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reply to Jackarino

Re: FiOS GigE Wireless "N" Router $79.99

Screwed up that post! Quick fingers, I'm actually more interested in range...speed is fine for me wi-fi wise.

The rev I is just a better router in general compared to your rev D

You might see improved range on the rev I

reply to Teasip
Dare I ask how you managed this? I'd like to do the same thing with my Rev D, and last I checked with the Plano store, they were going to charge me $99.

I walked in last Saturday morning and just inquired. I told them that I had an older router and that my house was all wireless, which it is. The one that I received was one that someone had received in a shipment but apparently brought in because they didn't need it. It's worked fine since I picked it up. The lady that I spoke with asked that I bring the old router in, which I did, the original D-Link which I still had.

reply to Jackarino

Have swapping the antennas helped at all with that? I know that was a common trick with previous iterations of the ActionTecs for poor range. The Rev. I has smaller antennas which probably don't work quite as well as the big one that came with Rev. F and older.

reply to hubrisnxs
^ No, which antennas do you recommend?
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35/35 Fios, Triple Play Extreme.

I took two of the larger antennas from my RevD and RevF and put them on the RevI. Much better range.

Does the Rev. C have better range than the I?
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35/35 Fios, Triple Play Extreme.

So I recently upgraded to the 75/35 package and they gave me a Rev E router. I mainly do online gaming and torrenting and I've read the numerous reports of the small NAT of previous revisions.

Now the Rev E has about a 30k sized nat table and the GigE has a 100k sized one. I'm very much thinking about upgrading to the GigE.

My question is, would I see a noticeable difference in torrenting with the larger nat size?

When I upgraded my Rev.F to a RevI I noticed a difference

reply to hubrisnxs

I have to say the wifi is definitely a lot better then Rev F, I can now get wifi all the way in my bedroom where before it never worked.

Other then that I have not noticed anything different in wired, though on wifi I am definitely getting better.

reply to hubrisnxs
When I moved and signed a new contract. They gave me the new Wireless-N Router. I have to say the Wireless-G Router was a lot better via internet performance wise.

It all depends

reply to hubrisnxs
If you renew and signup for the fastest FIOS Internet, in my area they send out a technician, give you the GigE router for free, and run Ethernet cable from the ONT to the router because Coax does not support it. Just had this done last week.

Does anyone know if this will substantially improve non WiFi performance over a Rev D.

I only use this WiFi for my guest network (I have a separate A/N AP for my main use).

reply to hubrisnxs
Just an FYI.

I was using the new Rev I router for a while but had some issues with maintaining 2 simultaneous VPN (IPsec) connections. Since my wife and I both work from home, this is essential. So, it’s now relegated to be just the Moca bridge for the STBs and a Wifi N access point. We are back on the i386 pFsense router.

reply to hubrisnxs
I called support and said I was having some problems with my old Actiontec and she said they would send me out a replacement....I asked if she new if it was a newer Rev.i router and she said the warehouse was shipping those but couldn't say which I would receive. It came the next day and it was the newest Actiontec Rev.I...they don't require you to send the old one back either...cool
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"Why is it when we know better and we go ahead anyway, we almost always prove ourselves right"?