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Just had fios installed TV and internet. 

ONT has coax and cat5 running to verizon router and coax also running to cable box

I would like to use my own router instead of the verizon router. I have a netgear nighthawk and I need it to get wifi throughout my house. 

I also have a buch of ports forwarded for a surveillance system. 

I tried plugging the cat5 from the ONT directly into my router but it wouldnt connect to the internet. 

Is this possible

Thanks