Go to 10.0.0.1 then select Gateway, Connection.

[rstra]

Go to 10.0.0.1 then select Gateway, Connection. 

[skibum69]

Thanks! 👊

[HugoReyes]

@jnak00 Were you able to get this to work with one ActionTec adapter

[PPPv1]

hi - Thanks for the great info.

I tried this setup. Enabled MOCA on the Blue curve gateway (via 10.0.0.1), under Connection > MOCA > Enable.

Then, connected the MOCA adapter (ActionTec MOCA 2.5 Network adapter) in the desired room into the coax outlet in the wall.

Connected the Ethernet cable to the PC, but still no internet. Is there anything I'm missing?

By the way - the MOCA status on the Gateway Status screen shows - Status: Unconnected No Devices

Cheers!!

[mdk]

@PPPv1 -- as previously noted in this thread, MoCA is meant to connect from the BlueCurve to a pod (that is connected to a TV) in a different room -- not to bring Ethernet to your PC.

If your PC has a WiFi network adapter, what speed, via Shaw Speed Test, do you get when connected via WiFi to your BlueCurve? If it is "slow", then consider a WiFi extender (either Shaw's or a third-party) located "halfway" between your BlueCurve and your PC.

If your PC does not have a WiFi network adapter, there do exist inexpensive USB-to-WiFi adapters that you connect to a USB port on your PC, to add WiFi capability.

Note: it is the "upstream" from the BlueCurve that goes, via MoCA, back into the coaxial-cables in your walls, connecting to the coaxial-outlet in the other room. Your PC in the other room needs to connect to the "downstream" from the BlueCurve (the 2 LAN ports, or its WiFi) to obtain an IP-address.

[rstra]

@PPPv1 Not an expert here, just starting to look in to this myself. Are you sure that cable outlet in that room is active? Also, are you using Shaw splitters? Does the ActionTec indicate what frequency is uses?

Once you get this running, you may want to add a moca filter to the line in to your house to keep noise off of the Shaw plant. 

[mdk]

@PPPv1 -- Not an expert here, but won't you need one Actiontec connected via Ethernet to the BlueCurve, to become a "client" on your local LAN, and a coaxial-cable feeding (through a splitter) back into the coaxial-cables in your walls, and a second Actiontec in the other room, connected to a coaxial wall-plate, sending Ethernet into your computer in that room.

In the room with the BlueCurve, you will need a 1-to-2 splitter from the wall-plate, with one output to the BlueCurve, and the other output to the Actiontec.

So: Shaw Cable -> wall-port -> coax -> splitter -> coax -> BlueCurve -> Ethernet -> Actiontec -> coax -> splitter -> coax -> wall-port -> coax inside your walls -> wall-port in other room -> coax -> Actiontec -> Ethernet -> PC.

> you may want to add a moca filter to the line in to your house to keep noise off of the Shaw plant. 

Is it necessary for Shaw to open their Demarcation Box to install this filter, or can the customer put this filter at the "input" coax to the BlueCurve?  If the customer is using Actiontec adapters, do they also need to enable MoCA on the BlueCurve?  Probably not.

[rstra]

@mdk I was also thinking that a second moca adapter would be needed, but I “think” the BlueCurve would handle it.

Yes the filter would go in the CSE or inside the house if the moca network was isolated. 

[DWWalker · Accepted solution]

Okay, I benefitted from reading this thread, so here's my experience with running MOCA on a Shaw Bluecurve XB6 Gigibit modem.

I ordered a single Translite TL-MC84 MOCA adapter off of Amazon. I figured I'd end up needing two, but I'd start with one just in case it worked.

I wanted to get Ethernet from my AV setup in my living room, where the modem and a separate WiFi router are located, to a coax outlet in an upstairs bedroom now being used as an office.

I began by installing a POE filter at the coax service entrance next to the electrical panel. (Aside: later, I did a test with and without the POE filter and it made no difference to internet speed - no surprise there, but I was curious).

I got a decent quality 2-way splitter and installed it on the main coax line and connected both my living room coax and bedroom coax to the splitter. I confirmed the bedroom coax line (one of many unused lines) by jumping the central conductor to the shielding at the bedroom outlet and checking continuity in the basement. The splitter had a ground lug so I grounded it to the ground strip nearby.

I went into the modem administration, took it out of bridged mode (rendering my external WiFi router inoperative, more later), and turned on the resident moca function of the XB6 modem. MOCA adapter installation was easy, simply connect the "moca" coax port on the adapter to the coax outlet in the bedroom, connect to wall outlet power, and run an Ethernet CAT5e or CAT6 cable to the computer.

With a single MOCA adapter installed at point of use in this way, I saw speeds comparable to direct Ethernet connection to the modem (450 to 900 Mb/s depending on time of day, alignment of planets, who knows why Shaw speeds vary so much?).

Obviously the shortcoming of this setup is that I couldn't use my external WiFi router with all its features, so I ordered a second Translite MOCA adapter and when it arrived I installed it in the living room. I reset the modem to bridged mode which automatically turned off the modem's moca capabilities. 

Coax from the wall jack to the "MOCA" connection on the adapter. Coax from the adapter (it has an output jack; if your adapter doesn't have a coax output jack you'll need a splitter here) to the Shaw modem, Ethernet from the modem to the wifi router in the normal way, and finally a short Ethernet cable from one of the wifi router LAN ports back to the MOCA adapter.

Head upstairs to the bedroom, wait for the moca connection to be made by the second adapter, and I now have really fast internet upstairs (max I saw on Ookla was 880 Mb/s) without the pain of WiFi.

Hope this helps someone. The Translite adapters were $89.99 each on Amazon and are plug and play. The first one was missing the instruction booklet and an Ethernet cable, but not to worry. Instructions aren't needed.The POE filter was $9.99 on Amazon. 

[rstra]

@DWWalker Thanks for posting, some great information there. I will take a look at those adapters as I would like to get a better connection to my Mac.