Do you have an older home that makes it nearly impossible to run Ethernet cable to your home entertainment center, or into a home office where you already have coax ran? In one way, shape, or form I think we all have been there. A few years ago some companies formed MoCA, Multimedia over Coax Alliance which focused on using coax cable as a transmission medium to send data from one end to the other.
The goal of the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA for short), is to facilitate home networking on existing coaxial cable in the 1 GHz microwave band using OFDM modulation. This cable can be used for data connections to televisions, set top boxes, and other entertainment devices without the need for new connections. The technology underlying MoCA provides the elements necessary to use this cable to distribute high-quality multimedia content and high-speed data with throughput exceeding 100 Mbit/s.
MoCA was founded in 2004, and now today you are starting to see devices come to life from the work that MoCA did. Recently Netgear came out with their own version of the MoCA Coax Ethernet Adapter. The MCAB1001. The Netgear adapter turns your pre-existing cable tv coax that nearly every home in America has, and turns it into an Ethernet cable that can stream full 1080p HD video. The MCAB1001 supports connections of up to 270mbps, has advanced QOS, and works with any Ethernet enabled device.
So if you have an older home, or even a newer home that doesn’t have a network Ethernet drop behind your TV/Entertainment center, and need to connect your Blu Ray player for DB Live and firmware updates, or have a xbox 360 that you want to use as a media center extender to stream full HD quality tv from your media center pc located in your home office, the Netgear MCAB1001 just might be what you are looking for.
