http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20698335 en Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:54:09 EDT Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:54:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20703942 DarkStarPDX : Reboot your ONT... Unplug the ONT and take out the battery, wait about 10 minutes and plug everything back in. I had this exact problem (except on the 15/2 plan) and thought it was the Actiontec or my computer and probably worked on it for about 2 hours when I finally decided to try restarting the ONT and that fixed everything!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20703942 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:23:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699765 anon : I will get back to you on this in about an hour or so

I have a coaxl giving me internet, I plugged the router into WAN thinking it might distribute the internet like a cable modem.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699765 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:30:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699724 birdfeedr : Your Actiontec has either a coax WAN port or an ethernet WAN port in use at any one time. If you said "There's a WAN connection on the router, is that for using an alternate router?", I'll take it to mean there's nothing plugged into the jack. If that's the case, your connection is coax and can be bridged.

If there's something plugged into the WAN RJ-45 jack and you didn't just put it there, your data connection is ethernet and you can replace the Actiontec with another router.

Depending on what you have, either this FAQ entry »Verizon Online FiOS FAQ »How do I replace my MoCA-connected Actiontec router and still get VOD or this one »/faq/15871 would be the one to try.

Read through both of them and see which one seems to fit your circumstance. If you're not sure, come back and ask more questions.

As for editing your posts, create an account. Justin likes the numbers. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699724 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:20:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699630 anon : Ok so I don't have an account so I can't edit my posts but... I'm going to update.

Seems like the router is still giving me a headache, I would like to replace it (no FiOS tv) with a different one, any suggestions on how to do this google isn't very helpful and I can't find my manual.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699630 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:57:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699497 anon : THREE POSTS IN A ROW

Anyways, OpenDNS has worked *amazingly* so far. I don't exactly understand why it is "better" but the verizon DNS servers must suck where I live. Someone on verizons end should get around to fixing them. Any downsides to using OpenDNS?

Thanks a lot for your help darcilicious, this has been driving my family crazy. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699497 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:25:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699430 anon : Well I tried to hook my linksys router up to my old verizon router using the WAN port, didn't receive internet. Cloned the MAC ID from the verizon router and still nothing, I don't know if OpenDNS is on, don't notice any difference for now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699430 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:10:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699167 anon : I don't have FiOS TV

I am not too familiar with this router verizon provided. There is a coaxl that goes into it which gives me the connection to fiber optics. My router has no coaxl hookup that I can see, do I need to buy one with one?

There's a WAN connection on the router, is that for using an alternate router?

:P]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20699167 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:18:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20698991 darcilicious : For using OpenDNS, see: »https://www.opendns.com/start and follow the instructions.

For the ditching the Actiontec, read what I wrote (and what you bolded ;) ) very carefully. I told you exactly what to do for scenario A (no FiOS TV) and what to search on for scenario B (with FiOS TV).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20698991 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:46:24 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20698966 anon : So, if you shut down all but one computer (wired), don't have any of those applications running, and power cycle the Actiontec, you get slow web page loading?

Yes, ironically

What if you use OpenDNS for your DNS service, do all of the above again? Any difference?

I don't know, how do I do that?

Frankly, if I were in your shoes, I'd ditch the Actiontec (especially with the kinds of applications you're running), and use a Linksys/DLink/Netgear router. If you don't have TV and/or have a CAT5 connection from the ONT it's very straight forward (have the CAT5 port on the ONT enabled by posting to the Verizon Direct forum and drop/replace your router of choice for the Actiontec). If you have FiOS TV search the gazillion threads here for bridging the Actiontec.

How do I do that? Sounds like it might work. (I have a linksys router from when I used comcast, it works great).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20698966 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:42:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20698426 darcilicious : So, if you shut down all but one computer (wired), don't have any of those applications running, and power cycle the Actiontec, you get slow web page loading?

What if you use OpenDNS for your DNS service, do all of the above again? Any difference?

Frankly, if I were in your shoes, I'd ditch the Actiontec (especially with the kinds of applications you're running), and use a Linksys/DLink/Netgear router. If you don't have TV and/or have a CAT5 connection from the ONT it's very straight forward (have the CAT5 port on the ONT enabled by posting to the Verizon Direct forum and drop/replace your router of choice for the Actiontec). If you have FiOS TV search the gazillion threads here for bridging the Actiontec.

If that doesn't fix the problem then there's something wrong most likely on Verizon's side.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20698426 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:00:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20698411 anon : Here are two speed tests I did just now, unusual results. I once did a speedtest and got a 2000ms latency.

»www.speedtest.net/result/288438166.png

»/im/53224902/2026.png]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20698411 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:58:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20698335 anon : I have a problem that's a bit unusual, I've already had my router replaced by Verizon and I can't really guess what's wrong.

Basically the longer I use the internet, the slower the connection to (mainly websites) will go, the speeds are slower than DSL and they will eventually crawl to an almost 56k like pacing, when they hit rock bottom I am unable to connect to HTTP. The weirdest thing is select applications are fine, like

Steam
Hamachi
Utorrent
Ventrilo
Most games

Any connection to a website will be fruitless, and the only way to "fix" my speed is to reset my router, an incredibly annoying procedure. When my router is reset the web browsing is still slower than dsl, the only thing that bothers me is when I do a speedtest I usually get at least 15/11 which is perfect, but my connection to and from anything takes forever. Loading google on this thing can sometimes take up to ten seconds. I'm using new CAT6 cables, I've tried 4 of them though, I honestly don't know what the heck the problem is.

The weirdest thing is when I go to access my router settings at 192.168.1.1 it behaves just like the internet, extremely slow and sometimes won't even connect. That should be the one website that should load instantly since I'm directly connected to my router. I have about 4 computers on my network, 2 of them are wired, and that includes mine, the other 2 are laptops. Every computer on my network experiences this problem, and I can certainly kill all the downloads and programs and shut off all but one computer and still have the same results. I'm pretty frustrated and it's annoying to call Verizon and have them tell me to reset my router. Heck my old router did this. (And by the way the "router" is the same thing that gives me the internet through the coaxl cable)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20698335 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:45:05 EDT