Actiontec MI424WR-GEN2 Rev E - No STP for Coax link?

JBromberger

I've been following the instructions to change my Actiontec router into a MOCA bridge (both for the WAN and the LAN), so that a better router can do the actual routing. I follow the instructions on-line (those in these forums and in other places), but it all comes crashing to a halt at the point where I am supposed to enable the STP protocol on the coax side of things. No matter what I do to this router, I cannot get that checkbox to appear anywhere. It's there for Ethernet, Broadband/Ethernet and Wireless Access Point - nothing for coax.

Is this an implied "it's already on and that's non-negotiable" or does it mean that I've got something else going on here?

Running firmware 20.20.8, in case that matters.

Thanks in advance!

j

viafax999

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@JBromberger wrote:

I've been following the instructions to change my Actiontec router into a MOCA bridge (both for the WAN and the LAN), so that a better router can do the actual routing. I follow the instructions on-line (those in these forums and in other places), but it all comes crashing to a halt at the point where I am supposed to enable the STP protocol on the coax side of things. No matter what I do to this router, I cannot get that checkbox to appear anywhere. It's there for Ethernet, Broadband/Ethernet and Wireless Access Point - nothing for coax.

Is this an implied "it's already on and that's non-negotiable" or does it mean that I've got something else going on here?

Running firmware 20.20.8, in case that matters.

Thanks in advance!

j

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Can you give us a link to the instructions you are trying to follow?

The check box you are looking for should be under network connections

then click network (home office)

then click Bridging

and I see this - It doesn't look like the picture in the manual possibly because my router is connected by ethernet not coax. Is that what you see too?