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Verizon FiOS Quick MoCA Tips

Updated 8/9/11

Update:  Verizon has launched a Verizon FiOS Coax Networking Adapter to extend the FiOS network into other rooms of the house.  Click here for the details.

Tip #1: Verizon FiOS Customers already have a MoCA-enabled Router, so it doesn’t need a MoCA bridge.
Congratulations!  Since you are a Verizon FiOS customer, your Verizon supplied router (below) already has MoCA networking built into the unit.  That makes the installation of other MoCA networking devices in your home a lot easier.  Most importantly, you don’t need to connect a MoCA bridge to your router (as directed in the MoCA bridge install instructions) since your router already uses MoCA.  You will be able to use the MoCA bridge elsewhere in your home to create a network connection!

Tip #2: Don’t connect a MoCA bridge to a FiOS set-top box.  Use a cable splitter.
Your MoCA bridge has a coax connection output (usually labeled “To TV” or “To STB”, shown below) that blocks the MoCA signal from flowing to a cable TV device (like a TV or non-MoCA cable box).  However, since this output blocks the MoCA signal you should not connect it to other MoCA devices such as a Verizon FiOS set-top box.  Instead, you can use an inexpensive cable splitter (shown below, from any electronics store) that splits the cable signal into 2 separate coax lines, 1 running to the set-top box and the other running to the MoCA bridge.  Make sure the splitter is rated 1 GHz to pass all signals to the STB.

 

Tip #3: Use your MoCA kit (pair of MoCA adapters) to connect 2 rooms to the Internet.

Installing your MoCA bridge:

1)      If you are a Verizon FiOS customer, your FiOS Router is already equipped with a MoCA networking connection to the coax network in your home.  Do not install a MoCA bridge to your FiOS router.

2)      Find a coax (cable tv) outlet in your home where you would like to install an Ethernet port.

3)      Connect the coax outlet to the F-connector on your MoCA bridge marked “To Coax”

4)      Connect the F-connector on your MoCA bridge marked “To TV” to a TV or DVR or leave it unconnected  NOTE:  Do not connect this port to another MoCA device such as FiOS set-top box.  This port blocks the MoCA signal to eliminate interference with your TV.  Use a splitter to split the coax signal prior to connecting to the MoCA bridge.

5)      Use the Ethernet cable supplied to connect between the Ethernet port on your device and on the MoCA bridge

6)      Plug in the power adapter and make sure the COAX LED on MoCA bridge lights up.  You are now networked!  Use the other bridge to connect another room.

More Tips & Links

Hooking up a Bluray Player (or any other Ethernet device) to FiOS:

http://forums.verizon.com/t5/FiOS-TV-Technical-Assistance/hooking-up-lg-blu-ray-player/m-p/140881

Add an Ethernet connection through Coax (instructions reposted below)

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/15984

General FiOS Router and MoCA information (for techies)

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/verizonfios

Netgear MoCA Adapters and Verizon FiOS – One User’s Install Experience

http://blog.mattwoodward.com/netgear-moca-adapters-and-verizon-fios

MoCA Bridge Install Instructions for FiOS (reposted from DSL Reports FiOS FAQ)

If you have an unused (working) coax jack:

• Connect the MOCA bridge RF-IN jack to the coax jack.

• Connect your ethernet device to the MOCA bridge ethernet jack.

If you have a coax jack with an existing STB:

• Disconnect the coax from the STB.

• Connect the coax jack to a 1×2 splitter. Make sure the splitter is rated 1 GHz to pass all signals to the STB.

• Connect one leg of the splitter to the MOCA bridge RF-IN jack.

• Connect the other leg of the splitter to the STB.

• Connect your ethernet device to the MOCA bridge ethernet jack.

•The RF OUT connector on the MOCA bridge can not be used to feed a Verizon STB since it blocks the MOCA signals needed by the STB. If you were to do so, you would lose VOD and guide data on that STB. The RF OUT connector can be used to connect a non-MOCA device, such as a TiVO.
•A MOCA LAN bridge can not be used between the ONT and the WAN port of a user router. MOCA WAN operates on a different frequency than MOCA LAN.