Actiontec MI424WR FIOS N Router REV. I - Verizon Fiber Optics

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Dream Killer Graveyard Shift Premium join:2002-08-09 Forest Hills, NY kudos:1	reply to rev I Re: Actiontec MI424WR FIOS N Router REV. I did anyone do an iperf bench between WAN and LAN with the -d option?
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Kyuubi @verizon.net	reply to rev I I think I currently have a Rev. D model. Any benefit to upgrading to a Rev I. or a waste of money? Or rather it would be worth upgrading if.... [fill in blank]. I mean is it faster? More energy efficient? Already have an N router so I'm good on that front. Thanks!
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maleyj join:2008-11-23 Springfield, PA 1 edit	I just got a new Rev I router, and am trying to figure out if it is new or refurb. There is a big white sticker with ESSID, WPA2 KEY etc in black letters, it was sealed in a bag, WPA2 is enabled and the firewall is set to Typical (all out of the box), It looks brand new (no scratches) , I really appreciate the response Dream Killer, Kudos to you
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Dream Killer Graveyard Shift Premium join:2002-08-09 Forest Hills, NY kudos:1 Reviews: ·Verizon FiOS	said by maleyj: I just got a new Rev I router, and am trying to figure out if it is new or refurb. There is a big white sticker with ESSID, WPA2 KEY etc in black letters, it was sealed in a bag, WPA2 is enabled and the firewall is set to Typical (all out of the box), It looks brand new (no scratches) , TIA Joe i would wager it's new. verizon routers will always default to a random ssid and wpa2 key indicated on the sticker. it's to make sure people don't simply steal your internet.
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Jackarino Premium join:2006-12-28 Allendale, NJ kudos:1	reply to maleyj Most at this point would be new Unless you are replacing and I with and I then it might be a refurb.
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shof515 join:2008-06-15 Ridgewood, NY	reply to rev I i had fios installed recently and i got a rev F
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Jackarino Premium join:2006-12-28 Allendale, NJ kudos:1	For what speed ?
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shof515 join:2008-06-15 Ridgewood, NY	reply to rev I my plan is suppose to 15mbps download and like 5mbps upload. When i run the speedtest, my actual speed is 25mbps and 5mbps upload
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Jackarino Premium join:2006-12-28 Allendale, NJ kudos:1	For 15/5 the Rev F is sufficient enough
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Libra Premium join:2003-08-06 USA kudos:1	reply to Dream Killer said by Dream Killer: i would wager it's new. verizon routers will always default to a random ssid and wpa2 key indicated on the sticker. it's to make sure people don't simply steal your internet. Did I do something wrong? I changed the SSID and WPA2 key to something I can remember. The new key has symbols and letters (12 characters). They recommend 16.
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Dream Killer Graveyard Shift Premium join:2002-08-09 Forest Hills, NY kudos:1 Reviews: ·Verizon FiOS	said by Libra: said by Dream Killer: i would wager it's new. verizon routers will always default to a random ssid and wpa2 key indicated on the sticker. it's to make sure people don't simply steal your internet. Did I do something wrong? I changed the SSID and WPA2 key to something I can remember. The new key has symbols and letters (12 characters). They recommend 16. no. keys that incorporate letters (upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols will be very hard to crack. just make sure the encryption setting is on WPA2-AES only and not TKIP+AES or TKIP. i only use the minimum eight characters for my key. no one goes around hacking people's wifi.
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birdfeedr Premium,MVM join:2001-08-11 Warwick, RI kudos:8	said by Dream Killer: just make sure the encryption setting is on WPA2-AES only and not TKIP+AES or TKIP. Unless you have a device that can't handle AES only. In which case TKIP is better than WEP only.
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tnsprin join:2003-07-23 Bradenton, FL kudos:1 1 edit	reply to Dream Killer said by Dream Killer: said by Libra: said by Dream Killer: i would wager it's new. verizon routers will always default to a random ssid and wpa2 key indicated on the sticker. it's to make sure people don't simply steal your internet. Did I do something wrong? I changed the SSID and WPA2 key to something I can remember. The new key has symbols and letters (12 characters). They recommend 16. If you have something like excel, their are simple random generators for a nice random passphrase. And I know its a pain but consider it every 6 months to a year. no. keys that incorporate letters (upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols will be very hard to crack. just make sure the encryption setting is on WPA2-AES only and not TKIP+AES or TKIP. i only use the minimum eight characters for my key. no one goes around hacking people's wifi. Want to bet. How about a million dollars. All right I won't take your many as some people are out there doing it. suggest 16-24 minimum as mentioned. Preferably not rememberable which suggests guessable. Technically these are not keys. The keys are 64 hex characters. What you usually are entering our passphrases. (1-63 "printable" ascii characters)
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Libra Premium join:2003-08-06 USA kudos:1	reply to Dream Killer Thank you very much. It is definitely set to WPA-2. Sincerely, Libra
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maleyj join:2008-11-23 Springfield, PA	Thanks to all for the very informative thread! Is there any easy way to determine If I am using AES encryption? I have logged into the router and I know I am using WPA-2. If I look at my connection in the Network Connection dialog in ubuntu 12.04 I had to use the WPA2 Key to set it up but there is no indication of encryption method. Thanks, J
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More Fiber Premium,MVM join:2005-09-26 West Chester, PA kudos:28	said by maleyj: Is there any easy way to determine If I am using AES encryption? Click on the Wireless settings icon Select Advanced Security Settings from the left menu Select the WPA2 radio button The WPA2 page should appear. On the third line you should see Encryption Algorithm with a pull down. The pulldown has TKIP+AES and AES options. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Dream Killer Graveyard Shift Premium join:2002-08-09 Forest Hills, NY kudos:1 Reviews: ·Verizon FiOS 1 edit	reply to tnsprin said by tnsprin: Want to bet. How about a million dollars. All right I won't take your many as some people are out there doing it. suggest 16-24 minimum as mentioned. Preferably not rememberable which suggests guessable. Technically these are not keys. The keys are 64 hex characters. What you usually are entering our passphrases. (1-63 "printable" ascii characters) i'm not important enough to have computing resources dedicated in attacking my wpa2 key.
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maleyj join:2008-11-23 Springfield, PA	Thanks a lot More Fiber, I see I have AES, don't know how I missed that. I recently set the firewall to Max Security and have not been able to login. (it said 404 not found) Is that the way this router works? I did a reset, the security went back to Medium (Typical) and now I can login. ~~~ Dream killer you must not have any members of Anonymous living close by LOL
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Dream Killer Graveyard Shift Premium join:2002-08-09 Forest Hills, NY kudos:1	Leave the firewall at Medium. If you set it to Maximum, every type of traffic will need to be explicitly allowed. This wont fit into most networks because a large portion of outbound traffic is a random high port.
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maleyj join:2008-11-23 Springfield, PA	^^^^ Thanks again Dream Killer, I also found out if you disable JAVA script in FireFox 15 (Ubuntu 12.04) you will not be able to login to the router , you will see 404 not found message. Sorry to ask so much but I have a new teenage neighbor that is very good with computers/networks and spends all his spare time in his room on the computer.
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