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Internet to detached garage/office
Hello, I am trying to get internet from my house to a garage/office I have about 70 feet from my house. I only subscribe to xfinity internet service in the house and have a XFi Gateway (router/modem) and one Pod extender installed there. I tested the Pod at the garage and do not get enough WIFI signal for zoom calls. I only have coax cable running to the garage. From previous posts I have read looks like I am out of luck. Anyone have some thoughts on this? Thanks!
user_3wszfi
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11 months ago
I'd suggest MOCA adapter(s). I currently use 2 MOCA adapters with my own modem to get wired ethernet speeds to a lower level of the house. Wifi from upstairs office to basement was spotty. I believe most recent XFi gateways support MOCA 2.0 at least but I can't offer any configuration advice for them. You should definitely have a POE filter where your cable enters the house to keep your MOCA in and neighbor's MOCA out! They are about $10 on Amazon.
My setup: modem -> ethernet to wifi router/switch -> ethernet to MOCA adapter -> coax (not the same one feeding modem) -> MOCA adapter in basement -> ethernet to switch -> ethernet connected computer and wifi AP for basement. Works very well. I was lucky enough to have multiple coax connections in upstairs office from an old dual coax satellite TV setup.
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