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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!
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.
Dang.
What if I got ONT > T3200M coax > coax splitter to living room and top floor. Then in the living room use MoCA > Switch > Optik/Google Wifi. Then I would use another MoCA on the top floor?
That would work. However, do you want the router in the garage where it's cold in the winter and hot in the summer and potentially not as secure?
Ideally you could run Ethernet from the ONT to your living room through the common wall, put the T3200M there and connect back to the garage via existing coax jack. Then split the coax in your comm panel and connect to wherever you need.
