Will this work in place of an overpriced fios router?
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LOLOL I hear you. My GUESS is that if Verizon gives you an Ethernet feed from their Fios run, then absolutely YES. My guess is they will try to sell you or "word" you into thinking you have to have their router. Ask them clearly if you will get an Ethernet feed without their router. As part of their service, from some of the FIOS installs I have seen, their "smartjack" has an Ethernet output so you might be lucky. hope that helps.
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Hello Dave, I am not sure if this one will work in place of your fios router. I know my cable installer from (Charter) told me to go buy my own instead of paying a monthly fee. I ordered this one and was able to install myself. It has worked perfectly, I use wifi for my laptop, and my android phone. No problems. Good solid reception, I can even go out to my patio and front yard. Hope this helps, why not google your question comparing item vs. fios router. ...Have a good day
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My bet is no. Not consistently. You're better off to put in a series of access points, or, depending on the number of units, power-over-ethernet (D-Link calls it Powerline AV). IF you're going the PowerLine route, make sure you don't get the minis because they're limited compared to the other series which is actually addressable through a web browser. Short of going REAL Cisco, I don't think there is a single wireless router that will handle an 'enormous' house. Despite what D-Link says.
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Yes. I have verizon fios in tampa, fl and all i did was hook it up to my fios router and worked great thought the house.
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I ditched the router rental from my Internet/TV/Phone provider which was $10/month. I'm no expert, but routers are routers and if your Comcast router connects through a CAT5/RJ40 connector it should work. I have no experience with anything Comcast except: I went from Comcast to another provider due to poor service. I called & emailed my ISP and told them I wanted to save some money. They provided me with instructions on where to return to return my old router and save $$$. I configured the router after downloading/reading the user manual.
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Yes it will work fine. Just plug er in and use it as a wireless switch. I've put several of these in and set them up that way. This thing works way better then the dumb router that my ISP makes me pay a monthly rental fee on.
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I believe that should work. The 1 to router would make the rest of your outlets "live". The other 5 should just be acess points.
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It worked for several days before I added the switch. I'm using the basic FiOS setup with an actiontec WiFi router that Verizon gave me.
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Probably not... it is just a terribly faulty piece of equipment. I even cut my service because the cable company would not see to the problem, and replace the unit. My brother even had the same issues with his and had the same problems, and he has told me he will do the same. There are Many, many reviews on this unit online to that all claim the same . It was just a bad make. Best solution, go with standard modem that you can get and run a router from it to get your wifi with good signal that likely won't drop ever...compared to the crappy Arris all in one P.O.S.
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I would not buy this one. I replaced mine with a TP-Link router and it is a way better router and really easy to connect to. I left feed back on the one I bought to.Have a nice dayTed
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It should, though I don't know from experience. I have Verizon but not Fios.
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As far as I know, it should. Just run a hard line from the primary router to one of the LAN ports on this unit. Also make sure to shut off DHCP and set the ip address of the unit manually. Also setting the units to use different channels will make using your devices a bit easier. If you're setting this up at home, consider unchecking ip isolation on both units. That shoud get you done.
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I don't know about Fios. I know it works with AT&T; Uverse and our local cable company. Sorry but hope this helps.
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When FIOS was installed for me, the FIOS technician had set that all up...I would contact FIOS to either have one mailed to you or set up an appointment for a technician to install it
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Every Provider is different. Most providers will require you to pay a few dollars anywhere from a $1 to $5 seems to be the normal. Generally less then they charge for a full blown cable box. You will then get what ever channels a cable box would be getting. Note some cable providers enable copy protection flags that make certain channels only work with Windows Media Center. Version FiOS isn't one of them.
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Yes, a repeater or a AP/Bridge "should" solve your problem but it depends on how you connect the devices.You would have to use the repeater to bridge the Linksys Router using WiFI then connect the bridge using the CAT5 cable to you NetGear.That being said... I wouldn't use the $200 repeater where I could use a $100 WiFi Bridge.Or you could just use the repeater as a repeater and do away with one of your WiFi Routers
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Yeah! It will work with most routers especially Comcast. I have Charter & it worked just fine.
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Your options are A) move the router closer to the bedroom B) replace the antennas on the router - if they are replaceable - with larger/higher gain antennas or C) install a wifi booster. Cisco/Linksys makes one for about $30 and it works pretty well. The Unifi Long Range AP is a great device but if you go for it, I suggest turning off the wifi on your router. Otherwise, you'll be creating two different wireless networks and moving between them may be problematic.