| 3rd party routers added to Actiontec I have VZ 35/35, phone and TV with ATec Rev C (Dec ’07) router, but would like gigabit LAN and wireless N performance. I understand that VZ won’t just upgrade me to a router with these capabilities, even if I pay for it. That leaves recommendations from folks on this forum to add a 3rd party router. 10 different strategies were listed, in order of complexity. My question is, would the simplest strategies (1-3) with the new router, e.g. Linksys 4200v2 as “secondary” hooked in simply as a “switch”, achieve this end? Or would the AT still be a “bottle neck” and the enhanced performance of the 4200 be wasted? I read the pros and cons of the different options, but still have this question. Thanks for any insight into this question. |
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faze
join:2011-01-10
Reisterstown, MD | Tons of threads on this, on this page... |
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| Yes, I've spent the greater part of the last two days reading them, but unless I'm missing something very obvious, I haven't been able to find an answer to my question. |
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faze
join:2011-01-10
Reisterstown, MD | reply to Chester88
Disable DHCP on whatever you hook up to the Actiontec, and you're fine. |
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faze
join:2011-01-10
Reisterstown, MD | Also don't forget to specify a different IP than the Actiontec or it won't work. Hook directly to that router before hooking it to the Actiontec. |
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so hooking my computers into, and using wireless with the secondary (Linksys) router will allow them to work at gigabit and wireless N speeds? |
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Depends on what your "requirements" and associated "bottlenecks" are.  I'd look at it this way:
1) If you want VZ CID and Remote DVR to work, and 7500 NAT entries are sufficient for you, keep the Rev C primary and bridge the Cisco onto it for wireless and gigabit.
2) If you want VZ CID and Remote DVR to work, but need up to 30,000 NAT entries, replace the Rev C with a Rev F from ebay.
3) If you don't care about CID or Remote DVR, and you have ethernet from the ONT to the router, make the Cisco primary and bridge the Rev C onto it for the STB's.
There are other variations based on your careabouts. |
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said by Chester88:so hooking my computers into, and using wireless with the secondary (Linksys) router will allow them to work at gigabit and wireless N speeds?
Yep. |
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| Thanks very much! You have answered my question and I know what I need to do now. |
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 More FiberPremium,MVM
join:2005-09-26
West Chester, PA
kudos:18 | reply to Chester88
You will get gigabit speeds only between computers that have gigabit NICs and are connected directly to the 4200.
The Actiontec is not a bottleneck as far as your upload or download speeds are concerned, nor will the 4200 help with your upload/download speeds.
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faze
join:2011-01-10
Reisterstown, MD | Yeah, any Fios speed is going to be slower than gigabit. |
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 kcs
@verizon.net | reply to faze
I link my Linksys Wireless Router Lan to Lan w. my VZ-issued Actiontek, but I can't get into my "Router Settings" on Linksys to disable DHCP How do I do this? |
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More FiberPremium,MVM
join:2005-09-26
West Chester, PA
kudos:18 | said by kcs :I link my Linksys Wireless Router Lan to Lan w. my VZ-issued Actiontek, but I can't get into my "Router Settings" on Linksys to disable DHCP How do I do this?
It's not clear how your routers are connected.
Which of the following configurations did you follow:
»Verizon Online FiOS FAQ »What are the tradeoffs between the various router configurations
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