your MoCA connection may vary from the base instructions - e.g. in my case I connected the first splitter that came with the set to my modem and the MoCA adapter -then, I ran the ethernet from the MoCA adapter to a WiFi 7 router which is my primary router that controls my older WiFi 6 and previous version routers It took me approx. 8hrs over 3 days to get my setup right but once it is installed it is lightning fast and far exceeds my prior straight up mesh and bridge connections - I highly recommend this device from this manufacturer.

I got a pair of these in April 2017 and I'm still using them. Within the scope of my understanding, they have worked perfectly. I have gigabit internet and get extremely fast download speeds on my computers going through MoCA, no noticeable difference in download speeds from computers plugged directly into my router not going through MoCA. So it's hard for me not to recommend these, I've never had a negative experience with them. It's very easy setup, plug and play pretty much, no software setup whatsoever. Keep in mind though that if you want to expand your MoCA network, try to match the version number (MoCA 2.0) or higher. I bought a MoCA 1.5 adapter to expand my network, and got significantly lower speed from the MoCA 1.5 connected computer than the MoCA 2.0. The reasons for this are obvious, but at the time I wasn't thinking about it. The fact that you can mix different versions of MoCA on your network is interesting though. If your home is wired up with a coaxial network and you're unable to run ethernet due to various reasons, and don't want to set up wifi extenders or anything like that, I think MoCA is a good option. You will probably also want to get a PoE filter and install that in your cable entry point at your house. I'd recommend looking up some youtube videos and stuff before diving in, there is a lot more info out there about it now than there was eight year ago when I got this.

I had been using 5 of the Actiontec MoCA 1.1 adapters with 100 Mbps. (one at the router, and 4 others as satellites feeding Xbox 360s as primarily Media Center extenders. I replaced one of the older satellite adapters the plugged into a 5 port switch and then to the Xbox and couple of other devices. This worked great! So, I decided that I should replace the older adapter (master) at the router. So, I did the exact same thing as the satellite and did the swap. Again, It worked great! At this point it all started to go wrong. I then went to the next in line second Xbox and replaced the old adapter with the new MoCA 2.0 adapter. The lights came on, but the Xbox could not find the Media Center and failed all the connection tests. It had an IP and DNS/Gateway IP, but could not find anything. I tried another new adapter and it did the same thing. The whole time the first Xbox was playing Media Center TV. I tried the last MoCA 2.0 adapter and it also did not connect. So, I put the old MoCA 1.1 adapter back on and the Xbox sprang to life. Playing TV and everything else. So, 2 TVs playing and all of a sudden they both stopped. After investigating a little, I find that cable light on the new (master) 2.0 adapter at the router is off. I do all of the normal troubleshooting (unplug/re-plug, reset, swap with other new adapters, etc.) to no avail. So, now I am really upset. At the router, I put the old 1.1 adapter back in place and the cable light comes on and the 2 Xbox's again spring to life. One with a new 2.0 adapter and one with an old 1.1 adapter. After about 15 minutes I again tried a new 2.0 adapter at the router. It again worked for about 5 minutes and then lost cable connection. How depressing. I am at a loss. I have quad RG6 cable. The Xbox that worked the whole time (except when the Master choked) is a longer run that the Xbox that never worked with the new 2.0 adapters. The Xbox's are the same exact model Xbox 360 E. Any ideas where I went wrong? I guess I will have to return these new adapters. They are useless. UPDATE! After returning my original order ECB6200 2 adapter kit, and several months passing, I started to have other cable TV issues starting with pixelization and eventually no picture or signal. After a much more detailed testing, I found out that the 4-way splitter I was using was deteriorating TV channels signals. This led me to also reconsider the ECB6200 kit. I decided to try again and ordered the kit. I have to say that they work great now! Apologies to all, including Amazon and Actiontec!

