If you’re fortunate enough to have ethernet in your walls, Actiontec’s WEB6000Q range extender (pictured below) can augment or replace the Wi-Fi in your existing router or gateway with an 802.11ac wireless access point—though you have to connect the new device to your old router with an ethernet cable. The Wi-Fi radios in the MoCA and ethernet models are dual-band devices operating on both the 2.4- and 5GHz frequency bands.
Both range extenders deliver four transmit and four receive streams and support multi-user MIMO on their 5GHz 802.11ac networks to deliver wireless throughput up to 1.7Gbps. The 2.4GHz 802.11n radios are 2x2 devices delivering maximum throughput of 300Mbps. Both models also have a pair of gigabit ethernet ports.
The Actiontec WCB6200Q is available directly from Actiontec for $150; it will be available at other retailers—including Amazon—beginning in October. Actiontec did not provide pricing or availability information for the WEB6000Q, but a company spokesperson said it “will cost slightly less” than the MoCA 2.0 model.
He also said Actiontec didn’t recommend using either product in homes with satellite TV. Cable-TV installations shouldn’t cause any problems.