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I have an install pending, and I was reading the installation instructions and they said they might use either. So if one is better than the other I would rather stear the installer to that.
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Well if running your router is near the ONT, I would say Ethernet and COAX to the router. With coax only, you are stuck with the Actiontec router. If you ever want to do any custome network stuff, like using a different router, you will need to get the Ethernet port turn on at the ONT. With Ethernet to the router it will alow you to use a different router if the Actiontec fails. But without the coax to the router you would have issues with TV. If you are not getting TV, I would say Ethernet and not use any coax.
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So if I have a choice, what is the best wiring to do? Cat5 or Coax? Is there a major benefit for either one?
I have an install pending, and I was reading the installation instructions and they said they might use either. So if one is better than the other I would rather stear the installer to that.
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@prisaz wrote:Well if running your router is near the ONT, I would say Ethernet and COAX to the router. With coax only, you are stuck with the Actiontec router. If you ever want to do any custome network stuff, like using a different router, you will need to get the Ethernet port turn on at the ONT. With Ethernet to the router it will alow you to use a different router if the Actiontec fails. But without the coax to the router you would have issues with TV. If you are not getting TV, I would say Ethernet and not use any coax.
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So if I have a choice, what is the best wiring to do? Cat5 or Coax? Is there a major benefit for either one?
I have an install pending, and I was reading the installation instructions and they said they might use either. So if one is better than the other I would rather stear the installer to that.
You can have another router pluged into the Actiontec. You can use your own, thats what I do, I have a 802.11n wireless network in my house.
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Yep. I have a second router pluged into the Actiontec for some security reasons. My computer hardware is behind the second router. My wireless is on the Actiontec and works fine along with the printer that is there.
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@prisaz wrote:Well if running your router is near the ONT, I would say Ethernet and COAX to the router. With coax only, you are stuck with the Actiontec router. If you ever want to do any custome network stuff, like using a different router, you will need to get the Ethernet port turn on at the ONT. With Ethernet to the router it will alow you to use a different router if the Actiontec fails. But without the coax to the router you would have issues with TV. If you are not getting TV, I would say Ethernet and not use any coax.
@Jolard wrote:
So if I have a choice, what is the best wiring to do? Cat5 or Coax? Is there a major benefit for either one?
I have an install pending, and I was reading the installation instructions and they said they might use either. So if one is better than the other I would rather stear the installer to that.You can have another router pluged into the Actiontec. You can use your own, thats what I do, I have a 802.11n wireless network in my house.
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Well, the special installations people talk about is making another router run as the primary router and the AT one behind it
It works fine, and fixes the AT small NAT table problems. Symptoms are slow connections, failed conections, etc, caused by the table filling up
in the AT. If you run any P2P connections, you will see it pretty quickly.
My primary is a Netgear, with the AT only connected thru the Netgear LAN port. The AT is crippled down to being a MOCA router only for my STB and DVR.
Also, I won't say this definitively, but the Netgear speedtests show about 15% speed improvement with this config, might be due to port overflows as discussed above about NAT.
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@philhu wrote:Well, the special installations people talk about is making another router run as the primary router and the AT one behind it
It works fine, and fixes the AT small NAT table problems. Symptoms are slow connections, failed conections, etc, caused by the table filling up
in the AT. If you run any P2P connections, you will see it pretty quickly.
My primary is a Netgear, with the AT only connected thru the Netgear LAN port. The AT is crippled down to being a MOCA router only for my STB and DVR.
Also, I won't say this definitively, but the Netgear speedtests show about 15% speed improvement with this config, might be due to port overflows as discussed above about NAT.
Message Edited by philhu on 01-09-2009 07:50 AM
Hi philhu:
Most of what you said here is out of my realm of experience so is pretty much like greek to me. But what caught my attention though was your mention of "slow connections." Since switching over to FiOS and the ActionTec router, I find that I have days where it takes forever for a page on a site (that I've visited before) to change. And then other days, no problem. You mention that the "table" in the AT is filling up. Is there any way to clear it? I'd like to try doing that and see if it fixes the slow page change problem. (Verizon tech support has been no help at all with this problem.) If you have any other suggestions as to what might be causing this problem they would be appreciated! This can be pretty annoying.