Frontier-branded WF-803FT (FCA251) help?

@askfirmations Initially, you have the option to adjust the device settings to D-high and modify the LOF to 1400MHz. This alteration will utilize a frequency range of 1350-1675MHz. Following that, incorporating a PoE filter is highly recommended. By doing so, it effectively segregates the two signals utilizing dedicated hardware.

I am sorry but, I am not technically savvy enough to make any suggestions.

I bought two of this MOCA 2.5 adapters and hope to use some of the cables outlets in my house. However, even when I connect two adapters directly, I can only get about 300Mbs throughput (using iperf3). I basically do laptop->803FT->1m cable->803FT->router->cat5e->laptop(w/iperf3). I have set both to full or both to LAN. Neither gives me better than 300Mbs. (All three lights, pwr, moca, eth are on) Here is what I see when I log into the adapter's control page.

I switched to connect laptop to the router using cat5 cable and iperf3 gave 900Mbps.

Please help, thank you very much.

I had a chat with Frontier's support desk. Here is what I was able to do with four FCA251's. On the lan side of the Netgear AC1900 Smart WiFi Router R7000,. The R7000 is connected to the ONT through a BAMF SB-2002 2 way Splitter to a FCA251 set to WAN. The other side of the splitter is connected to a FCA251 set to LAN with an CAT5 cable from a port on the R7000. In my Study room the computer is connected to the Coax network through a CAT5 cable to a FCA251 set to LAN. In a bedroom I have a tv connected by a CAT5 to a FCA251 connected to COAX outlet. In the living room the TV goes through ROKU to the another router port. So far, I have wired connections for the TV and computer and WiFi for the tablets and phones. Will keep you guys posted!

I have a Frontier WF-803FT but the best I can get is ~280Mbps up ~380Mbps down with two adapters connected through a 6ft coax, no splitters, filters or anything else in between. I used iperf3 and NetIO for the tests. The same setup with GbE/CAT6/CAT5e cable gets me ~900Mbps.

I set both adapters to full (FULL mode did not connect, aka MoCA light is off, until I unchecked "Preferred NC" on one of the WF-803FT).

Is there something wrong with the Frontier version WF-803FT that throttles the speed? Would changing the firmware to WF-803M fix the problem or the hardware for the Frontier version is different? I can telnet to it if somebody can tell me the right commands (couldn't make any sense out of what I saw with "help" command there).

Ok guys, help me out. I just switched to Frontier. My network is the ONT to a WF 803FT an Ethernet cable to a Netgear AC1900 WAN port and WiFi to a Samsung smart TV and desktop computer through Netgear range extender. I have Coax ports at both locations and two additional 803’s. How do I configure the adapters to use the Coax port for the deskto?

Ran an iperf3 test to see what the speeds were between my two MoCA adapters, and I'm satisfied with the results. This is my test environment:

Macbook Pro 2014 (Client) --> USB Gig-E Adapter --> Unifi US-8 Switch --> WF-803FT MoCA Adapter 2 --> WF-803FT MoCA Adapter 1 --> Unifi Dream Machine Router --> Dell PowerEdge T20 Server (Server)

Command I used:

iperf3 -c 192.168.10.208 -t 10 -w 1M -O 3

This is strange... I checked the Network MoCA Version on the Frontier adapters I have, and it's showing v2.0 as others have indicated.

Lon on Youtube is using similar adapters, but the GoCoax version of his adapters show v2.5 under Network MoCA Version. https://youtu.be/XeqbkfColRg?t=274 When he went over to physical rates section, I noticed his rates were exactly the same as the Frontier adapters I'm using. https://youtu.be/XeqbkfColRg?t=355 Is it possible that there's a bug in Frontier's firmware causing it to display the incorrect Network MoCA Version?

Hi,

Please elaborate how to configure the Frontier-branded WF-803FT (FCA251) device to D-high (1350-1675MHz).

Thanks!

