Comtrend – Alternative to MoCA – G.hn Ethernet Over Dark/Unused Coax Adapter Kit – High-Speed, Secure Network for Streaming & Gaming, Powerline Technology - 1200 Mbps, 2-Unit Kit (GCA-6000KIT)

AWESOME Outcome of Saturday morning, want to share if anybody wants to implement this in their homeAs we all know, Verizon and Comast put the modem in the basement. They claim that today's routers are powerful enough to give speedy internet throughout the home. I had issues with the internet towards the far end of the house. After doing a lot of research and trying at least 2 products finally got this to work.Purchased a product name "CComtrend GCA-6000 kit," it is Ethernet over the COAX Adapter kit. This device allows an Ethernet signal to transfer over the current TV Cable. You plug in one device to your basement router and another device to the other end of the TV wall outlet. if you hardwire the device, it gets "full speed". I connected another Linksys router on the other end, and that area is now blazing fast. I have a 1GB connection and now using this device I get full 1GB(Hard wired) on the other end. There are two speeds one from the Verizon router to the Verizon Hub and then your device to the Verizon Router. I got great speeds on both levels.**SAVING ON VERIZON EXTENDER FEE FOR EVERY MONTH from now on **The only limitation is that the COAX cable should not have any other traffic, which means current cable should not be used for TV transmission, which most of the homes switched to Wifi based devices anyway.Anybody have the same problem can look into this option here is a link for the device.Highly recommend thisi product, installation was extremely easy(it took me more time to find out which COAX I need to connect as I have 7 COAX outlets :-)https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MRV4WA1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

1+ year update...These units seem to be capable of delivering max around 500 Mbps in data thruput, in a point-to-point (read best case) scenario. Works fine for my use case, but YMMV.1200 Mbps advertized is total thruput, i.e. if you deploy these units (at least 4 units) within your home coax infrastructure then you have theoretical potential of achieving 1200 Mbps thruputs simultaneously across multiple units. However thats raw thruput in an ideal environment, so practically you will see a lot lower. I do not have 4 units deployed as such so I cannot confirm the actual thruput in that scenario. I would hope the actual total thruput in that scenario would be 600+ Mbps.Original review below...This has worked out quite well for my use case. Existing isolated coax cable run (as part of a previous dish setup that I do not use), to supply data at 1Gbps from one to the other end of the house. I haven't tested thruput but I can confirm I am able to get 100+ Mbps. Hooked on to an unmanaged switch feeding a WAP, I was able to run multiple lag-free HD streams simultaneously while getting 200+ Mbps reading from a phone connected to the WAP.For my use case, installation was too easy, simple plug and play. In my case, I tested out the system with a shorter coax cable confined to my desk to make sure the units worked and weren't DoA.The units seemed to come with default hard coded IP of 192.168.0.5, which seems to not matter in my 192.168.1.x subnet. So, in other specific cases I cannot say what will happen:1. If you're running these in a 192.168.0.x subnet. If theres IP conflict you will have to resolve it somehow.2. If you utilize your house's built-in "coax network", YMMV. It will all depend on the complexity and quality of the network, types, qualities and counts of splitters and filters used throughout etc. Do keep in mind, you can only use these if you're not getting your internet via cable, and/or you're not subscribing to cable TV. More technically speaking, you need to ensure the frequencies currently utilized within your coax network does not fall within the frequency range used by G.hn ethernet over coax specs.So, I could've also gotten and used MoCA for my use case, which seems to be more future friendly and expandable option (i.e. I could later move it over to my coax network to coexist with cable internet). I chose this to try out G.hn technology and also save about $30 compared to the cheapest MoCA bonded 2.0 pair I could find (motorola).One annoyance I would like to mention (but not deduct a star for), is the claim of 1200 Mbps. This is impossible, as the units have built-in 1000 Mbps or Gigabit Ethernet port. No switch I know will be able to supply it anything higher than 1000 Mbps. Although it may be possible for the two modules to speed up transmission of data once in the unit to send to the other unit. However the other end connecting to a switch will again be negotiated down to 1000 Mbps max. So yeah 1200 Mbps is impossible, even in theory!

I went with these as a less expensive alternative to MoCA adapters. I heeded the warning to use only dark coax (I don’t have TV signal running over my coax).But I can’t trust these. I tested them by plugging both into power, and using a single 1 foot coax cable between them. No Ethernet hooked up, but ideal situation otherwise. The coax LED duly turned on.Then I unplugged one coax end and the coax LED stayed on. At this point the indicator is just wrong. The cable wasn’t plugged in!Similarly, I was able to get the secure light to stay on by just pressing it and waiting. It blinked for awhile, then stayed solid. I had never started pairing mode on the other end.You want these because you’re trying to make a reliable wired connection. These don’t. Look elsewhere.

Worked great to extend my home network to the other side of the house through some unused coax.

Like my headline stated. Make sure you are using RG6 cable if you are using RG5 your throughput will be between 15-25 Mbps. I was getting terrible speeds when I first got the unit so I used an RG6 barrel connector to join the coax coming from my router to the coax going to my switch. My speeds did not improve so I found the culprit was an RG5 cable that was connected to the MOCA device going to my router. After replacing that small piece of cable I am getting 650-700 Mbps, a vast improvement. If I decided to add another MOCA device I will purchase a new splitter as this old one in the pic was from a satellite system that we no longer use. I would purchase again.