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How do I use directv streaming with a house wired with coaxial
My house is wired with coaxial.
Can I use directv streaming which has ethernet connections to connedt to the coaxial with a adapter. Then on the other end use a coaxial to ethernet adapter to connect to the directv streaming device in another room?
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ferdberferd
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4 years ago
Sure, those are commonly called MoCA adapters and should work without a problem.
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bradenmcg
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4 years ago
You would also need a MoCA adapter near your main internet router, in order to put "your home network" onto the coax cable too.
Let's assume you're using Coax for internet still and you don't have fiber... you still need a cable modem connected to the router. But you'd also need a MoCA bridge to take the "LAN" side of your router and spit it onto the coax so other MoCA bridges can pick it up and convert it to ethernet.
MoCA basically uses unused frequencies on the coax cable and drops them "on top of" anything else in there, allowing you to reuse the cable for your "LAN" traffic as well as your incoming internet service.
If you're getting internet through a fiber provider, or DSL/Uverse, then your coax likely isn't doing anything, and then you don't need to worry about the MoCA filter (as long as you disconnect any "upstream" drop that came from your previous cable company).
If you have solid wifi coverage in the house, you can also just use the DTV Stream ("Osprey") boxes on wifi. An HD stream takes around 6-10 Mbps of data, which isn't a ton, as long as you've got good wifi coverage everywhere you want to put a box.
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