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What to do... (I hate Verizon)

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I've had a 50mbit FIOS connection since July of last year, and results have been so-so. With a huge number of wireless connections (~15) plus 4 wired connections, I seem to have to reboot their router at least once a week.

Certain devices like my Nest thermostats, and Chromecast have been a bear to keep online, I believe due to some limitations on these actiontek routers (or maybe how they are configured).

Contacting Verizon again today, their suggestion was that I purchase their "advanced" n router, and the sales guy was clueless and just said "it has advanced features". I'm wondering if that really is the solution here, or are these car salesman just trying to sell me something I should be getting for free.

Also, I still have a TL-WDR4300 router sitting in the box upstairs. I disconnected it when I got FIOS, and although it wasn't perfect - I wonder if it would be better than this.

My current verizon router is the MI424WR-GEN2
 
My question is, does your Verizon router do anything necessary for the service? Or is it something you can replace? (with something other than another Verizon router)

I have 3 possible suggestions:

1. Dual Wireless. 15 wireless clients is a lot. Take your TL-WDR4300 and disable it's routing functions so it becomes a simple access point. Name the SSID of the wireless network to the same SSID as the wireless from your verizon router. Put your TL-WDR4300 as far away from your Verizon router as possible, ideally on the other side of your house. With the same SSID, clients will automatically connect to whichever has the stronger signal. Hopefully distributing the wireless load will help with your problems.

2. Replace your Wireless. Add the TL-WDR4300 to your network as an access point, and completely disable the wireless on your Verizon router. The Verizon router will still act as your router, but all wireless will now be handled by TL-WDR4300.

3. Replace your Router. Replace your Verizon router with your TL-WDR4300. This would only work if your Verizon router is not a required device. Some services require certain equipment and I'm not 100% familiar with Fios in that regard.
 
Ok, I will definitely try option #1. I think I tried this briefly and then somehow couldn't get it working. I do believe the verizon router is required to work with their service...

I find the TP-link menus are pretty confusing, so I tend to have a problem figuring out the exact setting to set it back into a simple access point. I'll post back my success (or failure).
 
GotNoRice said:
I have 3 possible suggestions:

1. Dual Wireless. 15 wireless clients is a lot. Take your TL-WDR4300 and disable it's routing functions so it becomes a simple access point. Name the SSID of the wireless network to the same SSID as the wireless from your verizon router. Put your TL-WDR4300 as far away from your Verizon router as possible, ideally on the other side of your house. With the same SSID, clients will automatically connect to whichever has the stronger signal. Hopefully distributing the wireless load will help with your problems.
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So the router worked perfectly as an access point, what didn't work was taking a CAT6 connection and then becoming a switch for a wired computer on the other side of my house. I removed all CAT cables and the wifi portion still worked, so to me clearly the wired part isn't working. I disabled DHCP within the settings, do you know if there is anything else that I need to do?
 
The WDR4300 is a really good router, I run quite a few WDR3600 on OpenWRT both as routers (including VPN) and as pure APs. The wire-combo you're trying to do should work fine as long as you use the LAN ports.
//Danne
 
Verizon routers are required for your Set Top Boxes to get data for the guides.

Before switching routers you need to call up Verizon and ask them to place data on the CAT5 port on your ONT if it isnt already rather than the Coax port.

For simplicity sake I would then plug the WAN of the Actiontek into one of the LAN ports on the new router. This is how I did it before I ditched the STB's altogether and got CableCARD. Its tits!
 
Do you specifically need your devices connected to the ISP router? I have never used the ISPs router, I connect all my devices to my own router that handles everything. That router is connected to the DMZ port on the ISP router. The only other connection to the ISP router is the Set Top box. 15 Wireless connections be a lot depending on how much each wireless device is communicating and downloading. Previously when I had roughly 12 wireless clients on the same device and was noticing some issues, I purchased a second device and set it up completely on the N band. I then had most of the devices on the G band and then a few of the more bandwidth hungry on the N band. That seemed to work best for me.
 
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