Hello,

Just moved in a new apartment and almost all rooms have coax sockets. I bought a MoCa adapter to take advantage of the wired connection, but the problem is, all the cables that came with are not fitting the sockets (check imgs).

I'm thinking I might need another type of head but then worried it might not fit in the MoCa adapter GoCoax (attached)

by TranquilGuy27

3 comments

  1. Photo 1: broken connector left in top position, remove with pliers. This port is what actually is meant for internet (mini RF). Remove with pliers.

    Photo 3 should mate to the hole in photo 5 on the left. Adjust the center pin delicately with pliers if necessary.

    Your gear has F-connectors (for once a superior North American standard) and the walls have what I call “RF plugs” for simplicity. The adapter you bought is correct- no idea why you’re having trouble.

    These 3-up sockets have a RF-M, RF-F, and mini-RF-F. Traditionally (no godly idea why) TV uses the M, radio the F, and mini for internet.

    They are all bonded together so it doesn’t matter what you use.

  2. Can you open the wallplate in question and get a part number from the backside of the socket? Aside from the connectors not fitting, there may be an issue with the wallplate being a triplexer, limiting the frequencies available via the available coax ports.  

    You need a coax port aupporting 1125-1675 MHz.  

    Separately, have you looked into how the in-wall coax lines interconnect, through what components, and to what outside signal sources they may connect?  

  3. Second part of the problem – I connected and the lights are blinking green but no connection to the internet.

    The MoCa that goes into my PC blinks less green on ETH light, but is blinking nonetheless. I called Swisscom and they said to check the network panel, but there’s no way I can know which cable goes to which room and what to do with that information.

    I also tried troubleshooting and checking the Swisscom router page(on WiFi, on another device) (it doesn’t detect anything directly plugged in – even if I have the 1st MoCa adapter).

    On PC I also get this connectivity msg – Connected to unknown network, no traffic – and none of the ethernet ports have a valid IP configuration (error msg when I run troubleshooting).

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