and then use only one adapter at the receiving end of the cable.<\/span><\/p>\nIf you are not sure whether your modem\/router is a MoCA-enabled device, you can call your cable provider to check for this.<\/span><\/p>\nIt is important to point out that MoCA-enabled modems\/routers won\u2019t always give you the best speeds as they might be working with a slower version of MoCA. So, even if your modem\/router does have built-in MoCA technology, you might still want to check if it\u2019s sufficient for use with your adapter on the receiving end of the cable.<\/span><\/p>\nMoreover, in some cases, you might want to completely turn off the MoCA feature on your cable modem\/router so it doesn\u2019t slow down the performance of your MoCA adapters that operate at higher speeds.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat to Look for When Buying MoCA adapters?<\/strong><\/h2>\nThere are several things to pay attention to when buying your MoCA adapters.<\/span><\/p>\nMoCA 2.0 or MoCA 2.5?<\/strong><\/h3>\nMoCA devices are all about faster and more reliable internet. Therefore, the most important thing to decide when buying MoCA adapters is how much actual throughput you’ll need on your network.<\/span><\/p>\nMoCA 2.0 adapters will give up to 1 Gbps of actual throughput, and MoCA 2.5 adapters will do up to 2.5 Gbps.<\/span><\/p>\nOne important thing to know here is that, for example, the actual throughput of 2.5 Gbps means this is the max speed of data transfer that can be achieved over the coax. So, if you have multiple devices connecting to the internet and sending and receiving data simultaneously, all of these devices will share the 2.5 Gbps speed. <\/span><\/p>\nAlso, MoCA connection throughput is not symmetrical, which means that if you are uploading and downloading at the same time on a 2 Gbps symmetrical internet connection, your max upload and download speed, in that case, will be around 1 Gbps.<\/span><\/p>\nEssentially, this shouldn’t be an issue; even if you have multiple devices that connect to the internet simultaneously, you should still be able to get a decent ethernet network performance with MoCA adapters.<\/span><\/p>\nMoCA 2.0 and MoCA 2.5 adapters come with MoCA Sec peer-to-peer MoCA link security.<\/span><\/p>\nEthernet Speed At the Exit\/Entry Point<\/strong><\/h3>\nEven though they can provide actual throughput of 2.5 Gbps within the network, not all MoCA 2.5 adapters will let you get the 2.5 Gbps speed on the ethernet connector, i.e., on the cable connecting with your laptop or smart TV. <\/span><\/p>\nThis is not an issue unless you have more than 1 Gbps high-speed internet connection. In that case, you need to pay attention to the ethernet speed when buying a MoCA 2.5 device and make sure you get one that comes with an RJ-45 connector that will let you get the whole 2.5 Gbps out of it.<\/span><\/p>\nBonded or Unbonded?<\/strong><\/h3>\nWhen looking at different MoCA adapters, you’ll see that some of them have the ‘bonded’ feature while others don’t. The term ‘bonded’ essentially refers to channel bonding technology that combines multiple channels to increase the amount of the supported traffic.<\/span><\/p>\nHaving a bonded MoCA adapter essentially means better connectivity and a higher throughput rate.<\/span><\/p>\n