I purchased this in order to hard wire a Roku and a Tablo to my router and the Internet. My cable modem and router are in my office, but the Roku and Tablo are about 30 feet away in the family room. Running an ethernet cable to the location was not practical, but there are coax outlets in the office and near the Roku and Tablo. I had trouble seeing how any of the diagrams provided by the manufacturer applied to my situation. I have only one coax outlet at my office. The diagrams seem to contemplate perhaps two, although exactly how the router/modem is hooked up to the Internet remains mysterious. Researching the situation on the Internet revealed a possible solution, which is to connect the incoming coax to the adapter, the coax out port to the cable modem, the cable modem to the router by ethernet cable, and then ethernet cable back to the adapter. This will work, although I don't see how one would have derived this configuration from the instructions. I had trouble getting the two adapters to "see" each other at first in their respective locations. The coax lights would not come on. I decided to start from scratch and hook them up to each other in the same room right next to each other. That did work and the coax lights came on. I also rewired my coax cables temporarily to create a direct connection between the rooms. This also worked. Introducing splitters into the equation caused problems. I was originally using a splitter in the office between the coax outlet and the adapter, plus another in the basement where the Internet service comes in and splits off to the office and the family room. Having two splitters in the line prevented a connection between the adapters. I eventually hit on getting rid of the splitter in the office. With only one splitter in the line, the adapters were able to see each other. I also had to reverse the splitter in the basement. It now has the incoming coax on one leg, and the connection to the family room on the adjacent leg. The side of the splitter with only one connection now faces the line to the office. I ordered a Moca filter along with the adapters. I eventually discovered this was unnecessary as the prior cable installation had an abandoned one attached to one of the coax cables in the basement. Only a $6 item, so no great loss. All said and done, the connection to the family room does now work. Internet speed there is as fast as at the cable modem and router, download at about 115 Mbps. Previously the wireless connection was only in the 30 Mbps range. I would rate the product at 5 stars, but took one off for the frustrating experience on figuring out how to connect the thing to my single coax outlet in my office.

I had a network cabinet in the living room that I wanted to move due to noise, light distraction, and it just didn't "fit" with the decor, but it was connected to a TIVO head unit that requires a wired ethernet connection to enable its internal moca connection. I didn't want to trudge through my attic crawlspace to run Cat 6 drops, though I'm capable of doing so, but I had a coax drop in every room, so I figured I'd try these adapters instead. So, I moved my network cabinet to the office (where it belongs) split the coax cable coming out of the wall with a moca-capable splitter, attached one coax cable to my cable modem and another to one of these Actiontec adapters, attached a Cat 6 from the modem to the router and back to a switch, and attached the adapter to the switch with a Cat 6. I also have an existing Point of Entry (POE) moca filter on the outside of my house where the main line from the cable company enters the house to prevent my network data from leaking out to my neighbors and supposedly maintain a stronger moca signal internally. In the living room, I connected a second Actiontec adapter to the wall with a coax cable, passed through a coax cable to the TIVO head unit, and attached a Cat 6 cable from the Actiontec adapter to a 8-port Power over Ethernet (POE) switch. I then attached a Cat 6 from the POE switch to the TIVO head unit, POE outdoor security camera, Apple TV, and Bose Soundtouch. Note that you should disable the internal Moca network in the TIVO head unit (if applicable), otherwise it will may conflict with the Actiontec Moca network. In the basement, I connected a third adapter to the wall with a coax cable and connected a Cat 6 to another 8-port POE switch. I then connected my Smart TV, PS4, Bose Soundtouch, second outdoor POE security camera, and Apple TV to the switch. I attempted to pass through a coax cable (STB out) to a TIVO mini unit, but for some reason, it appears that the higher frequencies are clipped so that moca data doesn't pass through the STB out connection. So, I had to connect the Tivo mini to the switch with a Cat 6 cable...which is fine, but I would've preferred to leave an extra port open for future expansion. I was able to connect another Tivo mini in my master bedroom to just a coax cable coming out of the wall, and it detects and utilizes the Actiontec moca network perfectly. I tested the speed and was only able to get 270 mbps...which is much faster than the TIVO Roamio Plus moca network of 20 mbps that I was getting earlier, but much slower than the rated 1000 mbps speed of these adapters. However, I have a rats nest of dead-end coax connections, splitters, and unused coax terminations throughout the house. I guarantee that if I traced down each connection and eliminated all the cables/splitters that I don't use, I would see the speed increase tremendously. I plan to do that someday :) Also, I'm not sure if the newest Airport Extreme router that I use supports moca bonding...probably not, but I will never know for sure since Apple is so tight-lipped about releasing specs for its products. Maybe one day I'll switch out the router with one I know supports moca bonding. I know I probably could've gone with cheaper, lower-rated moca adapters, but I bought these with the future in mind. 270 mbps is more than fast enough for HD streaming, which is all I'm using these for; most of the "heavy lifting" is done in my office, where everything is connected together with Cat 6. And, if it becomes too slow in the near future, I'm sure I can get rid of the coax rat's nest and upgrade my router to get closer to the rated speed :)

