[dgemm]

Shoutout to MoCA which is a better technology than AC power line Ethernet but remains relatively little known.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_over_Coax_Allianc...

[outofmyshed]

I looked into MoCA as I have some coax runs in my house that I don’t use, but when I saw how much power the adapters drew 247, I ditched that idea quickly. Instead I used the old coax as a pull rope to pull Cat6 through instead.

[darknavi]

That works great unless your lines are stapled for some reason.

[kennend3]

I wish MoCA was around when i was wiring up my house. I have a lot of abandoned COAX which was for cable-TV in my house i could have used.

I actually looked into this many years ago as i have a cable modem, so ethernet over coax via some sort of "modem" should be possible. Sort of a throwback to the old 10-base-2 system?

Wasn't able to find anything that would ave worked so i caved in and eventually ran ethernet.

[stormbrew]

The annoying thing about moca is it's still really expensive and the boxes are huge. It would be nice if you could get them in a form factor where they replaced the coax plate/box, even if they stuck out of the wall more.

[daveoc64]

Do homes in the US have an abundance of coax cable?

It's used by cable companies here in the UK, but it's not something homes come with as standard.