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Verizon FiOS is a bundled Internet access, telephone, and television service which operates over a fiber-optic communications network.

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Why did Verizon hook FIOS up with ethernet and coax?

Verizon installed their FIOS router in my apartment a year ago and hooked up both the Ethernet and coax connections on the back of the router. I am moving my routers around and I don't have a coax outlet where I would like to place the router. I…
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Residential FiOS and port 80

I'm closing on a house on Monday in a FiOS neighborhood, and I'd like to order service soon. However, one thing that I need is port 80 and/or 443 open (preferably both). I won't be doing anything commercial (so I can't justify $100 a month). Can…
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Block (or only allow certian) incoming IP addresses on Verizon FIOS Actiontec Router

I opened a few ports to the outside of my home network so I can get into a few of my machines from outside. When checking some logs, I noticed that I was getting scanned on some ports from various other countries. I already moved my port forward to…
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How can I replace my Verizon FIOS Router?

I am currently renting a Actiontec MI424WR Verizon FiOS Router. I'd like to get rid of this and stop renting, but as SidneySM informed me in this question, the coax connection is needed to create a MoCA network so that the set top boxes can have…
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Internet issues despite fast speed test results

I recently switched to Verizon FiOS and am experiencing some issues with my internet. I tested my connection speed at dslreports and received the report stating that I had 25mbps for both upload and download speeds. Despite this, websites like…
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Set up VPN with Verizon FiOS

I am trying to set it up so that I can access my home network via a VPN connection, but I am getting the following error: Error Message Error 809: The network connection between your computer and the VPN server could not be established because the…
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Can I get ethernet out of my Verizon FIOS set-top box?

Setup: my home network is long & skinny, and the FIOS-connected router is all the way at one of the apartment. At the other end, far away (and a floor higher) is my HD TV, which gets a cable-TV signal from a Verizon set-top box that is…
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Can the DNS-server in FiOS-provided Actiontec router offer SRV-records?

I'm trying to teach my iOS-devices to print onto the LAN-connected printer here. The manual calls for adding certain DNS-records. On my LAN the FiOS-provided Actiontec-router is providing the DNS-service. Unfortunately, it seems to only offer A- and…
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Will my Verizon FiOS router be a bottleneck if used just as a bridge?

My family has an Actiontec MI424WR-Rev. D router given to us by Verizon when we upgraded to FiOS back in 2008. As can be expected from period technology, its top speed (on a good day) is a whopping 54 megabits/second. We're thinking of getting a…
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FiOS signal bradcast

Can I connect the FiOS set top output coaxial cable to my MOCA wifi/router input so to broadcast the unscrambled signal to my Roku Boxes?
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Wireless network optimization in a long/wide single family brick house

I live in a rancher-style house in the US (for those not in the US, just a single level home that is usually a bit wider than it is deep). There is an extension on the house that extends past the original brick wall that we spend most of our time…
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Can MOCA be connected like this?

Finally moving to a house from an apartment for better or worse... the internet provider is verizon fios and it provides an ethernet plug in the corner of the basement... not very centrally located for a router I was thinking I could take use the…
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How do I disable My Verizon access to my FiOS router?

I have a router given to me by Verizon, a FiOS Quantum Gateway. Verizon offers this feature where you can access some of your settings online through My Verizon, and change them from wherever you are. Note that this is different from remote access,…
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How to connect FIOS in new (to us) apartment to PCs and devices

My roommate and I just moved into a new apartment and had Verizon FIOS set up. We assumed that since there were several Ethernet outputs across the apartment that we would be able to just hook up our computers and other accessories to these outputs…
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Weird FIOS router issue started TODAY and b0rked Windows PCs only

So this morning when I woke up, I experienced something I've never seen. All of my windows PCs (4 of them) could get on my Wifi, but not access the internet. All internet addresses would ping to 1.1.1.1. My 2 android devices worked fine. I spent a…
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