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Hi, Is there available any kind of adapter that could convert the coaxial to an cat5 connection? the place that we are in use only cat5 connection, the internet provider can't help, so the on...
Hello, to you all,
Let me try to detail this out, and perhaps there will be better resolution,
I work for the AAFES, on a military base, the internet provider that supports all of the base have ethernet connection for the room only, the Netgear routers have coaxial connection only ( three or four models) that we have set on POG, and so we can't sell them as they would need some kind of adapter that will convert the coaxial to ethernet connection thru cat5 cable.
Is that possible? is there aby adapter available.
> [...] ethernet connection for the room only, the Netgear routers have
> coaxial connection only ( three or four models) [...]
Ok. As I suspected/feared.
> [...] they would need some kind of adapter that will convert the
> coaxial to ethernet connection thru cat5 cable.
That sort of adapter would not be practical. MoCA is not what you
want, despite its having the right types of connectors.
CMxxxx = cable(-TV) modem, totally useless without a cable(-TV) ISP.
Cxxxx = cable(-TV) modem+router, not useful as a router without a
cable(-TV) ISP, but perhaps not totally useless.
It should be possible to configure a model Cxxxx modem+router as a
wireless access point, which might be of some use in your situation. It
depends on what's behind that Ethernet jack in the wall, but running the
experiment could be educational. For the details, see, for example:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1463500
That's written for a Netgear C6300-as-WAP, but the steps are about the
same for any other router (any make/model) which lacks a one-step WAP
option. (Especially similar for another Netgear Cxxxx.)
If the equipment behind the Ethernet jack in the wall permits, a WAP
could provide wireless access, and perhaps another couple of Ethernet
ports (depending on how many there are on the particular Cxxxx). It
would not provide any privacy/isolation of the kind which a NAT router
would. Whether anyone cares, I couldn't say. In that respect, it
should be no worse than connecting a computer/device directly to the
Ethernet jack in the wall.