| Actiontek Router/WAP If you have FiOS TV as well as Internet service, you MUST use the supplied Actiontek router in order to use the TV set top boxes. The VOD, program guide and other housekeeping for the STBs comes over the MOCA (coax) connection through the router. You CAN, however, put your own router/WAP/Linux router, etc ahead of the Actiontek, using the Actiontek only for the MOCA uses. I did this a while back to cure the Port Forwarding and NAT blues. The Actiontek chokes with port forwards, as it never deletes unused or inactive Port Forward rules and Torrent usage can cripple it.
By the way, I believe someone implied that the VOD and menu stuff "takes away" from your Internet capacity/bandwidth. It doesn't. You get the full bandwidth for which you pay. The STB data and VOD, etc do not take away from your IP bandwidth.
And JESUS! does FiOS rock compared to Comcast/TWC which it replaced here.
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| can you please tell me the process for configuring this POS to a bridge so I can get my menu updates?
Thanks in advance.. |
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sorry forgot to include my e-mail.. |
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said by vaginajean:If you have FiOS TV as well as Internet service, you MUST use the supplied Actiontek router in order to use the TV set top boxes. The VOD, program guide and other housekeeping for the STBs comes over the MOCA (coax) connection through the router. You CAN, however, put your own router/WAP/Linux router, etc ahead of the Actiontek, using the Actiontek only for the MOCA uses. I did this a while back to cure the Port Forwarding and NAT blues. The Actiontek chokes with port forwards, as it never deletes unused or inactive Port Forward rules and Torrent usage can cripple it. -- Doc Can you explain further? The port forwarding and NAT issues are killing me. What do I need to do? |
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said by cisco_boy :
can you please tell me the process for configuring this POS to a bridge so I can get my menu updates?
Thanks in advance..
Want to use your own router while still getting all the menus?:
»How To: MI424-WR Network Bridge + working FIOS TV
More info here too:
»How-to: make ActionTec MI424-WR a network bridge |
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