Very easy to install over leftover coax from previous cable system. Just plug and play. My devices are only MoCA 2.0 so speed will be limited to 1G max speed. After installation the system tested at the same throughput as testing at the router to the network. Really good. Latency is very good also. My GPS driven time server was perfect with no latency delay. With my old Ethernet over power line. I would frequently get differentials with my computer clock. So far so good, I now have the speed i wanted for my computer setup across the other side of the house. This is a great solution to extend a network when a mesh or extender network has to big of a gap for WiFi connected mesh or extender.

Worked perfectly, great solution

Below is my original review… as I was so excited about how well this works. I am having stability issues and so need to get into troubleshooting. Basically the speed is fast, but unstable. So all is good unless I am using Zoom where I keep having dropouts. So hopefully I can report back soon with what the fix was. Until then my five stars is dropped one!?! … (Original review below) This works and blew my mind! I don’t often write reviews, but thought it good to share my experience with this one. First the negative - came with US power plugs so I needed to use adapters… the plugs work with 100v to 240v so basic adapters are all that is needed. Now the positive - I live in a massive old house with no way to get Ethernet cables to the third floor. The walls are thick. I found that there was some old coax cable in the walls. First I tested this on a table. It just worked. There is a light on each box to show the box has power, and then a light on each box to show the two boxes have found each other over the coax cable. Then I connected it to span a considerable distance and I am getting near gigabit speed (barely loosing anything). As far as I can tell Ethernet would be a little faster (Ethernet might get 920mb/s when this gets 900mb/s), so not by much. Also, in my setting, it adds a little to the ping (so it might be 15ms instead of 10ms). This is all from only about a half dozen tests so it could all be within a margin of error. Regardless it was super easy. It works well. If you have coax cable in an old house where you can’t run Ethernet I highly recommend this. This isn’t cheap but works well and came with a great array of extras in the box. The only thing it didn’t have (that I needed) was little adapters that go from wall plugs to the screw fitting on the end of coax cable, and the earlier mentioned US to UK power plug adapters. So if your wall fittings are not the screw on type you will need similar coax adapters, but may already have them.

