Question
I have only been a Fios customer for about 4 years now, ever since Fios cable came to my neighborhood. My router is the G1100 and it's pretty fast, but I was thinking of replacing it with a mesh router. But no mesh routers that I've seen have a Coax connector.
My question is if the coax connector is necessary for my Triple Play service. What does that connection do for my Fios (that has the fiber optic cable coming into my basement and wired to an ONT box and equipment)?
There was a similar question from 2013, but the equipment has changed considerably. I've also noticed that Verizon has some recommendations for owner-purchased routers that don't have a coax connector, so what gives?
"Asking for a friend."
Robert
Answer
You can go ahead with using your own router. I mean, we (the CLs) are kind of running the "Tier 4" support over here.
When your Internet connection is delivered over Ethernet, a VZ router does not talk to the ONT over Coax, although they may appear coaxially connected physically. Two coaxial connections are required for the main STB to work, first is Linear TV signal from the ONT, so coax to the ONT, second is the MoCA LAN from the VZ router, so coax to the router. It is as if inducing corollary, 1 is connected to 3, 2 is connected to 3, but 1 does not need to be connected to 2, but still is connected.
Right now you don't need a VZ router for STB activation and upgrades. Instead of using IGMP and multicast which need to be managed correctly by a VZ router, STB can fall back to unicast to query the backend servers. The only feature missing is the remote DVR. I am not sure whether caller ID works.
Solution provided by Cang_Household.
