Conmnection question

Hi,
Need some important information to give directions. What is the source of your internet connection? If coax/cable, can you isolate the run to the cable modem? Sometimes with OTA a diplexer can be used instead of a MoCA filter but the filter can be made to work.

 

Looks good! AS long as the coax connections you show in your diagram indeed are single sections not connected to either an antenna nor incoming coax no MOCA signal can escape and no POE filter is needed.

 

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If that's the case, your diagram is good and you don't really even need the MoCA filter. Just go with what you have...hopefully a good strong antenna signal.

 

Just as GBL has indicated, so long as you have a single feed from the antenna going directly to the Roamio OTA, there will be no issue.

 

As diagrammed, there won't be any MoCA signals on the coax segment between the DVR and the antenna, so no MoCA filter is needed there.

The "HOME COAX" block through which your MoCA signals will be traveling lacks detail, so I can't say for sure ... but a MoCA filter would only be needed on some edge of that mysterious segment if and where the home coax plant connects to an outside line.

Note that you wouldn't be able to use the home coax plant for MoCA at the same time it's in use for distributing DirecTV signals, and MoCA connectivity will also depend on the specific connections and components composing the "HOME COAX" block.

'gist: The diagram looks great aside from uncertainty re: what composes the "HOME COAX" block.

 

Ah, good, the mysterious block is not so scary, now. Thanks.

As for the Mini, Roamio DVR and OTA... the DVR handles all TV tuning responsibilities and will stream tuned content (live or previously recorded) over the home network to the Mini. (MoCA is just another networking technology, like Wi-Fi, and, yes, it's the network connection between the Mini and Roamio that enables TiVo whole home operation.)

The Mini will have a channel guide and My Shows listing mirroring that of its host DVR, and is mostly identical in basic function to being at the DVR (putting aside channel surfing and management advantages of the host DVR).

 

Is your router actually a switch?

Describe the path of the cable coming into your house to the box labeled "router".

 

Both wireless access points and Powerline adapters have been used, with varying success largely depending on the robustness and nature of one's wireless network and home wiring. Some people have had absolute success, without more, and it can be a simple solution; for some, matters start out fine and later devolve; and for others, it doesn't work. TiVo only endorses Ethernet and MoCA. Many posts and threads here on this.

I always recommend that if trying these routes and if equipment needs to be purchased, buy equipment that easily can be returned, should matters not work out. Also, robust equipment likely will increase the odds of success, especially if one is using wireless connections for more than a single Mini at a time (thereby dividing the wireless bandwidth up).
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Does the DirecTV DVR require a connection to the satellite dish (and satellite) or the Internet to allow playback of existing recordings?

 

On reviewing the above comments, I'm now of the opinion that the "router" depicted in your diagram is WIRELESSLY bridged to your main router, not connected to the main router via an Ethernet cable. So this device is a router that has been configured as a wireless "media bridge." Is this correct?

If so, the diagrammed setup has worked fine for many people, with the TiVo devices connected to each other over wired connections (Ethernet and MoCA), and with this isolated segment connected back to the main router and Internet wirelessly. This can work because the TiVo-to-Tivo traffic which requires more bandwidth will occur via the wired segment, and the lower bandwidth and more resilient traffic (TiVo service and guide data connections, Internet streaming apps) will pass via the wireless bridge connection to the main router.

Yes.

Such a connection wouldn't actually be "hardwired" since it's wireless, but the Mini wouldn't know any difference. The Mini would just see an Ethernet connection, and hopefully the wireless bridge could provide sufficient bandwidth to support the TiVo-to-TiVo streaming. So, yes, you could.

That said, rather than using a second router as another wireless bridge dedicated for the Mini's connection, I'd recommend sticking with the planned wired MoCA connection via the TiVo Bridge MoCA adapter connected to the wireless bridge (router)* ... if possible.


* Note that the pictured "router" device, bridging back to the main router, could be either Powerline or wireless tech, whatever works in your setup.