Are MoCA Adapters better than powerline adapters for ethernet?

[Smokin' Jay Cutler]

I currently use a netgear powerline wireless adapter for ethernet, my internet is decent, but could be better. I really am not trying to run a huge ethernet cable through my house. I did do some research and found out about the MoCA adapters which use the coax cables. However, the results are conflicting. I've read that powerlines are more effective and vise versa. If possible can you guys tell me which I should consider buying? Any advice is welcomed, thank you!

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The issue with power line adapters is if you are connecting two rooms that are on a different circuit, your results with speed and stability might be terrible at best.

What will the connected system be used for? If gaming then what you want is just straight ethernet. Not that hard really to do a custom cable run if you buy a 1000 foot spool and RJ45 ends plus a crimp tool and just do it yourself. Just be sure the cable is quality, such as CAT5E or CAT6A cable and dp not exceed approx 300 feet for any single cable.

[Smokin' Jay Cutler]

Bad 💀 Motha の投稿を引用：

The issue with power line adapters is if you are connecting two rooms that are on a different circuit, your results with speed and stability might be terrible at best.

What will the connected system be used for? If gaming then what you want is just straight ethernet. Not that hard really to do a custom cable run if you buy a 1000 foot spool and RJ45 ends plus a crimp tool and just do it yourself. Just be sure the cable is quality, such as CAT5E or CAT6A cable and dp not exceed approx 300 feet for any single cable.

Yeah, primary use is for gaming. I would love to use a cable but due to family reasons that's not really an option.

[xSOSxHawkens]

Depending on the conditions you might consider using a second router as a bridged AP over wireless.

Allot of times the wifi hardware in a router is much better than that of the wifi adapter in your computer or device. If you are a large distance from the main access point, and if you have more than one device at range trying to use the limited bandwidth, you might find that wiring everything into a single router and bridging that over a single link to the main WAN site offers a more stable and reliable connection.

[Masque]

You could always try a powerline adapter and send it back if you don't like it.

Bad Motha, I'm on two different circuits with mine, and it consistently stays at my ISP max speed, and has for the two years I've been using it. I think you probably mean, "at worst".

[_I_]

dont even bother with powerline
it uses interference in the 110/220v lines in the house to communicate with each other
any half decent power strip will filter it out and it works poor across breakers or even worse on the other side of the main power rail


moca is better since it uses its own cable connecting devices