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Netgear MoCA COAX-Ethernet Adapter Kit MCAB1001 – PracticallyNetworked.com.

Another MoCA review is in and the verdict?

For situations where Wi-Fi or powerline networking won’t cut the mustard, chances are the Netgear MoCA Coax-Ethernet Adapter kit will. 

The reviewer gave the Netgear MoCA adapters high praise for ease of setup and good performance which has become a common theme among many of the reviews from both consumers and networking bloggers.  He also performed a variety of “real world” tests using streaming HD video

To gauge how well the MCAB1001 could keep the video rolling when there was other network traffic to contend with, we set up a 1 GB+ Xbox game demo to download in the background while we streamed video to the device—the video displayed with no apparent reduction in frame rate or visual quality. The same was true when we watched HD Netflix video on the TiVo while the hefty game downloads were in progress on the Xbox.  

Once again MoCA shines especially while running various high bandwidth applications simultaneously.  The only conclusion that might be in question is that MoCA is a last option versus Wi-Fi or Powerline networking.  In fact, MoCA should be the first choice if you don’t have CAT-5 in your home.  Comparing the two, wireless vs wired, is like comparing over-the-air (rabbit ears) TV vs cable TV, you might get good reception on some channels most of the time, but do you really want to deal with the randomness of wireless reception when you can have a solid wired connection all of the time?  As consumers rely more on their home networks for entertainment and media streaming, the obvious choice will be MoCA.