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I have Spectrum cable/internet. I've read that they don't support Moca. I have a Tivo Bolt & Mini. Is it still possible to create an internal Moca network, even though Spectrum doesn't support it?
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Great! Thank you!
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Did you have to change anything, as far as the original cable wiring/splitters, that was already at the home, to make it Moca compatible?
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Will I only need the one adapter? I have a TiVo Bolt in the living room & am trying to hook up 1 Mini in 1 bedroom. The Mini tells me that it can't find the network. So, will the one Moca Adapter, in the living room, be all I need? Any filters?
Have you now acquired a MOCA adapter? If your modem/router doesn't do MOCA you'll need an adapter at its location (This is assuming your modem and router are not in the living room with your Bolt). You don't need an adapter at the Bolt, it has MOCA built in. You should have a filter where the coax line enters your home.
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You may not need any MoCA adapter, depending on where the BOLT sits relative to your router. Can the BOLT be connected via wired Ethernet to the router? If yes, then the BOLT can function as your main Ethernet/MoCA bridge, and so a separate MoCA adapter would not be needed. (You'll still need to ensure that the coax outlets are interconnected, and get a "PoE" MoCA filter installed to secure the MoCA network.)
If the BOLT can NOT be Ethernet-connected to the router, then you'd just need a single MoCA adapter installed at the router location to function as the main Ethernet/MoCA bridge, and the BOLT and Mini would then connect as MoCA clients using their built-in MoCA capability.
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My Bolt is in the living room, with the modem & separate router. I own both the modem & router, but neither are Moca. It took Spectrum forever to get the Tivo activated in the living room. SEVERAL over the phone reps, a few techs & 3 Cable Cards later, we finally got it activated. I'd rather not have to run a long ethernet cord through the house, to the bedroom, that's on the other end of the house, so I'm hoping we can get Moca working. On the Mini, it seems to recognize everything, it knows the name of my Tivo box, etc., it just needs the network. So from what I've read, hopefully all I'll need is Moca Filter in the living room. What about the splitter? I did realize that it's not Moca, should I get one that is? I'm new to all this, so I really appreciate everyone's help!
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Ok, good. Is the BOLT currently connected/networked to the router via wired Ethernet?
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Yes
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Then you should be able to do as suggested above, and configure the BOLT to function as your main Ethernet/MoCA bridge … to/through which the Mini will then connect as a MoCA client. Zero additional MoCA adapters required. (You'd just need the coax outlets interconnected, hopefully using MoCA-compatible components, and will need to ensure that a MoCA filter is installed at your cable signal point-of-entry, at or upstream of the first split encountered by the cable signal.)
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