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reply to LAXGOLY

Re: Make your actiontec a bridge with VOD working with REV D

reply to Yubin
For everybody who has got this to work successfully are you able to get caller id working? I'm using this method with my dlink dir-655 router, but my caller id is not working.

CID, even with a VZ supported router configuration seems to be problematic. See this thread:
»Caller ID on TV

It also seems that with CID, like Remote DVR, VZ explictly checks for foreign routers. I expect that anyone using this method will have the same problems as with the remote DVR.

There is a solution posted for Remote DVR that seems to work (at least when Remote DVR is working at all) here:
»Re: FIOS TV Central website access with Non AT Router?
That approach may also work for CID.

reply to Yubin
Ok all, I know this thread is kinda old, but I am stumped. I can follow until step 16, when I check the edit connection button it does not take me to the DNS/DHCP edit screen. It take me directly to the apply screen. Once I apply I can not find where to change these settings. I am running firmware version 4.0.16.1.56.0.10.11.6. Verizon refuses to acknowledge there is an issue, and will not provide the Motorola bridge.. Can anyone help me out here, please I am not a router guy but I can follow directions..

16) Check Edit the Newly Created Connection and click on Finish

That should take your to the Configure Broadband Bridge screen.

Select "Use the following IP Address" from the Internet Protocol pull-down. Entry boxes should appear for an IP address. Enter an unused static IP address on the LAN subnet of your router. e.g. If the LAN IP address of your router is 192.168.0.1, enter 192.168.0.2.

When you selected "Use the following IP Address", additional lines should appear for DNS Server and IP Address Distribution.

Not sure why it's not taking you there.

In any case, click APPLY. It should take you back to the Network Connections screen to select the new bridge.

Or:
•My Network
•Network Connections
•Broadband Connection (bridge)
•Settings
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I am getting there.. I got the DNS server and DHCP settings to show following what you stated above however under DNS Server "obtain Ip's automatically is not an option". It gives me no DNS Server or use this DNS server. Any other thoughts, direction for me?

I really appriciate you taking the time to help me out.. VZC is driving me nuts..

reply to Yubin
Maybe this is a silly solution but rather than going through the pain of configuring bridge mode (which I tried to do several times and couldn't get it working), I just enabled the DMZ feature of the Actiontec router so that every incoming packet just goes directly to my internal SonicWall router and my SonicWall then handles all port forwarding as necessary.

The STB program guides are now working perfectly as well.

Any downside to this approach?

Per option 2 (DMZ) in this FAQ:
»Verizon Online FiOS FAQ »What are the tradeoffs between the various router configurations

PRO:

• Simple config change to create DMZ address for secondary (user) router.
• Eliminates need to configure port forwarding in both routers. Port Forwards are configured in secondary (user) router only.
• No cabling changes.
• Can be used with either a coax or cat5 connection to the ONT.
• Supports remote access to DVR

CON:

• Secondary (user) router is double NAT'ed.
• Still subject to small NAT table in the Actiontec.
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reply to Yubin
Interesting --- a lot more pros than cons (grin).

Seriously though --- I understand the double nat issue (and not sure I care unless there's a significant performance hit) but why is the size of the NAT table in the actiontec relevant if everything is just going to a single DMZ port?

The other CON is that the secondary router still can't see the public ip address and so one can't use the router's built in support for updating tables at dyndns. So one has to run a dyndns client

reply to dhjdhj

I actually did disable the actiontec firewall

reply to Yubin
First off, my apologies for possibly being a bit lazy. I openly admit I have not read this thread in its entirety.

That being said, I was just hooked up with a fresh FiOS install this past Wednesday. I have coax running from my ONT to a Rev C Actiontec and also to my STB of course.

I have tried, well I've actually lost count as to the number of times, to follow the step-by-step instructions at the beginning of this thread, but to no avail.

At one point I thought I had all the necessary connections done properly and I was able to get my third party router (a Linksys WRT320N) to pull an IP from Verizon. Internet was working just fine, however I had no VOD or widgets and my STB was not pulling an IP at all.

Additionally, each time I managed to screw this up, I could not, for the life of me, get the router to reset properly so as to try again. I believe my Actiontec was locking up and not releasing the DHCP lease, and so I had to keep calling tech support and have them manually release the lease for me. After my third call in a single night, they were starting to get pretty ticked at me!

So I guess I'm just asking for some extra guidance here. I'm awful at networking, and while the original instructions are very detailed, I suppose they're not quite detailed enough for me.

Would anyone be willing to work one on one with me and guide me through this? Or if anyone could even just break down the steps a little bit more thoroughly? One major I question I have is with regard to the sequence (and even "timing" I guess is the way to put it?) in which you're supposed to connect the various cables. I assume you don't just hook them all up first and then dive in?

So confused, hah!

Many, and I mean MANY, thanks to you, More Fiber!

It works! Internet, VOD and Widgets all happily chugging along! Wahooo!

I believe my stumbling block was that I was making all of my various cabling connections all right at the start. Going more slowly, in sequence, and stopping to verify internet connectivity after the first bridge definitely helped me.

There's just one odd thing that's occurred which has me curious. In my router (Linksys WRT320N) my DHCP client table shows my PC, the Actiontec and my STB on the LAN. All of these are to be expected of course. However, I'm also seeing one more device.

kimyuhyeon-PC

Huh? My PC is the first device with a 192.168.3.100 address. This kimyuhyeon-PC device is second with a 101. Then come the Actiontec with 102 and the STB with 103.

What in the world is this thing? One last interesting thing of note, all of my other devices have a 24 hour lease, whereas this thing has a 48 hour lease.

•Do you have wireless enabled on the Linksys?
•Have you set security to WPA2 with a complex password?

My first reaction is that someone is leaching your wireless connection.
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I finally had it. We've been having some severe weather (which I'm sure you've heard about in West Chester, hah!) and we lost power briefly today. I decided right then and there that I don't want to have to connect a cable to the actiontec, set a static IP on my PC and then re-enable the bridge everytime the power goes out.

So I went out and bought some Cat5e, then when I went to run the stuff, low and behold, there's pre-existing wiring just laying there bundled up in my drop ceiling!

Didn't even have to technically run the wiring, just unbundled it, traced it back and found that when the tech came out he had already hooked it into the ONT. All I had to do was run the other end into my den/office and a phone call to the FSC later and I'm running on Cat5 from my ONT.

This is soooo much easier.

And as for the random machine on my Linksys LAN, I honestly still have no idea what happened there. It's gone now.