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I’m setting up a new home office in my basement. At first I thought I’d drop a cat5 cable from the router (a quantum gateway) and the setup a switch in the new office. There’s an unused Fios STB and coax there - so I was wondering if I could purchase a second router with a coax connection and build out a second network in the new office. What that work and if so, which router would be a good choice?

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gs0b

If you're okay pulling Ethernet, I suggest you do that. Aside from the work to pull the cable, it's the lowest cost, fastest and easiest to deploy option.

Verizon routers do create a MoCA LAN on coax. You can add a MoCA adapter to any coax jack that connects to the same coax network as the router. The G1100 Quantum router is limited to 500Mbps over MoCA. If you want the easiest to deploy option, get one of these two supported Verizon devices:

Pick based on if you want an integrated WiFi access point, too. The network extender is plug-and-play with the G1100 and will automatically configure itself to extend your existing WiFi network.

If you want to stay with coax and get gigabit speeds, you'll need to buy a pair of MoCA 2.0 bonded adapters. One to replace the coax connection on the G1100 and another for your basement.

But if you run Ethernet, you'll open yourself up to a variety of options for access points and switches.

JamesPezzella

Thanks very much for your response.

I'd like to avoid having to pull cat5 - if I can. The home currently has a G1100 with a coax connection so if I did pull cat5, I'd be limited to 500Mbps.

I have a G1100 that I would bring from my current office and use the coax connection on that router, and then hardwire the computers in my new office. I think I'd only use WiFi in my office to connect a printer/scanner. The great thing about this is my office would be a separate subnet from the rest of the house.

May I ask why you suggested a network extender - as the G1100 has wifi built in.

Thanks for the advice.

Cang_Household

Just to see if I understood your situation correctly. You currently have a G1100 with Coax plugged in. Is it the coax WAN to the ONT? If that's the case, is your subscription speed lower than 100Mbps?

JamesPezzella

I have a G1100 in my current office, on a separate FiOS account (150Mbps / Cable TV). In my current office, the G1100 has BOTH coax and a cat5 cable going back to the ONT (when I finish composing this I'll have to disconnect one and see what happens - this was setup by Verizon 6 years or so).

In the new office, I already have a STB that's working. I'm thinking that if I want to keep a TV in the office, I can split the coax and install a router with a coax connection (perhaps my current G1100 or something better - suggestions requested!).

The house has a G1100 already on the 1st floor and I could run cat5 but I really don't feel like drilling and pulling / running cable - unless I absolutely have to.

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