Motorola MoCA MM1025 User manual

Model MM1025
MoCA® Adapter
MoCA 2.5 for
Ethernet over Coax
Quick
Start
Guide

Typically included with your MM1025
Power Adapter
(varies by country)
Coax Cable
Ethernet Cable
Wrench
Screws for
optional wall
mounting
PoE Filter
Your MoCA adapter can be wall mounted if you prefer.
See the enclosed flyer.
Para una Guía de Inicio Rápido en español, por favor vaya a
www.motorolanetwork.com/MM1025ir

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Let’s get started
MoCA is a good way to connect a router or cable
modem/router to a distant device by using your home’s
coaxial (“coax”) cable. The device can be a computer, smart
TV, video streaming device, game station, streaming media
player, or other device that has an Ethernet LAN port for
Internet access. If there’s a coax network that runs near the
router and the device, you should be able to use MoCA.
Many WiFi Mesh systems can use MoCA to connect the units
together. If your Mesh system supports Ethernet backhaul,
you can use MoCA to connect them together. This frees up
your WiFi and results in better performance for all of your
WiFi devices. If you want to learn more about using MoCA
with WiFi, go to www.MotorolaNetwork.com/MoCAWiFi
This MoCA Adapter is designed to work with most coax
networks including networks associated with cable TV, cable
Internet, and FiOS or another fiber optic network.
Your MoCA Adapter is NOT designed to work with DirecTV®,
Dish®, and other satellite networks, or with AT&T® Internet or
AT&T U-Verse®, since these services use frequencies that
conflict with your MoCA Adapter.

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Figure 1. MoCA connecting a cable modem/router to a
device

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You may not need a MoCA Adapter for
your router. Here's how to check.
•If you have a Verizon® FiOS router, it probably has MoCA.
The MoCA signal goes through your FiOS router’s coax
connector to your coax cable network.
•If you have a router for fiber optic service from another
provider and it has a coax cable attached to it, it
probably has MoCA.
•If you have a cable modem/router, it may have MoCA.
There are a few ways to check. First, you can look at the
unit to see whether it has the word MoCA on it. You can
also look at the product’s specifications or its browser-
based configuration manager to see whether MoCA is
mentioned. You can also find some but not all MoCA
cable modem/routers listed at
http://www.mocalliance.org/products/index.htm . If
you have MoCA, the MoCA signal goes through your
cable modem/router’s coax cable into your coax cable
network.
•If you have a router that’s not a Verizon FiOS router,
another fiber optic router, or a cable modem/router, it
probably does not have MoCA.
If you do not have MoCA for your router or cable
modem/router, please continue below with Installing a MoCA
Adapter for your router or cable modem/router.
If you have or probably have MoCA for your router already, or
if you’re not sure, please go to Installing a MoCA Adapter for
a smart TV or other device. If this doesn’t work, then you do
not have MoCA already and will need to follow the steps
directly below.

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Installing a MoCA Adapter for your router
or cable modem/router
Read this section only if you need a MoCA Adapter for your
router. Pages 3 and 4 describe how to check.
First go to your router or modem/router and connect as
shown below.
Figure 2. MoCA connection to a router that doesn’t have
built-in MoCA
1. You always connect a coax cable to the MoCA Adapter’s
Network input and your coax network. Sometimes there’s
an available coax network jack or cable, so you don’t need
to disconnect anything. However, you may need to use
the coax cable that’s plugged into a nearby set-top box,
cable modem/router, or other device. It’s okay to
disconnect a coax cable from something, but then you

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need to use the included coax cable between the MoCA
adapter’s DEVICE coax and the device you disconnected.
2. Next, connect the included Ethernet cable between the
MoCA adapter’s Ethernet jack and the LAN Ethernet jack
of the router or modem/router.
3. Plug the power adapter into a live outlet, and make sure
that the On/Off button is On.
Installing a MoCA Adapter for a smart TV
or other device
Go to the device you’re connecting to the router and connect
as shown below.
Figure 3. MoCA connection for a device

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1. You always connect a coax cable to the MoCA Adapter’s
Network input and your coax network. Sometimes there’s
an available coax network jack or cable, so you don’t need
to disconnect anything. However, you may need to
connect the Network coax connector to a coax cable
that’s plugged into a nearby set-top box, router, or other
device. It’s okay to disconnect a coax cable from
something, but then you need to use the included coax
cable between the MoCA adapter’s DEVICE coax and the
device you disconnected.
2. Connect the included Ethernet cable between the MoCA
adapter’s Ethernet jack and the LAN Ethernet jack of the
device you’re connecting to the router via MoCA.
3. Plug the power adapter into a live outlet, and make sure
that the On/Off button is On.
Once you have MoCA for your router and device, the Link
light should be lit for your MoCA Adapter(s). If it is lit, please
try using the device. If it’s able to access the Internet, your
device is working – skip to the paragraph below. If the Link
light is not lit, check your wiring and try power-cycling your
MoCA Adapter(s). To power-cycle a MoCA Adapter, just
switch the MoCA Adapter off for a few seconds, then switch it
on. If your MoCA connection is still NOT working, please go to
the Troubleshooting tips section.
If your MoCA connection is working, please read the MoCA
security section below. Also, note that you can connect more
devices (up to 16) via MoCA back to your router. For each
device you want to connect to its own MoCA Adapter, use the
MoCA connection for a device diagram on page 6.

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Installing a MoCA Adapter with a Verizon®
set top box
If you wish to use a MoCA adapter near a Verizon set top box,
you must install a splitter. Verizon set top boxes use MoCA to
communicate with the router. Connecting a Coax cable from
the MM1025’s device port to the Verizon set top box will
prevent features like on-demand and channel guide from
working. Your splitter should be MoCA compatible.
Figure 4. Installing MM1025 with Verizon set top box
MoCA security
We recommend some form of MoCA security if you have
cable Internet service, especially if you are located within 150
yards (137 meters) of another home with cable Internet
service. If instead you have FiOS or some other form of fiber
optic Internet service, you already have MoCA security so
you don’t need to read this section.
MoCA security for cable Internet service comes from either of
the following:
•Add a PoE filter where the coax cable enters your home.
This prevents your MoCA signal from being transmitted to
one of your neighbors and can also improve your cable
service’s signal.

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•Program all your MoCA devices with the same MoCA
security key. In the unlikely event that you want to do this,
please see www.motorolanetwork.com/MoCAsecurity
For most people the PoE filter is easier and a better solution.
The PoE filter doesn’t interfere with your TV and Internet but
does prevent your MoCA signals from traveling to your
neighbors. You need to put the PoE Filter where the coax
cable enters your home, before that cable branches off to
connect to your TV sets, cable modem, and other devices. We
suggest that you connect the MM1025’s PoE Filter now. If you
find that a PoE Filter is already installed, don’t install a
second one.
When installing the PoE Filter, you’ll do the following:
1. Disconnect the coax cable as near as possible to where it
comes into your home. This is usually inside your home
but may be outside your home. Sometimes the coax cable
goes into a splitter, and sometimes it connects to
something else.
2. Connect that same coax cable to one end of the PoE
Filter.
3. Connect the other end of the PoE Filter to the coax
connector where you disconnected the coax cable.
Figure 5. Connecting a PoE filter