Netgear's MoCA coax-ethernet adapter kit now available, explained with bizarre cartoon

by Ross Miller posted Apr 22nd 2009 at 4:43AM

Netgear's coaxial-hijacking adapter kit MCAB1001 MoCA is now available. The pair of devices, which turns your cable outlets into a home networking solution with transfer speeds up to 270 Mbps, is retailing on the company's online shop for a penny under $190, and if you'd like to watch an infomercial on how it works, chock full of oddly-chosen metaphors and trippy visuals, we've got the perfect read link for you just below.

Read - Product page
Read - "MoCA in a Nutshell" video

Filed under: Media streamers, Other hardware, Ports, Others

Tags: coax-ethernet adapter, Coax-ethernetAdapter, coaxial, coaxial cable, CoaxialCable, ethernet, home networking, HomeNetworking, mcab1001, moca, netgear, netgear moca, NetgearMoca, networking

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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rep @ Apr 22nd 2009 3:16AM

Excellent idea, but given the cost of category 5 cable, unless your in dire straits, this really isn't an option.

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Justin @ Apr 22nd 2009 10:55AM

Yeah other than you already have coax cable probably going to most rooms in your house (and coax is cheap too). I wired my house with cat 5 and it's a pain in the butt. This is a good idea. I might use it to expand the network to other areas.

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Wryker @ Apr 22nd 2009 11:43AM

In my 1917 built home there is no wired Cat5 any place but i do have coax in several rooms so this is a MUCH better option for me.

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grignr @ Apr 22nd 2009 8:58AM

$200 seems cheaper than spending a day drilling holes in one wall, fishing things through into the attic over the addition, scrambling around on the joists trying to get the cable over to the other end of the addition, putting my foot through the ceiling somewhere along the way, drilling through the top plate into the wall, getting back out of the attic, drilling into the wall to fish down the cable, getting it wrong, drilling another hole, connecting everything up, patching the ceiling, and then nursing my aching goolies from when I put a foot through the ceiling.

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Chad @ Apr 22nd 2009 2:04PM

Congratulations! You are D-Link's target market. On the other hand if your coax isn't shielded well you'll end up re-running it anyway like I did when I got U-Verse installed.

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Chad @ Apr 22nd 2009 2:05PM

make that Netgear's. D-Links entry was last week.

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rage @ Apr 23rd 2009 5:10PM

I picked a couple of these kits up 2 weeks ago. Each room in my house has 2 cat6's and 2 coax's, and all my cat6's are in use for my HDMI distribution, which made this product perfect for my needs. It's just funny that my TV goes over cat6 and my network goes over coax now. Completely backwards hehe.

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