Hi Dan,

First, you can configure the device to D-high and change the LOF to 1400MHz. That will use 1350-1675MHz.

Next, adding a PoE filter is the best choice. That will separate the two signals with hardware.

I'm regretting buy these adapters for a dirt cheap price off of ebay. After 6mo of working fine, my isp (spectrum) seems to have turned on the docsis 3.1 ofdm channel which can run into the 1218mhz range. All of a sudden once or twice a week usually in the middle of the night I find my modem offline and stuck ranging. Most Moca 2.0/2.5 can be configured to use high-d band (1350 to 1675mhz) with a minor speed drop from the normal extended d band (1125 to 1675mhz). This adapter does not appear to have this option so my only recourse is to change from FULL (1125 to 1675mhz 5x bonded) to WAN (1475 to 1675 only 2x bonded) which takes a much bigger moca network speed penalty. I'm starting to think my old moca 2.0 would be better than WAN on this adapter using high D band only...

Does anyone see any other options? The only other thing I've read is to put another moca filter right on the back of the modem to prevent the docsis3.1 modem from accessing and interfering in the 1218mhz range. This may work in the interim, but eventually if isps require docsis 3.1 won't this basically break as I'm intentionally blocking my modem from accessing anything above 1002mhz with the moca filter right on the back of it? (still maybe this is the best option today if I can get full 400mbps isp speed with docsis 3.0 today?)

Thanks,

Dan

Please share your experience with enabling security in "FULL" mode. After I enabled security, the MoCA LED shows blue after boot, and turns blue-and-green after connect, for "LAN" and "WAN" modes. However, for "FULL" mode, the MoCA LED remains off after boot, and turns green after connect, suggesting security is NOT in effect. Thanks everyone!

Is it normal for "Full" mode to say "2.0" for "Network MoCA Version"? I am seeing the same screens even when I have my adapters connected with a short 10ft cable point to point.

So just dumping the web UI screens for reference. Key takeaway is that the Device Status page confirms the operating frequencies for each of the toggle switch settings, per the Quick Start documents -- including the non-standard range used for the setting labeled "LAN":

• FULL (1125-1675 MHz); 5x 100 MHz (max 2000 Mbps shared)

• WAN (1475-1675 MHz); 2x 100 MHz (max 800 Mbps shared)

• LAN (1025-1350 MHz); 3x 100 MHz (max 1200 Mbps shared)

edit: p.s. 'First Channel' and 'Number of Channels' fields seem broken for the "WAN" configuration.

Status : Device Status --- Toggle set to "FULL"

Status : PHY Rates --- Toggle set to "FULL"

Status : Device Status --- Toggle set to "WAN"

Status : PHY Rates --- Toggle set to "WAN"

Status : Device Status --- Toggle set to "LAN"

Status : PHY Rates --- Toggle set to "LAN"

Try "admin" and "cambridge", these worked for my WF-803FT (FCA251)

any luck???

I'm also looking for the same information, specifically the username/password for the Frontier FCA251 version of the adapter you can access at 192.168.188.251.

> @ploog "For starters, I'm looking for details on how to access the (FCA251) adapter's configuration/diagnostic UI, in order to set an IP address for the device, configure MoCA privacy settings, and review MoCA statistics."

Some progress .... learning that the configuration web page resides at IP address: 192.168.188.251 ... but the username & password remain a mystery.

CC: @J. C.

Hello Ploog,

Nice to meet you. We know this product. We just can provide very limited information. You know, this product is a customized one based on Frontier.

Frontier defined the special bands. WAN, LAN and FULL. You can use the hardware switch to do the selection. In the same network, you can set two adapters in WAN mode, for others, they can use LAN mode. You can't let WAN and FULL or LAN and FULL works in the same network, because the interference.

For the legacy MoCA 2.0 devices, they can work with this product(LAN mode).

But for MoCA 2.5 device, looks like there are some issues.