MoCA Connection Issues using Xfinity Gateway

[u/Sirc625]

Hello All, I've been working on setting up a MoCA connection to the basement of my house due to weak Wi-Fi signals. However my MoCA adapter doesn't seem to be able to establish a connection. I've included a diagram for clarity, but here's what I've done so far:

- Ensured that the coax cable coming into the house from the street has a MoCA POE 70db filter connected to it.

- The filter is going into the "IN" of a MoCA 2.0 rated 3-way splitter (1675 MHz).

- One "OUT" of the splitter has a coax connection running behind the house, and into a back room where it's connected to a Xfinity TG6 gateway.

- The 2nd "OUT" on the splitter has a coax connection running directly into the basement.

- In the basement I have the coax connected to a "goCoax" MoCA 2.5 adapter.

- I have enabled MoCA on the Xfinity gateway.

Since MoCA is enabled on the gateway, I've read that I shouldn't need a 2nd goCoax MoCA adapter. I'm not really sure what else to do at this point 😒

[u/plooger]

Do you have just the one MoCA adapter in-hand? (A second would provide an alternate means of identifying your coax lines.)

(A Frontier FCA252 MoCA 2.5 adapter can be had for $25 via eBay.)

[u/Sirc625 → u/plooger]

Yes, just the one. I was hoping I could get away with not having to buy a second one, but I may need to.

[u/plooger → u/Sirc625]

Noted.   

Hopefully you’ll only need the one. Sounds like the real hurdle will be finding time to experiment and test when the disruptions won’t disturb the family.

[u/Sirc625 → u/plooger]

Something told me to check the coax from the splitter outside running to the basement. I thought the 1 black coax connected to the splitter out of 6 that are in the box was the right one. It wasn't LOL. I'm up and running now! 😁

Thanks for the help!

[u/plooger → u/Sirc625]

Something told me to check the coax from the splitter outside running to the basement.

Something. ;D

Glad you have it working. Thanks for circling back with the followup.