I already read the info about changing a Verizon Wireless router to bridge mode and connecting a new wireless router to it, but that doesn't solve my problem.
Here's how that info recommends connecting a second wireless router:
Verizon ONT------Verizon router (Westell 9100E; bridge mode)--------new wireless router (Netgear 750N)
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E-net Ports |(via coax)------ FIOS TV & phone E-net ports
What I need to know is whether (&, if so, how to do it) I can connect a new wireless router (Netgear 750N) to the Verizon ONT and then connect the Verizon wireless router (Westell 9100E) to a port on the Netgear router, while making sure that the FIOS TV/phone signals (which I understand come out of the coax connection on the Verizon router) are not adversely affected.
So, I need to connect the new router to the ONT, then connect the Verizon router to the new router, i.e.:
Verizon ONT------Netgear 750 N router------Verizon router (Westell 9100E; ? mode)
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E-net ports E-net ports |(via coax)-- FIOS TV & phone
Longer Explanation: This may sound like a dumb academic question, but it's really a practical necessity because of the way the ONT cable now goes to the Verizon router and the location where I need to place the new Netgear router:
The ONT is located in the garage at the back of the house and the Ethernet cable from it goes through the attic (in which there is a VERY difficult impediment -- a second story -- and I cannot figure out myself how to get a second cable through/around) and then to the Verizon router in an office at the front of the house, where two computers are plugged into Ethernet ports on it. The Netgear router, on the other hand, needs to be located in a media closet next to the garage that is within 20' of the Verizon ONT. So, instead of paying someone to figure out how to install a second "front to back" Ethernet cable to run from the Verizon router almost all the way back to the ONT, it makes a lot more sense if I can just add a 20' Ethernet cable from the ONT to the Netgear router, then plug the existing "front to back" Ethernet cable (already plugged into the Verizon router) into the Netgear router.
BUT, what I don't know is whether putting the Netgear router between the ONT and the Verizon router will strip out or damage the FIOS TV/phone signals that get separated out at the Verizon router AND I don't know whether -- if it is at the end, rather than in the middle -- of this, the Verizon router needs to be set up as a bridge (like the other instructions) or differently in some manner.
Update in case this is important: I also just noticed that the current cable from the ONT to the Verizon router is split into TWO Ethernet connections: One of them is connected to the WAN port and the other is connected to one of the 4 Ethernet ports on the Verizon router. So I guess I also need to know what to do with these vis-a-vis the new Netgear router - does one stay connected to the Verizon router or do both move to the Netgear router, & to which location(s) on the Netgear router should each go?.
Paul
