FiOSguyy
join:2006-10-01
NJ | reply to SLinG
Re: [southwest] New Install Scheduled, I have some concerns thou
You could but your set top boxes won't get the channel guide or on demand features. That's why you need the NIM. The cable boxes get their ip addresses and guide data from the router. |
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SLinG
join:2002-07-30
Oklahoma City, OK
| that's what I'm getting at. What's that actiontec doing as far as routing that my cisco couldn't do? Are we talking about super secret stuff or somthing I could replicate with my equipment? Is it something that has to be done with the NIM or is the NIM only needed for flipping from coax to ethernet? I understand the NIM is doing routing/ip addressing but that could be done on a cisco router if you knew what the NIM was responsible for doing couldn't it?
I'm still doing some searching on here and finding some tidbits here and there....so far I don't see anyone that has the exact setup I want, but I do have a friend with the NIM to Cisco 2851 setup and that's working good, I just want to see if the 2851 can also do what the NIM is doing, if you went ethernet from ONT to router. |
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birdfeedr
Premium
join:2001-08-11
Warwick, RI
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Ask for the Actiontec data to be connected via cat5. Let the installer hook up the video the way he normally would.
After he's gone, connect your cisco to the ethernet, then hang the actiontec off the cisco. Double NAT for VOD and guide data is no big deal. I have mine set up this way.
Cat5 from ONT to DLink DIR-655 WAN.
Cat5 from DLink LAN to Actiontec WAN.
Make sure the LAN addresses don't conflict. DLink is 192.168.0.1, Actiontec is 192.168.1.1 |
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SLinG
join:2002-07-30
Oklahoma City, OK | That's a good idea actually.....
I'm already using 192.168.100.X so hopefully that works. If I have to re-ip it's not a big deal. |
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More Fiber
Premium
join:2005-09-26
West Chester, PA
 ·Bay Area Internet ..
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said by SLinG  :What's that actiontec doing as far as routing that my cisco couldn't doesn't do? Besides cause headaches due to POS firmware? Nothing.
said by SLinG :Is it something that has to be done with the NIM or is the NIM only needed for flipping from coax to ethernet? I understand the NIM is doing routing/ip addressing but that could be done on a cisco router The NIM is ONLY used as a media converter between coax (MOCA) and ethernet. It does NOT do routing or IP addressing. Before VZ switched to the Actiontec, they installed a D-LINK router together with the NIM. The Actiontec combines both functions.
SUGGESTION Because VZ's standard practice is now coax only installs, run the patch cable ahead of time to where the ONT be. |
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