Motorola MoCA MM2025 User manual

MoCA® Adapter

MoCA 2.5 for

Ethernet over Coax

Model MM1025 (1-pack)

Model MM2025 (2-pack)

Quick

Start

Guide

Typically included with your MM1025

Power Adapter

(varies by country)

Coax Cable

Ethernet Cable

Wrench

Screws for

optional wall

mounting

PoE Filter

Your MoCA adapter can be wall mounted if you prefer.

See the enclosed flyer.

Let’s get started

MoCA is a good way to connect a router or cable

modem/router to a distant device by using your home’s

coaxial (“coax”) cable. The device can be a computer, smart

TV, video streaming device, game station, streaming media

player, or other device that has an Ethernet LAN port for

Internet access. If there’s a coax network that runs near the

router and the device, you should be able to use MoCA.

Many WiFi Mesh systems can use MoCA to connect the units

together. If your Mesh system supports Ethernet backhaul,

you can use MoCA to connect them together. This frees up

your WiFi and results in better performance for all of your

WiFi devices. If you want to learn more about using MoCA

with WiFi, go to www.MotorolaNetwork.com/MoCAWiFi

This MoCA Adapter is designed to work with most coax

networks including networks associated with cable TV, cable

Internet, and FiOS or another fiber optic network.

Your MoCA Adapter is NOT designed to work with DirecTV®,

Dish®, and other satellite networks, or with AT&T® Internet or

AT&T U-Verse®, since these services use frequencies that

conflict with your MoCA Adapter.

Figure 1. MoCA connecting a cable modem/router to a

device

You may not need a MoCA Adapter for

your router. Here's how to check.

•If you have a Verizon® FiOS router, it probably has MoCA.

The MoCA signal goes through your FiOS router’s coax

connector to your coax cable network.

•If you have a router for fiber optic service from another

provider and it has a coax cable attached to it, it

probably has MoCA.

•If you have a cable modem/router, it may have MoCA.

There are a few ways to check. First, you can look at the

unit to see whether it has the word MoCA on it. You can

also look at the product’s specifications or its browser-

based configuration manager to see whether MoCA is

mentioned. You can also find some but not all MoCA

cable modem/routers listed at

http://www.mocalliance.org/products/index.htm . If

you have MoCA, the MoCA signal goes through your

cable modem/router’s coax cable into your coax cable

network.

•If you have a router that’s not a Verizon FiOS router,

another fiber optic router, or a cable modem/router, it

probably does not have MoCA.

If you do not have MoCA for your router or cable

modem/router, please continue below with Installing a MoCA

Adapter for your router or cable modem/router.

If you have or probably have MoCA for your router already, or

if you’re not sure, please go to Installing a MoCA Adapter for

a smart TV or other device. If this doesn’t work, then you do

not have MoCA already and will need to follow the steps

directly below.

Installing a MoCA Adapter for your router

or cable modem/router

Read this section only if you need a MoCA Adapter for your

router. Pages 3 and 4 describe how to check.

First go to your router or modem/router and connect as

shown below.

Figure 2. MoCA connection to a router that doesn’t have

built-in MoCA

1. You always connect a coax cable to the MoCA Adapter’s

Network input and your coax network. Sometimes there’s

an available coax network jack or cable, so you don’t need

to disconnect anything. However, you may need to use

the coax cable that’s plugged into a nearby set-top box,

cable modem/router, or other device. It’s okay to

disconnect a coax cable from something, but then you

need to use the included coax cable between the MoCA

adapter’s DEVICE coax and the device you disconnected.

2. Next, connect the included Ethernet cable between the

MoCA adapter’s Ethernet jack and the LAN Ethernet jack

of the router or modem/router.

3. Plug the power adapter into a live outlet, and make sure

that the On/Off button is On.

Installing a MoCA Adapter for a smart TV

or other device

Go to the device you’re connecting to the router and connect

as shown below.

Figure 3. MoCA connection for a device

1. You always connect a coax cable to the MoCA Adapter’s

Network input and your coax network. Sometimes there’s

an available coax network jack or cable, so you don’t need

to disconnect anything. However, you may need to

connect the Network coax connector to a coax cable

that’s plugged into a nearby set-top box, router, or other

device. It’s okay to disconnect a coax cable from

something, but then you need to use the included coax

cable between the MoCA adapter’s DEVICE coax and the

device you disconnected.

2. Connect the included Ethernet cable between the MoCA

adapter’s Ethernet jack and the LAN Ethernet jack of the

device you’re connecting to the router via MoCA.

3. Plug the power adapter into a live outlet, and make sure

that the On/Off button is On.

Once you have MoCA for your router and device, the Link

light should be lit for your MoCA Adapter(s). If it is lit, please

try using the device. If it’s able to access the Internet, your

device is working – skip to the paragraph below. If the Link

light is not lit, check your wiring and try power-cycling your

MoCA Adapter(s). To power-cycle a MoCA Adapter, just

switch the MoCA Adapter off for a few seconds, then switch it

on. If your MoCA connection is still NOT working, please go to

the Troubleshooting tips section.

If your MoCA connection is working, please read the MoCA

security section below. Also, note that you can connect more

devices (up to 16) via MoCA back to your router. For each

device you want to connect to its own MoCA Adapter, use the

MoCA connection for a device diagram on page 6.

Installing a MoCA Adapter with a Verizon®

set top box

If you wish to use a MoCA adapter near a Verizon set top box,

you must install a splitter. Verizon set top boxes use MoCA to

communicate with the router. Connecting a Coax cable from

the MM1025’s device port to the Verizon set top box will

prevent features like on-demand and channel guide from

working. Your splitter should be MoCA compatible.

Figure 4. Installing MM1025 with Verizon set top box

MoCA security

We recommend some form of MoCA security if you have

cable Internet service, especially if you are located within 150

yards (137 meters) of another home with cable Internet

service. If instead you have FiOS or some other form of fiber

optic Internet service, you already have MoCA security so

you don’t need to read this section.

MoCA security for cable Internet service comes from either of

the following:

•Add a PoE filter where the coax cable enters your home.

This prevents your MoCA signal from being transmitted to

one of your neighbors and can also improve your cable

service’s signal.

•Program all your MoCA devices with the same MoCA

security key. In the unlikely event that you want to do this,

please see www.motorolanetwork.com/MoCAsecurity

For most people the PoE filter is easier and a better solution.

The PoE filter doesn’t interfere with your TV and Internet but

does prevent your MoCA signals from traveling to your

neighbors. You need to put the PoE Filter where the coax

cable enters your home, before that cable branches off to

connect to your TV sets, cable modem, and other devices. We

suggest that you connect the MM1025’s PoE Filter now. If you

find that a PoE Filter is already installed, don’t install a

second one.

When installing the PoE Filter, you’ll do the following:

1. Disconnect the coax cable as near as possible to where it

comes into your home. This is usually inside your home

but may be outside your home. Sometimes the coax cable

goes into a splitter, and sometimes it connects to

something else.

2. Connect that same coax cable to one end of the PoE

Filter.

3. Connect the other end of the PoE Filter to the coax

connector where you disconnected the coax cable.

Figure 5. Connecting a PoE filter

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