I follow what you did until you "logged onto the FIOS router". Many people have posted that step on the internet, but I can not find one person writing how to do that step.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Michael:

Thanks for your question.

I log into my FiOS router using my web browser. I type the local TCP/IP address of the browser into the address bar, for example: "http://192.168.1.1/", if that's the address that your FiOS router was assigned when it was set up.

My browser displays a Verizon-branded login screen. Into it I type the User Name and Password that was set by the technician that installed the router. These credentials were provided to me on a card labeled "Important FiOS Internet Information" that was included in my "Welcome to Verizon FiOS Internet" kit.

If the User Name and Password are correct, I get access to the router's configuration screens.

I hope this answers your question. Feel free to let me know if you need more information.

Dave Aiello
Editor
Operation Gadget

Did you have to change / tweak any Airport settings? I tried your approach as well, and works for some sites and some devices on my network, but not all. Did you set Internet Connection sharing to distribute a single IP address? Or to distribute nothing and act as a bridge? Thanks, Robert

I looked at my Airport Extreme settings using Airport Utility and I have connection sharing set to "Off (Bridge Mode)". It also appears that the my current Airport Extreme configuration assumes a specific IP address. I must have entered the MAC address for the Airport Extreme into the DHCP server on the Actiontec Router so it always assigns the same IP to my Airport Extreme.

Looking at the physical cabling, a Cat5 cable runs from the Actiontec into the Airport Extreme. Then another Cat5 cable runs from the Airport Extreme to the rest of Ethernet-based network in the house.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further questions.

I've had uneven performance bridged this way, but haven't yet tried putting the Airport"s MAC into the Actiontec. Sounds like the right track so that the Airport is always distributing the same single IP address. Will give it a try. Thanks, Robert

David, would you recall which tab under the Actiontec config screens for telling the DHCP to always assign a static address to Airport? Thanks, Robert

Dave,

Thanks for your post.

In part 2, once you plug in the base station does the Fios router recognize it immediately.

For part 3, how do you do this (could you outline the steps more fully).

Finally, the important question, how much of an improvement do you notice in transfer speed and signal strength?

Thanks,
Myles