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I’ve utilised the unused COAX cabling in my house for wired backhaul

martinmcd21
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‎08-03-2025 11:34 PM - edited ‎08-03-2025 11:35 PM

I have 1.6gb with EE Smart Hub Pro and 2x Smart WiFi Pro.


I’ve had this for a few months now and it’s been excellent overall. It felt if anything a bit frantic and unstable at times but everything worked. WiFi Speed tests would bounce about a bit before settling at fairly high numbers. 

There was one thing bugging me about my network. Despite having things connected via switch from the SMart WiFi Pro, the connection between the Smart Hub Pro and 1st Smart WiFi Pro was relying on WiFi backhaul.  There was no way of running Ethernet between the two. 

bur this week I found a solution and it worked. I bought a couple of MOCA adapters and used the redundant coax cabling in my walls to establish a wired connection. 

the speeds and stability are unbelievable. Now pulling 1.5gb on WiFi, all over the house, all the time, and everything that benefits from Ethernet is hard wired in, getting as much as 1.67 gb. 

constantly. 24/7. 

worth looking at for anyone who could benefit. 

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JimM11
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‎09-03-2025 08:00 AM

@martinmcd21 It is certainly a solution to use, and a lot depends on the quality of the coax cable and pairing with the suitable moca adapter, VM have been using coax with Broadband for years. With you getting the throughput speed's using it as a wired backhaul to the smart wireless is the best way to go.👍👍

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martinmcd21
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‎13-03-2025 09:32 PM - edited ‎13-03-2025 09:32 PM

Combined with EE’s new router and mesh the result from the coax backhaul has been incredible. I’ve clocked 1.9gb WiFi on what is a 1.6gb line. On WiFi 6 devices. That’s the highest but regularly clocking 1gb on wifi6 which I didn’t think was possible. And it’s all over the house. The lowest I get is about 600 at the furthest point from a router or mesh. 

iPhone 16 coming tomorrow so will be interesting to see what kind of speeds I get with a WiFi 7 device.

 

 

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