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Actiontec Bonded MoCA 2.0 Ethernet to Coax Adapter (ECB6200S02) The main reason I bought this product was to get rid of my Verizon Quantum Gateway Router. I recently upgraded my Verizon internet to their "Gigabit" plan which they run a cat6 cable from the ONT directly to the router. This means if you are on the internet only plan, you can use any router you like. Recently I upgrade my router to the Netgear Nighthawk X10 router and it was plug and play, no config needed. Since I do have a cable box this did require me to use the Quantum router as a bridge to still provide the STB with internet. NOT ANYMORE. With this adapter, I was able to completely remove the Verizon Quantum router from the loop and not use it at all. What you need to do follows: 1. Configure the MOCA bridge as Amin M. Astaneh said in another review To do so you will need to connect to the devices one by one over Ethernet: * manually configure your interface for 192.168.144.2, netmask 255.255.255.0, gateway 192.168.144.1 * plug your computer directly into the adapter using an ethernet cable * connect to 192.168.144.30 in your browser * go to Configuration and change the RF channel to a different value. I believe I used value 1600. You can also take the opportunity to set a new PSK to encrypt the traffic being exchanged on the MOCA network. You will know that the procedure was successful if: * the adapters still display green link lights when plugged into coax; * the Verizon router does not show the Actiontec devices as DHCP clients. These devices are an excellent option if Powerline isn't working for you and your house is wired with coax. see less 2. Plug your Ethernet into your WAN port on your new 3rd party router ( might have to do a DHCP release to get this working, I did not) 3. On the Coax port labeled "Coax IN" plug the coax cable into the bridge that is coming to from the ONT box. 4. On the Coax port labeled " TV/STB Out" plug the coax cable into the bridge that is coming directly from your STB. 5. Plug an Ethernet cable into a LAN port from your 3rd party router into the bridge. At this point, you should now have the Coax and Power light on the MOCA bridge lit up. 6. reboot your STB(s) ( I only had one but this should also work if you have multiple STB's in a loop). After this, you should have your STB rebooted and working fully ( minus the caller ID on your TV for any landlines, I don't use this feature so I cannot speak to this functionality but this is what I have read from other sources. Take it with a grain of salt). I cannot speak for the reliability of the Actiontec MOCA bridge just yet but What I do know that it is working as is intended running NO Verizon hardware ( with the exception of the STB.) I will update this review after 90 days or so to speak to this portion, but for now, it gets 5 stars! Stay tuned.