Internet and LAN connections at home are becoming more stable, thanks to advances in the Wi-Fi protocol and technologies such as Mesh networks. However, there are many people who continue to have problems and therefore often need solutions. In most cases, the advice is to wire your home. It can be a bit cumbersome, but it is appreciated over time.

Other common alternatives are to resort to inexpensive repeaters or PLC, which are usually not overly helpful. they can work very well, but they are very dependent on the quality of the installation. electrical.

Just as the latter uses the electrical network to transmit data, ASUS has introduced the ASUS MA-25, an adapter that uses the MoCa standard. This allows you to do what PLCs do, but via coaxial antenna cables. Yes, often even in very old homes (and in fact, it’s more common in some modern homes that they don’t anymore)

Up to 2.5 Gbps over antenna cable

This new ASUS device promises 2.5 Gbps maximum transfer rate. As is always the case in these cases, one thing is what the technology allows in the optimum usage scenario and the other is what different devices and cables ultimately provide. This happens with PLCs, but historically it also happens with different versions of USB for example.

There is a switch on the adapter that allows you to select two different frequency bands (Mode 1: 1.275-1.675MHz and Mode 2: 1.125-1.625MHz) to avoid interference with the DOCSIS 3.1 standard.

The idea of ​​being able to switch between them, choose the fastest, because interference may occur in other equipment using the wiring. And it must be remembered that the cable companies in Spain used the same type of cable with very good performance, although fiber optics eventually won out.

As for the setup, with recesses that allow it to be integrated into the wall and a connector that we can use when we want to hang it. plug it into the antenna socket so it takes up little space.

Although this technology is very easy to use A priorisomething must be taken into account and that two devices will always be neededto communicate with different devices on the network, because one connecting to the router cannot communicate with other devices on the other end.

Likewise, WiFi has WPS buttons to facilitate connection to a router without having to enter a password, ASUS placed MoCA Protected Installation (MPS) here, a feature that lets you add other devices to your network with the push of a button. as speed, 2.5 Gbps is more than category 5 and 5e Ethernet cables offerand 6 cables if more than what they offer is longer than 50 meters, because in this case they do not exceed 1 Gbps.

There are other MoCA adapters like this one on Amazon from goCoax, and reviews are generally positive on gigabit networks if you use the right cables and equipment.

Price and availability

ASUS has not announced the pricing and availability of the ASUS Coax-to-Ethernet MoCA MA-25, and we look forward to learning more at the upcoming IFA in Berlin. When we learn more, we will update the article.

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