[aztecfury]

I have a Tivo Mini Vox connected to a Tivo Bolt that is dropping connection constantly. My setup is as follows:

Mini connected to Moca network.
Tivo bridge connected to router.
Splitter between router and TiVo bridge.
Bolt connected to router via WiFi.
Bolt has antenna attached for OTA programming.

I had tried to connect the Bolt to the Moca network by splitting the antenna and the Moca coax in, but had bad antenna reception.

My questions are:
1. Can this setup work, with the Mini talking to the Bolt over Moca>Router>WiFi?
2. Is there a better way to have the Bolt connected to both antenna and Moca network?

I am using splitters rated for Moca communication.

 

[ThAbtO]

Wifi does not have the bandwidth needed for the Mini. Only ethernet cable or MoCa.

 

[JoeKustra]

Wifi does not have the bandwidth needed for the Mini. Only ethernet cable or MoCa.

Don't tell my three Mini boxes that use wireless bridges. I have used all three on one bridge just to see if my router could handle it. No problem.

 

[aztecfury]

Don't tell my three Mini boxes that use wireless bridges. I have used all three on one bridge just to see if my router could handle it. No problem.

Interesting...I may try to repurpose an old router as a bridge and see if this works for me. I've never understood why we need a MoCa or Ethernet connection to stream video content between TiVo boxes when WiFi works fine for streaming from the web. Are the TiVo boxes streaming uncompressed video?

 

[JoeKustra]

Are the TiVo boxes streaming uncompressed video?

Yes. The heart of a wireless system is the router. If you have some 10-year old router with no antenna and only 801.11n, then go with MoCA. I allocate 20MHz per Mini. I can stream Prime or YouTube all day to my A93 or A95 Mini from a basic Roamio. My main TiVo is a basic Roamio feeding a TP-Link RE850D to a Netgear R8300 on a lower floor. BUT this is not my best system. It's just the one I'm using now. I had better power with an R8000 to an EX7000. But it was ugly. And I like to buy new toys. Router as a bridge? I use RE6500, DAP-1650, WUMC710 and one or two others. I have never gone the mesh route which is what my cable company uses, along with a TiVo from Arris option.

I never suggest wireless. I suggest MoCA, with Ethernet a close second. But no matter the choice, the router is where you start.