TRENDnet Mid-Band Coaxial Network Adapter, Supports HomePNA 3.1 Over Coaxial Cables, Supports Deployment For Digital TV, High Speed Internet And VoIP Single-Access Subscription, Black, TPA-311

I have a shop located about 150 feet or so from my house and wanted to have internet connectivity there. Wireless was spotty when trying to connect and I wanted a wired solution. There was a preexisting coax cable, RG-59, that had been installed for television connectivity prior to my purchasing the house, so over twenty years old. I used a multimeter to verify the cable at least passed simple short/connectivity testing and then began looking for a solution that might incorporate the coax cable. That's how I came across these TRENDnet units.Bought two units, connected each unit to the coax using the HPNA connector, connected the one in the house to the local wireless router using the Ethernet1 connection on the TRENDnet unit, connected the one at my shop to a PC using the Ethernet1 connection on the other TRENDnet unit, applied power, and . . . lights began flashing, solid hardwired ethernet connectivity! No configuration, no software programmability, no anything -- straight plug an go! I have had it in place for two months now, works great, so much better than the spotty, on-again/off-again wireless connection I was trying to run that was at the fringes of useable range.I had considered directional antennas (mixed reviews) or running fiber optic cables (expensive) but these TRENDnet units did the trick and did it well. I know this unit is designed to do more and I can't speak to other capabilities, but a solid five stars for the ease of install and perfect functionality in doing what I wanted to accomplish.

Excellent solution for getting a wired connection from my AT&T U-Verse router (we use satellite TV) on the first floor to my home office on the second floor, and only had to buy one adapter to do it since the U-Verse router doubles as an HPNA end-point. Been using it for 6 months without a hitch and without needing to reset it, quite satisfied with the solution. Kind of wish I could get MoCA speeds but satellite is the cheapest TV solution for me and I'm not bothering with "giga-speed" internet since I don't need it and don't want to pay the extra $50 per month for it; 50Mbps works fine for my HD streaming needs (for now).As I replied in other reviews, HPNA (HomePNA) adapters are great for AT&T U-Verse (HPNA) and Satellite TV (MoCA). U-Verse uses HPNA already which these adapters connect to, while satellite uses a higher frequency MoCA (500-1650 MHz) standard so the two can coexist. HPNA won't work with digital cable like Charter, Cox and TimeWarner since they both use the same low frequency range (12-45 Mhz) and interfere with each other. HPNA is slower (50Mb-200Mb) than MoCA (200Mb-1Gb), but HPNA can work over much greater distances (4000 ft) than MoCA (300 ft). Most people are limited to one or the other depending on their internet & TV provider; satellite and U-verse folks should use HPNA, while digital cable modem folks should use MoCA. Finally, while both work in older homes with RG-59 coax cable, MoCA will not reach its full speed potential unless the home is wired with newer RG-6 coax with newer splitters capable of at least 1500 Mhz frequencies (MoCA 1.1), preferably 1675 Mhz or higher (MoCA 2.0).

I received this adapter yesterday and was ecstatic to finally get off of using Frontier’s default router.Well...I followed the directions (that you have to search the Internet for) and the unit powered up but wouldn’t connect to my ISP with the coaxial wiring in my house. After fussing with it for a bit I couldn’t get it going and had to contact TrendNet support.Albert told me that the device won’t work with Frontier if they use MOCA. Well this item came up in my search and I read a review of someone using Frontier as their ISP and it working fine.The description is lacking and the box comes with no paperwork to detail anything.Very upset with this purchase.

I can confirm that multiple of these devices work right out-of-the-box with the AT&T internet gateway (Pace model 5268ac), but what it does not make clear on the specs is that each of the RJ-45 Ethernet ports are only 10/100 (not gigabit), so even though there is a theoretical bandwidth of 256 mbps, each plugged-in device can never reach more than 100 mbps; hence only 4 stars.I have tested and I can get the full 100 mbps each from a laptop plugged in to 2 of these units, both connected to the gateway, and I would expect that each Ethernet port on one device could reach 100 mbps simultaneously (not tested).The AT&T gateway contains an AC1200 WiFi router, and it's down speed is higher than this unit when on the same laptop in the same location on WiFi. I would only recommend this device if either:a) Some location in your house is too far away from the WiFi to get a good speed, but you have a coax cable outlet in that room which you can use for this box.b) You want to extend your WiFi and you have a cable outlet in a good position where you can plug this in, and then connect some WiFi access point. This solution is much better than a WiFi extender, which cuts the speed in half just by using it.c) You want a connection that is more reliable than WiFi. This was my case; for video streaming and other real-time data transfers, this works much better, and it is worth giving up the extra bandwidth to get a reliable 100 mbps connection, rather than an unreliable 200-300 mbps connection from the AC1200 WiFi.

Die Übertragungsrate ist stabil und beträgt zwischen zwei Geräten etwa 90 Mbit/s über ein ansonsten brachliegendes Fernsehkabel von ca. 15 Metern Länge.

I bought two of these to bring ethernet to a room, thinking of using one in the room and another one in the basement. I have Telus Optik TV, and in the basement there is the modem/router. The cable TV comes out of the modem/router via the HPNA coonector. The Tendnet adapter also has an HPNA connector. So instead of using the Trendnet box in the basement, I tried hooking up the coax to the modem/router via a splitter, and in the room, I installed a Trendnet box and I was happy to find that I got my Internet connection with just one Trendnet box. I don't know how to check speed etc, but the connection seems decent. I can stream video etc. without any problem. So I have a spare Trendnet box and I can provide ethernet to another room with the already-installed coax cable. The box does not come with any instructions, but instruction guide is easily obtained from the Internet, although I did not need one.

This works for both generating an HPNA/HCNA signal (ethernet to coax) and converting HPNA/HCNA to LAN (coax to ethernet). Coax just needs to be connected to the "HPNA" port, and not "TV Out". Works fine with my Bell Fibe TV, going LAN from modem, to this device, to coax up to Set Top Box.

I have this hooked to my Bell Fibe TV modem/router in the basement using coax cable that was already installed running to the second floor on the opposite side of the house where I have hooked it to a second wifi router. Works really well - no noticeable speed loss over at least 70 feet of coax. We now have full wifi coverage throughout the house. Much better than the powerline setup I was using before.

These work great for extending the network in my house, was able to use these devices to make a fast wired connection over the old satelite cable coax to the otherside of my property to create a seperate Wifi hot spot for the kids online gaming.