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One of the first things I do whenever I move into a new apartment is wire up all the rooms with some Cat 5 cabling. Yes.. I have to have wired networking in all the rooms – wireless just won’t do. Now of course, laying down your own Cat 5 cabling isn’t exactly a viable option for everyone so what can you do when you need some high speed networking? How about transforming that coaxial cabling that’s probably in your household into a high speed Ethernet network? Yes.. that’s right – you can do exactly that with the relatively inexpensive MoCA Coax-Ethernet Adapter Kit.

For $229, you get two MoCA Coax-Ethernet Adapters – one adapter that can be plugged into your home router and another that can be plugged into your Ethernet-ready device. The kit supports the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (hence, the MoCA) 1.1 certification which basically ensures compatibility with cable and DSL network, interference-free television viewing over existing cable services and interoperability with other MoCA 1.0 and 1.1 products.

Other cool features include:

  • Up to 270 Mbps transfer speeds
  • Data encryption for data privacy
  • Measures 25.4 x 171.5 x 111.1 mm and weighs 0.28 kg
  • One 10/100 Ethernet port
  • One F-type MoCA 1.0 port
  • One F-type out to TV tuner

The kit comes with two MoCA Coax-Ethernet Adapters, two RG-6 Coax cables with F-Type connectors, two Ethernet cables, two power cables, and documentation.

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