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Review on πŸ”Œ Kiwee Broadband Bonded MoCA 2.5 Network Adapter 2.5 Gbps Ethernet Port for Ethernet Over Coax (2 Pack) (KB-M3-01) - Maximize Your Coaxial Network Speed with Kiwee Bonded MoCA 2.5 Adapters by Ian Bates

Revainrating 5 out of 5

It really can reach speeds of 2.5GB!

I'm having trouble with the transfer speed from the top to the bottom of the router. Even with the WIFI6 mesh, the speed did not exceed 6-800Mbps. My house is old and of course didn't have ethernet. Running Cat5 or 6 is too hard. Using Ethernet over power lines was even worse than WIFI. I tried this type of MoCA a few years ago and back then it was no better than WIFI. Faced with unstable WiFi speeds and dropouts, I decided to try an existing old TV cable connecting floors, hoping that over time the technology would mature. Although this has a specification of 2.5 Gbps. I was skeptical and would be happy if it could consistently hit 1 Gb/s. Setup is easy for me because I don't have cable TV and my cable modem was on a separate line that the cable company set up. There is no crosstalk. After connecting both devices to each end of the cable, I used my main Open Speedtest PC as a server on one end and my laptop with a 2.5GBe USB adapter on the other. To my great surprise, I was able to reach 2.5 GB/s. tour! This turned out to be the easiest and a lot cheaper than hiring someone to run the ethernet cable. Also note that this option is slightly more expensive than the 1Gbps port, but it's worth it.

Pros
  • Pretty packaging
Cons
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