I Will FIX Your Wifi - MoCA and Powerline at Colton's House

Colton's WiFi is just like his work ethic: it SUCKS! How can we solve this problem? Ethernet? Maybe, but why worry about running new cables when he's got plenty in his walls. MoCA and Powerline will get his house in order and get his internet running smoothly so he can once again become gainfully employed.

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Why Colton? Why?
1:31 Two Possible Solutions
2:18 Scoping Out the Coax
4:35 Making Holes for Glory
6:44 Hooking up the MoCA Network
8:59 MoCA Security, Setup and Troubleshooting
12:05 Giving Up
13:13 Can Powerline Save the Day?
15:01 Does it work? Testing Powerline
16:29 What's the benefit?
17:54 Powerline Security and Compatibility
18:27 Stress Testing
19:05 Conclusion

[Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy]

I'm surprised Linus is still willing to help out an ex-employee. Even though he allowed Geoff to buy that body pillow, Linus is letting it be water under the bridge. Good on him.

[dantex]

Honestly, it's nice to see the professionals in the biz run into the same head scratching scenarios as I have when trying to help my family with tech solutions. Technology is both fun and amazing, as well as stubborn and temperamental.

[Rafy_]

Its nice to see Linus in the holidays spirits... Helping a freshly unemployed man...

[TheTrueLuguslaGaming]

How many times are we gonna "fix" Colton's networking before we force him to just move

[sadmanh]

Something not mentioned in the video is that if you're doing the powerline solution you should really make sure it works well for you while it's still within the return warranty period. Older buildings, specially condo buildings, have really fucked up wiring and it makes the internet significantly slower and laggy.

[Gusto]

Put some tape on the wall where you’re going to drill through. It’ll help with the drywall blowing out the back side.

Also don’t push super hard. Let the bit do the work.

Alternatively, drill through with a pilot bit then bore to the proper size from each side.

[Starach]

Bought a house and found the whoever built it was a TV nut and ran Coax to every single room in the house from a central point. I had no idea I could use them for internet, this changes everything!

[QuantumSolice]

With MOCA, the coax splitters need to be rated for the frequencies that the MOCA adapters use. There are also MOCA filters that you can put on the input of the first splitter to block those frequencies from leaving your home. When set up properly, MOCA is far superior to the powerline adapters. I always recommended them when working in that industry.

[Menirz]

One thing to keep in mind with MOCA is that a lot of older cable TV Coax used splitters & band pass filters with a cutoff frequency below what MOCA operates at. Some of these filter devices are also directional, so it can be quite frustrating to set up if you don't have a good idea of how your coax is wired.

A simple coax cable tester can help troubleshoot how wires are ran and terminated, but if any splitters were built into the walls you may just be SOL.

[TheDisturbedne]

Anthony gets so much love, but man, Colton really deserves just as much. He seems like such a genuine and amazing dude!

[MoonWielder]

Just an extra Powerline tip, for anyone wanting to try it out! Most packages for Powerline actually tell you the max length that you can space two adapters in the network. Most are right around 100-150 feet. You may also run into problems if you run in a path that crosses a refrigerator, as some can distort the frequencies used by the adapters. Hope this helps!

[kylerodgers]

Another good reason to use MoCA is if you have an RV and you need the antenna outside for a point to point solution. Most RV will have a coaxial plug on the outside so instead of drilling into your RV you can use two adaptors.

[igeekone]

17:05 Remember the Telus gateway was rebooted when Linus unplugged it. Routers are set to automatically change bands, typically happens after a restart. A restart can also help to flush out the cache and that could explain why the latency dropped.

[Merjia]

"Anything for content" spoken like a true LMG employee!

Also I love how he has his entire staff trained to do a plug for merch every time they're handed a merch item.

[dhawthorne]

Coax splitters can be directional. Since the cable next to the computer was presumably for TV signal, it is possible that the line was split somewhere in the house, not far from where it enters the structure. (Mine is screwed to a ceiling joist in the basement). Removing the splitter and getting a F2F adapter to connect the two internal runs directly could have solved the problem.

[connhughes]

I like their chemistry, wish they did more videos together. Linus doesn't get to be on camera with people high up in his company/have been there long enough to where both of them can be an absolute savage with each other.

[pyramid]

You use a moca filter where the coax enters your premises to stop your neighbors from getting your moca signals. To get full moca speed to multiple locations, it's possible to use multiple moca adapters, but disconnected from the splitter, so they only use direct runs to a specific room, then connect the now disconnected splitter side of the moca units to a central ethernet switch. This is layout dependent and probably much harder to do if your splitter is outside. Also wont work if you want TV over the same coax. Works great in a setup with a splitter inside when you just want to send data to certain rooms.

[cdark]

I’m loving these non-profit videos giving tech tips to the unemployed. Glad to see Linus is in the giving spirit this holiday season!

[koolkidchrysler]

Great video I love these interactions with the employees, and their families which add an interesting touch. Also, I love the mystical sci-fi music in the background it was actually really nice

[XKurrA]

Man I started laughing out loud, I tired streaming over wifi for the first time yesterday, got fed up and ordered a moca adapter, a day later and Linus uploads this, this is amazing

Edit: Linus if you see this, thank you, this has helped me to make a more informed decision, I have done more research and found out that MoCA isn't right for me and cancelled my order, I will be using the power line instead.