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How many open ports on router?

We just made an appointment for FIOS internet/TV/phone. We currently have Dish TV, Charter Cable internet and Verizon phone all billing seperate so we're getting the bundle and saving a ton.

The phone rep didn't know much about the router. She said it had 6 ports but one port is for the TV - anyone know if this is true? I don't understand why the TV would come out of the router...

I need to be able to plug 3 computers via Cat5 into the router and have 2 running wireless... anyone know if this is going to be a problem?

We're in Southern California and am wondering what router we're going to get next week - anyone know which router we're going to get?

If there are not enough ports to plug in our 3 computers then which hub, (or second router), should get get so as not to downgrade the speed??

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CharlesH

You'll be good to go. Don't worry what the sales rep said...at all. You are getting a 4 port, wireless router made by either actiontech or westell.

lvalesko

That's kinda what I figured but wasn't sure after talking to the phone rep. 🙂

So does the TV use one of the router ports or not??? Or will there be coax going from the ONT to the TV and either a second coax or splitter going over to the router, (on the other side of the house via the crawl space underneath)??

Just want to know what's supopsed to happen in case we get a dorky installer.

Thanks!!!

Fios315

Hello. I am an installer in NY. The tv does not use an ethernet port. The router communicates to the set top boxes over ther coax lines. the router does not need to be near the tv as long as it is connected in the same coax circuit.

lvalesko

THANK YOU!

🙂

SAINT73

OK YOUR WIRELESS ROUTER SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCEPT 4 WIRED CONNECTIONS IN ADDITION TO THE WIRELESS CONNECTIONS AND HOPEFULLY YOUR TECH SHOULD KNOW WHAT HES DOING NOW OVERALL VERIZONS TECHS DO BUT EVERY COMPANY HAS ITS SLACKERS BUT BACK TO THE POINT 4 WIRED CONNECTIONS ...YOUR GOOD

prisaz

@SAINT73 wrote:
OK YOUR WIRELESS ROUTER SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCEPT 4 WIRED CONNECTIONS IN ADDITION TO THE WIRELESS CONNECTIONS AND HOPEFULLY YOUR TECH SHOULD KNOW WHAT HES DOING NOW OVERALL VERIZONS TECHS DO BUT EVERY COMPANY HAS ITS SLACKERS BUT BACK TO THE POINT 4 WIRED CONNECTIONS ...YOUR GOOD

Message Edited by prisaz on 02-14-2009 02:50 PM

Shirley4

I am also in Southern California; more specifically, in the SFV.

You have good reason to be suspicious of the salesperson; ours was a nice guy but he was not accurate on a few things. If you hunt around, you will find some PDF files that show the ONT and such. The salesperson and the documentation will tell you that the ONT can go anywhere and that there is also an OPSU (power supply) and a BBU (battery backup). A cable guy came out about a week ahead and installed the cable. He installed the cable to go to the same place that the Time-Warner cable went. Then when they came to install everything else, they said that the OPSU and BBU absolutely must go on the other side of the wall from the ONT and the ONT must go where the cable went. We were unprepared to get the installation done at that location; we had to move a bunch of stuff in a hurry. They don't tell you about that. They need to send someone out ahead of time to get things analysed and such. The salesperson also did not tell us that we must have a STB for each television that we want to use a DVR from. The salesperson also did not tell us that we can't share programming between two DVRs. The salesperson also did not tell us that the DVR units have such limited storage that many (probably most) people are surprised by the limitation. The DVR units have an eSATA and a USB port but they are not supported. We also cannot move or copy files to or from the DVRs, either to/from another DVR or to/from another computer, except maybe using a firewire.

We got a Westell 9100EM BHR router, Model Number A909100EM1510-A and Firmware Version 1.02.00.04. There is a coax cable going in, I assume it comes from the ONT; the router has 4 LAN connections and a WAN connection. I don't know what a WAN connection is for. The router also has an antenna, I assume for a wireless connection.

The DVR units use MoCA to communicate. I am not sure, but I assume that there is coax cable from the ONT to the DVR units (we have two DVRs). MoCA I think is multimedia over cable; it appears to be a standard. Each DVR has an IP address. You should be able to use a computer in the network to access each DVR's programming, such as what is to be recorded and what has been recorded. Note that I am not saying you can watch anything; you can just see the list of programs. You can use a computer to add items to be recorded. You can also install a program for use in your computer so that the DVR units can view pictures in your computers; pictures and music but not videos. I am not sure what you need to pay for to use that though.

Other than that, I have seen nothing indicating we can access the DVR from another computer. The files on the DVR are certainly not shared or anything such as that.

Message Edited by Shirley on 02-15-2009 09:35 PM

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