Re: Verizon FIOS Router Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3I Issue - Dropped Connections - Constant Reboots
chaybee1
Enthusiast - Level 3

From my undestanding. the problem with swapping out the "I" for the old routers is that the old ones do not support "Quantum".  I know this first hand as I had the "G" router,  upgraded my speed to 50/25 and that router could not handle streaming on my smart TV.  It kept buffering and then would kick HD down to SD.  I called Fios and they informed me that the new "I" router must be used for "Quantum" speeds.  

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Re: Verizon FIOS Router Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3I Issue - Dropped Connections - Constant Reboots
sangs1
Specialist - Level 2

@chaybee1 wrote:

From my undestanding. the problem with swapping out the "I" for the old routers is that the old ones do not support "Quantum".  I know this first hand as I had the "G" router,  upgraded my speed to 50/25 and that router could not handle streaming on my smart TV.  It kept buffering and then would kick HD down to SD.  I called Fios and they informed me that the new "I" router must be used for "Quantum" speeds.  


Not quite. That only applies for Quantum 75 or above. I get 58 downloads and 38 uploads - hard-wired connections - consistently with my Rev. F. on the 50/35 plan. (I have it bridged to an Aiport Extreme for wireless, which also gets me those same download/upload numbers.)

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Re: Verizon FIOS Router Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3I Issue - Dropped Connections - Constant Reboots
sangs1
Specialist - Level 2

@viafax999 wrote:

@frostywmn wrote:
For those of you who want to keep FIOS, or are under contract and are fed up,, swap out your Rev I router for an older one. It only takes a couple of minutes and you should notice a difference right away (well, when I got FIOS a year ago, there were better diags..I could see that MoCA dropped every 10 sec/few minutes). Not sure if the current diags show you what you need, though.

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You could just buy your own brand name gb/wifi-n router and connect it via ethernet to the ont after having the provisioning changed.


But that can be a tricky setup if you have FiOS TV. You have to have the Actiontec or a MoCA adapter in the chain to still receive all the TV data.

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Re: Verizon FIOS Router Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3I Issue - Dropped Connections - Constant Reboots
TheHangingJudge
Enthusiast - Level 3

Does anyone have a copy of the last firmware(40.4.20.2)?  I wonder how long it would take for the router to automatically upgrade to the latest after downgrading to this version.

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Re: Verizon FIOS Router Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3I Issue - Dropped Connections - Constant Reboots
JOSEm441
Specialist - Level 2

Hi HangingJudge, if you go to  Advanced - firmware upgrade - force upgrade this should load the latest version - 40.21.10.2

It can also be downloaded to you hard drive from here : https://upgrade.actiontec.com/MI424WR/MI424WR.rmt

Re: Verizon FIOS Router Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3I Issue - Dropped Connections - Constant Reboots
TheHangingJudge
Enthusiast - Level 3

@JOSEm441 wrote:

Hi HangingJudge, if you go to  Advanced - firmware upgrade - force upgrade this should load the latest version - 40.21.10.2

It can also be downloaded to you hard drive from here : https://upgrade.actiontec.com/MI424WR/MI424WR.rmt


Josem441...Thanks but if you reread my post you will see I am looking for the LAST not the latest firmware.  I have a theory based on comparing the source code of the firmwares (see earlier post) that the current firmware is the root cause of the reboots referenced in this thread.  

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Re: Verizon FIOS Router Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3I Issue - Dropped Connections - Constant Reboots
JOSEm441
Specialist - Level 2
Re: Verizon FIOS Router Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3I Issue - Dropped Connections - Constant Reboots
TheHangingJudge
Enthusiast - Level 3

Thanks again BUT that link is for the latest firmware, which most of us are running.  As for the warning, I am looking for the firmware that we were all running before the latest update.

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Re: Verizon FIOS Router Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3I Issue - Dropped Connections - Constant Reboots
g00py
Contributor - Level 1

HangingJudge: Please let the group know if/where you locate the older version of the firmware. I've been wanting to roll back to an earlier version for months but haven't been able to find it.

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Re: Verizon FIOS Router Actiontec MI424WR-GEN3I Issue - Dropped Connections - Constant Reboots
TheHangingJudge
Enthusiast - Level 3

@g00py wrote:

HangingJudge: Please let the group know if/where you locate the older version of the firmware. I've been wanting to roll back to an earlier version for months but haven't been able to find it.


Will do.

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