Q. I have a Tivo, game console, PC, TV, etc. that needs an ethernet connection in a room that has only a coax connection. Is there some way I can convert the coax into an ethernet connection?
A. To do this, you need to install a MOCA LAN bridge. A MOCA LAN bridge converts ethernet over coax to/from ethernet over cat5. Click to enlarge
1a) Using the FiOS Home WiFi/Network Extender (easiest method) - Buy the FiOS Network Extender here (if you have G1100 router), or buy the FiOS Home WiFi Extender here (if you have the G3100 router).
- Plug it into Coax. You now have two ethernet ports, as well as boosted WiFi.
- It can even automatically match the WiFi settings of your Actiontec/FiOS Quantum Gateway.
1b) Using the FiOS Network Adapter (easiest method) - Buy the Fios Network Adapter here.
- Plug it into Coax. You now have four ethernet ports.
2) Using a MOCA router (Actiontec, FiOS Quantum Gateway, or FiOS Home Router) as a MOCA LAN bridge. - 2.1) If you want the secondary router to have a static IP address on your network (recommended), you will need to reserve a range of IP addresses on your primary router.
- From a computer connected to your primary router, login to your primary router at 192.168.1.1.
- Click on the My Network icon.
- Select Network Connections from the left menu.
- Click on the Network (Home/Office). The settings page should be displayed.
- Click on the settings button.
- In the Start IP Address field, select where you want your DHCP range to start. e.g. Change this field to 192.168.1.10 to reserve 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.9 for static IP addresses. 192.168.1.10 through 192.168.1.254 will be reservered for DHCP addresses.
- Click APPLY
- 2.2) You will need to reconfigure the remote router, BEFORE you connect it to the coax.
- Perform a hard reset on the secondary Actiontec to restore factory defaults.
- Connect a PC to a LAN port of the Actiontec. By default, DHCP server should be enabled on the Actiontec, so no need to set a static IP address on the PC.
- Login to the router at 192.168.1.1
- 2.3) Before we can assign a static IP address to the secondary router, we need to reserve a static IP address range on the secondary router.
- Click on the My Network icon.
- Select Network Connections from the left menu.
- Click on the Network (Home/Office). The settings page should be displayed.
- Click on the settings button.
- In the Start IP Address field, select where you want your DHCP range to start. (e.g. Change this field to 192.168.1.10 to reserve 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.9 for static IP addresses.) This step may seem unnecessary since we ar later going to disable the DHCP server, but the firmware in the router checks that the IP address we are assigning is outside the current DHCP range.
- Click APPLY.
- 2.4) Change the remote router's LAN IP LAN address. This will allow the remote router to be accessible at a known IP address for admin purposes.
- Click on MY NETWORK icon at the top
- Click on NETWORK CONNECTIONS on the left menu.
- Click on Network (Home/Office)
- Click on the Settings button
- On the IP ADDRESS line, enter an available IP address on the same subnet as your primary router (e.g. 192.168.1.2).
- Click APPLY. The router will reboot.
- 2.5) If your primary router's broadband connection is provisioned over coax, you need to disable the remote router's coax WAN connection to prevent it from attempting to become the primary router. If your broadband connection from the ONT to your primary router is ethernet, this step is unnecessary.
- Click on the MY NETWORK icon at the top.
- Select NETWORK CONNECTIONS from the menu on the left.
- Click on Broadband Connection (coax)
- Click on DISABLE
- 2.6) Disable the remote router's DHCP server:
- Click on ADVANCED icon at the top.
- Click yes
- IP Address Distribution
- Select Network (Home/Office)
- In the IP ADDRESS DISTRIBUTION pull-down, select DISABLED.
- Click APPLY.
- You may or may not want to disable the wireless section in the remote router. If you leave it enabled, you should set the SSID to the same as your primary router, and set it to use a different channel. This can extend the wireless range of your wireless network.
- 2.7) Connect the remote Actiontec/FiOS Quantum Gateway/FiOS Home Router to the coax (you may need a 1Ghz 1x2 splitter).
Notes: The second option assumes you are already using an Actiontec, FiOS Quantum Gateway, or FiOS Home Router as your primary router. If you are using a third party router as your primary router, then you will need two MOCA bridges. If using a MOCA router as the first bridge, be sure to use a LAN-to-LAN connection between your primary router and the first MOCA router. (See this FAQ for guidelines: » Verizon FiOS FAQ » Can I use my wireless or an extra router along with the Verizon provided router?, making specific note of the next-to-last paragraph.) Then follow the Option 2 above for the remote router.
Please use the feedback link below only to suggest improvements to this FAQ. If you have questions about this FAQ, please post them in the »Verizon FiOS forum. Feedback received on this FAQ entry: - This guide is awesome, thanks so much
2017-12-22 22:23:53 - Two changes to the above instructions:
1) I had to connect the coax to the remote router after assigning the remote router a new static IP address (192.168.1.2) (step 2.4) before I could log back into the remote router settings page in my browser (under the new IP address 192.168.1.2).
2) If you're trying to use the remote router as a wifi extender, complete step 2.6, but instead of selecting DISABLED In the IP ADDRESS DISTRIBUTION pull-down, select DHCP Relay. (Do not leave it in the default setting of DHCP Server.) Then set the SSID and channel as the instructions recommend.
Thanks so much for this page! I now have LAN and WiFi internet upstairs where the WiFi signal used to cut in and out!
2017-03-25 23:11:43 - I'm so glad for this page. I had tried to put our new Quantum router upstairs to replace the aging Actiontec MI424WR and then put the Actiontec MI424WR downstairs. But I guess since they had the same IP address and some other stuff that I don't understand, the internet would get slow.
The above process worked for me except I too did NOT disable coax as in 2.5. I must not understand what that means because it seems to me that I'd be turning off the coax that was feeding into the router.
The main reason for us to set up our old router was for wireless to an older desktop which doesn't connect well with the newer Quantum router that is too far away I guess because the signal is poor. Strange that the new Quantum doesn't "reach" as far as the old Actiontec MI424WR.
For that reason, I left my remote router with it's original (a different) SSID since it is an older and slower router.
Thanks again.
2016-12-22 23:46:57 - Thank you, with the above I got my old router talk to the LAN via coax. What remains is the WiFi configuration... I'd like to keep separate SSIDs, what settings do I put in under My Network->Network Connections->Wireless Access Point->Settings?
I tried "No IP address", hoping, it will simply bridge WiFi-clients to the main router, but that's not working... Thank you!
2016-10-29 20:53:58 (kot ) - I found that the Actiontec ECB2500C works as a wired LAN drop if you ignore their instructions and just connect it where you need as long as you already have an Actiontec router in place. The instructions say to connect one ECB2500C to your router and coax and then put the other where you need it. That sets up a MOCA bridge and won't work if you have an Actiontec router already (which is already a MOCA bridge). If you follow the instructions, it simply won't work on FIOS (likely does for other systems). Also, at least with a VMS, your local STB can't use the ECB2500C video output, you must use a splitter and connect the STB directly from one tap of the splitter and the ECB2500C from the other tap and it should just work. I wasted a day until I figured this out; hope to save others wasted time.
2016-09-05 10:28:42 (jmcging )
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