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Hello, I would appreciate any help this great community could provide. I have Optik TV and Internet 300 in a three-level townhouse (Garage and office on ground level, living space on middle level...
Ok, so I broke down and set up the network the way I originally wanted to do it:
On my first level, in the garage communication panel, I have the ONT > T3200M > Google wifi (main access point) > MoCA adaptor > Coax Splitter (1in 2 out)
I have a Google wifi in the office on the other side of the wall from the garage in wireless mesh mode so that I don't have to drill through the wall to the office.
I have a MoCA adaptor on the second (main) level and another one on the top (third) level. On both of these, I attached a Google wifi (wired mode).
My internet network is excellent now and I have over 300/300 everwhere in the townhouse. The only issue, of course, is that I can no longer run the Optik TV on my second (main) level and the ethernet comes through the Google network. This is ok for now since I only use Optik to watch sports and well...sports isn't on right now.
If I want Optik back, is my only option to put the Optik TV receiver in the communications panel and get a wireless box from Telus to install on my main level?
Thanks for everyone's help!
I assume you already have a coax Jack upstairs. I'm guessing it terminates in your garage panel. If that's the case then you will need to run a new coax from the T3200M in the living room back to the garage to connect to it. Not ideal.
Consider using a powerline adapter instead. No wiring required.
Consider using a powerline adapter instead. No wiring required.
Thanks for the reply. I have tried powerline adaptors and they are ok if not a little unreliable and slow.
Is it possible to go ONT > MoCA adaptor > coax splitter? Then use the second MoCA adaptor in the liver room with a switch and the T3200m upstairs in bridge mode?
Is it possible to go ONT > MoCA adaptor > coax splitter? Then use the second MoCA adaptor in the liver room with a switch and the T3200m upstairs in bridge mode?
- No that won't work. The ONT is not a router so you can't hang multiple devices off it with a switch.
- What about ONT > Google wifi > MoCA adaptor > coax splitter. 1 run goes to the living room and the other MoCA adaptor. Then the other run to my third floor to the T3200M in bridge mode?
- Nighthawk
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You won't be able to run Optik through the Google Wifi. The T3200 would have to be first and the Optik TV boxes connected to it.
