Setting up MoCA to coaxial-wired detached garage office

My husband needs reliable, fast internet in his detached garage office (approx 70ft from house)which is wired for cable. He's used a TP-Link extender in the past, but it really isn't strong enough and drops the signal repeatedly throughout the day.

Our in-house cable splits between a DVR/TV and our internet modem (does not have built-in MoCA) and router. If I want to use MoCa to get internet to the garage, where would the adaptors go? Where the cable comes into the house before the TV/Internet splitter) and then one at the cable outlet in the garage office?

Sorry if I'm not knowledgeable with the technical details - I've been reading/Googling/YouTubing for answers :-)

TIA!

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2 months ago

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2 months ago

One of the MoCA adapters would go near the router and the coax cable outlet in that room. The router gets plugged into the MoCA adapter with an ethernet cable and the adapter gets connected to the coax line. The other MoCA adapter gets connected to the coax line / wall jack in the garage. The computer or whatever other device gets connected to that MoCA adapter with an ethernet cable.

Here's a link to some general instructions and a wiring diagram;

https://manuals.plus/actiontec/ecb6250-moca-2-5-network-adapters-manual

Bear in mind that if there are any splitters between the two adapters, it needs to be MoCA compliant such as this one;

https://www.amazon.com/Antronix-MMC1002H-B-Splitter-Frontier-Formerly/dp/B07PRYS8YZ

Good luck !

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