CommScope CSMF1APDU9VPI HomeConnect 9-Port Passive VoIP MoCA Amplifier for Comcast, Xfinity, RCN, Optimum, Wow, COX, Spectrum

When trying to place the CommScope amplifier in my basement, it took me a little while to find the best location due to having two cable junction points. I was concerned that the spaghetti clustered cable would continue to look as poor with the new CommScope amplifier.I removed all my cable from the existing splitters and ran them into the amplifier. I plan on fastening some of my cable to the ceiling better and labelling the cables so it is easier to figure out what is what.I verified that I had connectivity in my 3,000 square foot cape. Because the CommScope has two connections labeled 'Power In', I wasn't sure I was placing the coax from the street into the correct connection point. A little trial and error made everything work.I verified that everything was operating as it should be and checked my TVs and Internet connections.Once my connections were established, I verified my Internet bandwidth by performing multiple tests on Speedtest.com. My location is in a small town in the backwoods of eastern Connecticut. I am not close to any office and typically would see about 15 ms ping time, about 58 mbps down and 6.7 mbps up. I verified I was seeing the same speed on my connection, post CommScope amplifier installation, and it was performing a little bit better on multiple tests from multiple locations in the home.I repositioned my router into the basement of my home, I was risking that signal strength from/to the router would not penetrate through walls. The router and cable modem are both in a more centralized location in the home now.My furthest devices are seeing the same bandwidth speeds from my router across my home. I have a Netgear RAX 80 (WiFi 6), I have at least 25 wireless devices in the home with all of them functional, I have 4 TVs, multiple computers, Amazon Kindles, multiple cell phones, wireless printers, and a wireless humidifier.Most computer equipment has the newest BIOS/UEFI installed. The router has the newest iteration of BIOS installed.Overall, I am extremely pleased by the changes of cabling, installation of cable into the CommScope amplifier, placement of the router and cable modem, bandwidth speeds and simplicity to do the installation. I did find the cabling a little bit time consuming to accomplish but nothing extremely difficult for a novice.The idea was to remedy the router placement in the home to provide better coverage, fix coax signal strength for TVs (which was never a real issue in the home), clean up the clutter, and provide the best Internet signal for all devices. The CommScope amplifier worked exactly as advertised for all those purposes.The two cables on the right; Top right is data being sent from the cable company to my home. Bottom right is power coming from a wall outlet and being sent to the CommScope amplifier via the included power adapter.There are 8 cable out jacks on the left. The top left cable is going to my cable modem. The other cables on the left go to 4 Televisions around the home.I did not continue using this device for very long due to switching to Starlink. However, the device was able to handle my cable TV and cable Internet access without issue. It 'should' work for things that can pass their data to a coaxial cable connection. Therefore, if you have boxes that have coax out (like the Frontier FIOS G1100 - this assumes that the box will pass signal OUT from coaxial receptacle on the Frontier FIOS G1100), they should work in conjunction.

If you don’t know CommScope let me tell you a little about the company. They are over 50 years old and have supplied the majority of hard line and drop coaxial cables to the industry worldwide. For the last 20 or so years have also supplied a great deal of fiber optic cables. Your Internet connection is likely being delivered by their products. All that is to say the are a quality company. This drop amp is no exception. High quality hardware. The “Zero gain” description is the gain of the amp equals the loss of the internal splitters so your level out is equal to the input signal level. I used this amp to feed 6 televisions from my off air antenna. Works as described and expected. I would recommend it to a friend.

Replaced a passive splitter successfully while boosting the signal to the boxes and router, resultant in vastly to better reception/picture quality. Unity gain >> -6.5db

I have Verizon FIOS going to two TiVo DVRs with a standard (cheap) cable splitter. I started trying to watch some new channels and I got V52 errors about there being no signal. I got an "official" splitter from Verizon and not much improvement. Turns out Verizon FIOS is using a newer version of MoCA and a normal (cheap) cable splitter simply won't work. This CommScope fixed everything and was trivial to install. One warning -- it doesn't come with a bit of coax to go between the power supply and the amp, but those are easy to find.

Worked perfect. Installed in 10-15 minutes. Even brought in channels that barely came in.

Comcast/Xfinity pushed an equipment upgrade on us and the new boxes didn't work with the old distribution amp (DA) Comcast had installed. I tried chat in App and in person @store to get specs for a replacement DA but they insisted on dispatching a tech for $100. Google yielded an Xfinity forum recommending this product and it worked perfectly. Hook your internet modem to the Voip outlet (passive loop thru -6db) for better reliability. Saved $$ and time.

I received a box with a sticker for the MoCA compatible amp, but the box contained the non-MoCA version amp (model number is missing the ‘M’).It did, however, come with the MoCA POE filter separately. If I used that in conjunction with the amplifier, everything works as it should.However, the product being shipped should be what is advertised. Given that I did not receive what was in the product page, I am deducting a couple of stars.

Works great and easy to install