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RamRod123's avatar
RamRod123
Follower
Dec 03, 2017

Unable to set up MOCA decives with my CM600 modem and Nighthawk router

I just installed both of these to replace my old comcast modem/router combo. Before i bought this i was told that it was MoCa enabled and compatable with my device. I just wanted to know what I am do...
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TheEther's avatar
TheEther
Guru
Dec 03, 2017

The CM600 is a DOCSIS modem.  It doesn't support MoCA.  MoCA can coexist with DOCSIS on the same coax cable, but you will need a second MoCA adapter.  Here is one way to set up things:

[coax from street]+--+[PoE filter]+--+[splitter]+--+[CM600+--+[R7000]
                                         +   +                   +
                                         |   |                   |
                                         |   |                   +
                        [ActionTec]+-----+   +------------+[MoCA Adapter]

Alternatively:

[coax from street]+--+[PoE filter]+--+[splitter]+--+[CM600+--+[R7000]
                                                                 +
                                                                 |
                                                                 +
                        [ActionTec]+----------------------+[MoCA Adapter]
  • vkdelta's avatar
    vkdelta
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Dec 05, 2017
    did you buy right kind of splitter? for MoCA splitters need to support upto 2GHz (standard splitters have cutoff at 1 GHz).

     

    Btw, Nice ASCII Art typing. Do you do it by hand or you have a tool to do it?  

    • TheEther's avatar
      TheEther
      Guru
      Dec 05, 2017
      I just Googled for 'ascii art tool' and used the first hit: asciiflow.com. It has the basic tools for drawing.