Funciona perfecto he pasado de 40Mbps con un PLC a 1gbs

Mein Problem: - Altbau - Mehrere Zimmer + Stockwerk zwischen Router und PC - WLan nicht möglich (zu schlechte Verbindung, zu viel Datenübertragungsverslust) - Kabel ziehen war mir zu aufwendig (50-70 Meter wären notwendig gewesen) Nachdem wir inzwischen in einem Zeitalter von Amazon Prime, Netflix und anderen Anbietern leben, nutzen wir unsere Satelliten-Schüssel inkl. der Verkabelung nicht. Also kam mich auf die Idee dieses Produkt auszuprobieren. Inzwischen ist auch der Preis von 100€ für beide Geräte komplett gerechtfertigt. (Beispielsweise ein WLan Repeater kostet schon um die 100€ und hier hätte ich gut 2-3 Stk gebraucht) Als der Netzwerk Adapter kam war ich erst noch Skeptisch. 1) Ich musste das Antennenkabel bei meinem Router durchschneiden und habe mit einem "F-Stecker für Koaxial Kabel" einen neuen Anschluss eingebaut. Anschließend konnte ich das Antennenkabel und Router verbinden. (Den F-Stecker an ein Antennenkabel zu machen bekommt jeder hin, hierfür reicht lediglich ein Cutermesser) 2) Bei meinem PC musste das gleiche gemacht werden, allerdings war hier die Anschlussbuchse für den TV schon vorhanden und konnte direkt in den Adapter gesteckt werden. optional 3) Unsere Verkabelung wurde stillgelegt (Keinen Verteiler bei der Satellitenschüssel), daher habe ich am Dachboden einfach beide Kabel (zum Router und zum PC) miteinander Verbunden. Hierfür habe ich den mitgelieferten Y-Adapter benutzt, diese sind eigentlich dafür gedacht Internet und TV gleichzeitig zu übertragen. 4) Sobald die Verbindung steht, verbinden sich beide Module automatisch und können benutzt werden. Ich musste hier keine Einstellung mehr vornehmen. Internet Übertrag: Ich habe eine 300MBit/s Leitung und bekomme auch die volle Bandbreite am PC an. Ich war hier mehr als überrascht, dass eine verlustfreie Verbindung über das alte Koax-Kabel möglich ist! Beide Adapter sind jetzt seit 4 Monaten durchgehend im Einsatz (tägliche PC Nutzung dank Homeoffice). Bis jetzt hatte ich noch keinen Ausfall der Adapter!! Hinweis: - Es müssen 2 Adapter für die Deutsche Steckdose bestellt werden "US to DE", diese haben mich 4,95€ gekostet. - Die F-Stecker haben mich für 4,90€ für 10 Stk gekostet

If you need a hard-wired solution because wifi is not reliable in your home and/or not fast enough then this is your answer. Don't bother with Powerline Adapters. I had powerline adapters in my home for years and they are flaky. I would routinely lose connectivity at least once a day (usually twice), which would require me to physically pull out the adapter from the receptacle. Frustrating. And worse, the speeds that it claims were total BS. Enter Moca 2.0 (ECB6200). Night and Day. These things worked great out of the box. I have a gigabit network and my real-world speeds between PCs is 940Mbps. It's as fast as you're gonna get. Anyway, there are two versions of the ECB6200. The v2A and v2C. The 2C is the newer model and has vents on top (as u see in this product picture). It already comes with the latest firmware. Don't make the mistake asking support to give u a firmware that you think is a higher version (the v2A firmware has a higher # than then the 2C) because it will cause your 2C to act erratically (which can be fixed by reinstalling its original firmware). Also, you can access its admin page via 192.168.144.30 -- you will need to set your NIC card with a static IP with the gateway set to 192.168.144.1 .. Not much to do in there besides check the stats. Also, other things to note. In the adapter's admin page under Node Info don't be concerned if your Phys Speed is 600Mbps+ ... due to bonding it means you are 600 x 2 = 1200Mbps. If you are below 600 it means you have some issues on your coax, which is fixable e.g. you may need a moca filter, you might have one or more DVR units using the MOCA frequency, or you simply need a terminator on your moca adapter. All of these are simple fixes. Sorry for the rambling and the raw review. I'd clean it up and make it more coherent but i am not sure anyone will ever read this. Update: It's been some years since buying these and to this day i am still using these MOCA devices. They are still working perfectly. ScreenBeam, the manufacturer, still provides quality support for them. Just the other day i reached out and asked if there were firmware updates. And indeed there were. They walked me through on how to upgrade my moca devices. Very smooth. And it adds some new, unique features not present before. Fantastic!