I have a client with a turn-of-this-century home offering limited CAT5e wiring but significant coax infrastructure. I need to extend his home network to a basement viewing area with no CAT5e feed...Just one coax, also being used for Time Warner cable.

Can anyone suggest a "known-good" MoCA-Net transceiver kit that can work over a line shared with a TWC DVR and on the same [coax] network as a TWC Arris TG1672 modem?

TIA

Check the model and see if it has Moca built into the router. Many of them now do. You'd only need a Moca adapter band a splitter at the DVR.

Who would make the MoCA adapter band splitter...? Arris?

Arris offers one to go with that modem. Let TWC worry about so you dont have too. I am sure they offer it as an access point for a few bucks a month. $4.00 here and gives you wireless and wired connection.

I've used actiontec MoCA pieces multiple times. The cables companies use them also. TWC (if it's still like Brighthouse) doesn't use MoCA from their gateway. You'll have to inject the feed at the router or switch and then extract it where you need it. You should also use a MoCA filter at the gateway (and I've seen them install at the point of entry, too).

Actiontec and Channel Master both have good Moca adapters. Channel master makes one with a 4 port switch as well (which is what I use). Nice to have in rooms that need more than one drop. Tivo website usually has the best prices on Actiontec.

I've never been concerned about modem Moca compatibility. Just put a filter in front of it as the previous poster said.

Moca is kind of peer to peer, so you can simply use several identical adapters at every node, no transceiver kit required. Any can act as sender or receiver or LAN gateway.

I've used Moca and DECA in my home for years in many rooms, and it's been very reliable and maintenance free. Like that older home, I have coax everywhere, but wired ethernet in just one room. Mine supports several TVs plus LAN to about 40 devices.

You may be able to upsell Moca 2.0 as it's brand new and much faster than the previous generation.

Wipnet. www.wi3inc.com Rock solid and good pricing too

Thanks for the useful info, guys!

So I'm looking at using a MoCA adapter to extend a network drop to an A/V setup in a house without possibility of retro-wiring...The client subscribes to TWC's whole-home DVR service which, as I understand it, used MoCA to distribute content and control signals from clients to DVR.

Will adding a MoCA transceiver package on a shared line with a TWC client work?

My only other [wired] option is to use a CAT 3 cable run to this location or go Ethernet over powerline...

I've used the Actiontec MOCA at least a dozen times with TWC/Comcast/Charter with no issues at all. Don't forget your MOCA filter on the incoming line or else you may have some angry neighbors.

Were any of those installations running whole-home DVR service?

I don't know about Malcom, but whole-home DVR service is the reason I use Moca and is what Moca is designed for. I would imagine there are very few Moca installations that aren't for whole-home DVR. LAN connectivity is just a bonus, IMO.

Why would you be concerned that it wouldn't work for that when that's the reason it exists?

Speaking of moca, if i understand this thread correctly, customer has directv genie in living room. ONLY a coaz going to it. Y'all are saying I can put something on that coax, have them still get directv and whole home AND strip out the internet so i can now have a jack right there at that directv genie box location?

I have a scenario where I need to add a sonos bridge to stream the directv audio out to a play 1. Sounds like this moca stripping would work?

Not quite. Moca is incompatible with DirecTV. You'd use DECA in that case, which is compatible with satellite frequencies and voltages. Moca only works with OTA and cable, not satellite.

If you change the word in your question from Moca to DECA, then yes, the coax cable carries the sat signal, whole home and internet. DECA hardware is also far cheaper than Moca hardware. All you'd need to do is put a DECA adapter where you want to connect the sonos.

THANK YOU MDAVE!!!