I quit Dish and am installing the X1 with 2 satellite "dumb" small boxes. I am able to get a connection to the main box, but the dumb boxes cannot connect to anything so I clearly have a MOCA problem. So, I bought a coax tester to make sure I have my cables correct.
My network panel has all of the lines coming in that the builder installed as they are bundled together. I have been able to determine the incoming Comcast line and all lines running to specific rooms. ONE of the builder installed lines is testing open. There is ALSO an additional line coming in to the network panel from a different place. When I test it, it tests as short. However, when I hook the short line to the splitter, it will send a Comcast signal to the main X1 box.
So, Im thinking when Dish installed 2 years ago, the installer altered my cabling to that room for the Hopper/Joey setup to work. It seems the line that tested open may have been the builder installed line that went to where the main X1 box currently resides.
Does the Dish Hopper/Joey need something along that shorted line that would force the tester to show short while the Comcast signal could still get to the main X1 box? If so, would that be the reason the dumb boxes cant connect via MOCA? If so, what would I need to look for. The attic crawl space is so tight with HVAC that I dont know how I will be able to get behind the wall that the main X1 box plugs into to inspect.
Hoping someone out there can help. Thanks!
EDIT: There is a solo node just inside my attic crawl space attached to the line(s) coming from the satellite dish. I tested the line going to HOST on the node, and it tests blue so that line is running to the outlet with the X1 box and is consistent with the stray added cable in the network panel. The line marked CLIENT running out of the node is testing open, so I added a red cap and tested at the panel. Still testing open, so that isnt the line.
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