COAX vs CAT 5e on FIOS, which one is better?

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I am looking to replace 3 VZ DVRs with a Roamio Pro & 2 Minis in the near furfure (waiting for the next round of deals). I currently own a 2TB OLED S3 w/LT as well

I have VZ FIOS, ONT to GigE Actiontec router. RG6 quad shielded COAX and CAT 5e from the router to the rest of the house. I also have 2 Actiontec Rev F wireless routers (I've been sitting on them for separate MoCa networking if needed)

The new TiVo units are to be placed in the same spot as the FIOS ones so there is existing COAX (obviously) and CAT 5e as well (2 home run to the GigE router, 1 via Linksys switch)

Is there a consensus on what is best to use speed/transfer/stream/response wise (Roamio > Minis) since all things equal MoCa (from reading various threads) is pretty much plug & play with the FIOS Actiontec

Thank you,

Gman

 

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thank you

 

Ohh, so you can mix & match? i.e. Roamio + 2 Minis can be:

Ethernet (R), Ethernet (M1), MoCa(M2)
Ethernet (R), MoCa(M1), MoCa(M2)
MoCa (R), Ethernet (M1), MoCa(M2)

good to know, ty

 

^^^ ty!

Now before I pull the trigger I have to figure out what is best, Pro + 3 Minis or if a Pro + 2 Minins + a Plus can be networked to work together

edit (to avoid confusion):
As in my original post, I have VZ FIOS ONT & GigE Actiontec router. RG6 quad shielded COAX and CAT 5e from the router to the rest of the house.

 

^^^ Good to know, many thanks, G

 

on Sat I installed a Roamio Pro & 3 Minis. As originally mentioned I have VZ FIOS GigE Router/WiFi, Cat 5e and COAX going to all the places where the new TiVo units were going (replacing VZ DVRs & STB).

I took the lazy man route and asked what cables my wife would like to see (from wall outlet to TiVo device)...... it is all on MoCa

Connections:
FIOS ONT > Actiontec MI424WR GigE ROuter >COAX & Cat 5e (home run) >TiVo Roamio Pro

3 Minis <> COAX (with various VZ gigahertz splitters in the loop).

Install:
Roamio, various initial settings. When I ran Network Setup, was asked if I wanted to create a MoCa Network (VZ Actiontec router supports this), finished setup, guided setup, etc., once everthing was working fine I put the roamio in Standby and unplugged it.

From PC I rebooted the router.

5 Min later (got myself a beer ) plugged Roamio back in, exited Standby,.... all systems go.

One at a time I pluged in the Minis Power (already COAX connected), ren the respective setups.

I had 2 N02 and one C33 error codes pop up. I gnored them for the moment.

From PC I rebooted the router, and went for anothe beer

10 min. later, like magic, all Minis were up and running. One at a time i did a Connect to TiVo Service just to make sure the internet connection worked, it did and both My Shows and Watch Live TV worked properly.

Total time, 3 hours including Mcard activation.


Gman

 

Wasn't sure if redundancy was needed... the cat 5e was there (was plugged into my S3) so I used it and now a pita to get behind the furniture and unplug

 

Lately I have been getting on all 3 Minis the circular thingy indicating the system is busy doing something (i.e accessing the Roamio or getting the stream from the Roamio) and am going to switch to using an Ethernet Network only.

For other reasons ia am also upgrading some of the cabling to Cat6 and Cat6a

Out of curiosity, is there a submenu on the Roamio & Minis which will show me access or transfer sppeds amonst the devices? I'd be curuois to see the difference.

Gman