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More Reviews of MoCA
More and more positive reviews of the Netgear MCAB1001 MoCA Adapters are coming to light. These are a few more great reviews; check them out if you need even more reasons to buy one of these adapters.
Actiontec MoCA Adapters at Walmart.com
Walmart is selling Actiontec MoCA Adapters available for purchase! Check it out.
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SmallNetBuilder – More MoCA: D-Link DXN-221 & Actiontec ECB2200 Reviewed
SmallNetBuilder – Small Network Help – More MoCA: D-Link DXN-221 & Actiontec ECB2200 Reviewed.
Wow. MoCA is really beginning to blast off as a new and exciting home networking category and these new products just add to the excitement. Both the D-Link and Actiontec MoCA adapters give the same great performance as the Netgear adapters reviewed about a month ago and are all compatible with each other so you can mix and match devices in your home network. Depending on your brand and feature preferences, all of these adapters are MoCA compliant so interconnectivity won’t be a problem. That’s a big leap for MoCA networking as more vendors jump on the bandwagon to deploy MoCA-enabled networking products and consumer electronics gear. Stay tuned to the blog as the new connected devices start rolling out this summer, all of them able to take advantage of a wired MoCA home network.
Adding More Ethernet Ports to Your MoCA Network
Let’s say you installed your MoCA network adapter kit and now have a blazing fast connection between the Xbox in your living room to your router upstairs. Well, being a good citizen you now take your Obama stimulus check and go out to your local Best Buy and buy a brand spanking new Bluray BR-DVD Player. Lo and behold, your BR-DVD has an Ethernet port so you can access BD-Live as well as get your software updates. How will I share my one MoCA Ethernet port?!?
The answer is simple, it’s called a 5-port ”Ethernet Switch” and can be found at any electronics store or online for about $20 (Amazon had one on sale for $9 with rebate). Like the name says, it has 5 Ethernet ports on it so you connect the Ethernet port from your MoCA adapter to one of the ports on the switch and Voila! – you now have 4 ports for all your devices! If you really have a big tax return, you can buy an 8-port switch and get 7 extra ports to plug into your Xbox, Slingbox, TiVo, HDTV, Bluray, Squeezebox, Roku, etc… Think of the money and aggravation you’ll save by not spending $700 on 7 different wireless adapters for each device that all interfere with each other and drop connection every 2 minutes!
Just another reason to get wired with MoCA now!
Actiontec Sips MoCA – 2009-05-04 19:18:17 | Multichannel News
Actiontec Sips MoCA – 2009-05-04 19:18:17 | Multichannel News.
Following up on their CES introduction, Actiontec announced new MoCA networking adapters to extend broadband to Home Theater installations. Available through installers and CEDIA distributors, the Actiontec MoCA adapters have been seen on Amazon as well as other home theater online retailers. Actiontec has had extensive experience with MoCA as the technology supplier to Verizon so it’ s no surprise they are expanding the reach of their products.
MoCA Now in Select Best Buy B&M Stores
NETGEAR – MoCA Ethernet Adapter Kit – MCAB1001-100NAS
MoCA networking gear is now available at select Best Buy brick-and-mortor stores across the US! The NETGEAR Coax-to-Ethernet adapter kit is being sold in flagship stores in major metros from Silicon Valley (Santana Row), San Diego (Mission Valley), Chicago (Evanston), Las Vegas, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Dallas, Philadelphia, etc… Of course, you can also order online from BestBuy.com or punch your zip code into the site to check for a store in your area. Post a photo if you see in your local store.
MoCA in a Nutshell – Netgear
Don’t understand what MoCA does? Here’s a fun and educational cartoon from Netgear that explains everything about MoCA, what is means, why you need it, and how it works. Titled “MoCA in a Nutshell”, the video takes us into a typical home where a family needs to use the home network whether it’s to watch a movie, download a file, or play video games. “MoCA in a Nutshell” shows how a MoCA network can handle all of those tasks at the same time, and even have a little more bandwidth to spare. If you’re convinced that MoCA is for your home, read more about Netgear’s MoCA products here.
D-Link DXN-221 HD MediaBridge Coax Network Starter Kit
D-Link DXN-221 HD MediaBridge Coax Network Starter Kit.
D-Link is releasing more info on their DXN-221 HD MediaBridge Coax products and even started taking orders on the D-Link Shop. For those of you just tuning in, D-Link showed their MoCA Ethernet-To-Coax adapters at the last CES but wasn’t very specific on release date. Now it looks like the product is being rolled out under the HD MediaBridge moniker to possibly complement the other streaming media products in their lineup. Along with Netgear and Actiontec, there will be quite a few choices for MoCA adapters available on the market.
How to connect a Playstation 3 to the Internet using Coax and MoCA Technology | eHow.com
How to connect a Playstation 3 to the Internet using Coax and MoCA Technology | eHow.com.
Not that it’s a difficult install, but here’s a good article on connecting a PS3 to the Actiontec MoCA adapters. There’s also one on connecting a Nintendo Wii which is basically the same steps. In fact, you could apply the same procedure to hooking up your Xbox 360, PC, networked PC, Bluray Player, etc….
One thing not mentioned is that if you have multiple devices in your living room, you can connect a 5-port switch to the MoCA adapter and add another 4-ports to connect your living room devices. Now all your devices can have access to the 170Mbps throughput via MoCA.
Browse the other articles on eHow for streaming HD and surfing the Internet on you PS3.
Actiontec Ethernet to Coax MoCA Network Adapter ECB2200 Media converter ( HME2200-02K ) – PCUniverse.com
Seen on the Web. The Actiontec MoCA adapter is beginning to show up on various online retail stores as ECB2200. With a simple compact design, 170Mbps throughput and TV passthrough – the ECB2200 looks like a great addition to Actiontecs home networking lineup. Check out the datasheet on the Actiontec website here.
