Reboot your router and PC to verify any changes. Make sure DHCP Server is enabled on the LAN side of your router.For example, if you left the Actiontec LAN subnet as 192.168.1.x, then change your router's LAN subnet to 192.168.0.x. Your router should use a different LAN subnet than the Actiontec.Make sure your router is set to obtain it's WAN side address automatically (DHCP).
Make sure you change your router password off the default value.Log in to your new router to verify and change any settings. Follow the procedures in this FAQ to release your DHCP lease.
In the rare circumstance you do not get internet, you may have a MAC bound IP. When the router settles down, verify its status lights, including internet connectivity. Connect your PC to a LAN port, turn on your new router and reboot your PC. Next, unplug the ethernet from the Actiontec WAN port and plug it in to the WAN port on your new router. If you are on PPPoE, this step does not apply to you.ĥ. Click the Release button and your internet light on the Actiontec will go orange. Write down the MAC address for the ethernet WAN port, you may need it later. Click on Broadband Connection (Ethernet) in the table to see the properties for your WAN port. Click on My Network icon, then select Network Connections item. Release the IP on the Actiontec before turning it off. Click on Advanced icon, click Yes to allow changes, click on Remote Administration item, check Using Primary Http Port 80 under Allow Incoming Access to Wireless Broadband Router.ģ. If you choose to do so for convenience, allow Remote Administration on the Actiontec. Click the button in item 1 to turn off radio, then scroll down and click Apply.Ģ. To turn off the Actiontec wireless, click on Wireless Settings icon, then click Basic Wireless Settings menu item. (If you have questions about other wireless configurations, post them in the » Verizon FiOS forum). Your wireless device will use the stronger signal of the two. Otherwise, set the same SSID, security and password on both routers, but set both routers on different wireless channels. Turn off Wireless on the Actiontec if you intend to access only through your replacement router. They are also known to work Actiontec up through Rev. These instructions have been tested on a Rev. You did do that already, didn't you? Don't use easy to guess passwords. Exposure to current LAN-side malware can be minimized by changing your router password to something you've chosen. Since it is behind your primary router, your exposure to vulnerabilities from the internet is reduced. You can set it to allow remote administration on http port 80.
There are a number of problems that are related to wireless use, and you want to tackle those problems after you know you're running properly wired.Īfter your primary router is in place you may need to be able to check settings on the Actiontec. It is suggested you do this from a computer wired to the router. For the longer version follow these steps:Īt various points in this procedure, you will need to verify certain router settings and connections. Verify STBs and DVRs have data path to the internet. Connect Actiontec WAN port to LAN port on replacement router, turn Actiontec on, make sure the Actiontec LAN subnet is different from your router's LAN subnet, and verify internet connectivity. Connect ethernet to WAN port on replacement router, turn it on, verify internet connectivity.
Short version: Turn off wireless (maybe), release the WAN IP, power off. and youve chosen your new primary router based on performance specifications that match your service and what you want to do with it.Ī. Ok, so youve verified your broadband data connection on the Actiontec is Ethernet in Replace the Actiontec (part 1): Coax to Ethernet. Nor does it seem to affect standard traffic to other Actiontec coax LAN devices that may be connected through a MoCA bridge such as a NIM-100. Double-NAT does not seem to affect STB data including Program Guide, Widgets and VOD. All other wireless and wired internet connections will be made to your primary router. Using this connection method, the only purpose for the Actiontec is to connect the Actiontec's coax LAN to the ethernet WAN port.
You will place the Actiontec behind your primary router to complete the path for TV data. So if you have a MediaShare DVR, you need to use the LAN-to-LAN method in Replacing the Actiontec (part 4): LAN-to-LAN keeps MediaShare DVR. In other words, the MediaShare traffic cannot cross the WAN boundary. That system needs to have the PC and the DVR on the same segment of network. This connection method does not allow the MediaShare DVR to function as well as you might want. Video from the ONT to the STBs does not change.