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Cake day: November 10th, 2023

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  • Yes MoCA sounds like a good solution for you. It’s really simple. You do need two MoCA devices (think of one as a place for the Internet to get in and one for the Internet to get out to your computer). You can check online and see if your Modem has MoCA otherwise you need to buy two adapters.

    If you find that your modem is MoCA, buy one adapter, connect it with coax to the coax near your computer, with Ethernet to your computer, and to power. The instructions will tell you how to pair it with your modem. It’s usually press a button on both sides or go into the UI and type a password.

    If your modem is not MoCA, you need two MoCA adapters and it sounds like a coax splitter. Connect the wall coax to the splitter then connect your modem and the MoCA adapter with coax to the splitter. Connect the MoCA ethernet to the modem/router and connect power. Then follow the steps above for connecting the other side and pairing.



  • I can speak to the Synology RS1221+ as I own two. They are great NASs but they are terrible at compute/transcode.

    You missed an important detail which is how much data do you need to store?

    Those big servers are nice and powerful if you can stomach the power bill.

    My current setup is the two Synology’s in an HA pair for storage with a pair of similar spec Hyve servers for compute. If you’re looking for an all in one unit, the big server is the way to go.




  • It depends on what you mean by hub. I assume you mean some kind of ISP provided device? If so you’re probably fine up to the number of ports it has. If you’re out of ports you can buy a network switch, connect that to the ‘hub’, then connect more to the switch. Your biggest limitation will be internet speed but, depending on where you send that security camera footage, that may not be an issue at all.

    TL;DR: Run the cable to the new place and install your camera. You’ll be fine.