Can I use this INSTEAD of a Verizon router with my ASUS AC wireless router? (so no hardware rented or bought from Verizon.) If not, is there some other way to do that?
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I did some checking with an engineer colleague who has Verizon FIOS service. Both of us work for Cisco in digital video technology. Cisco is a Verizon vendor and provide many of the equipment Verizon uses. To the best of your knowledge, is your existing setup something like the following: ONT &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;COAX&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;SPLITTER&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;TVs/STBs ONT &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;COAX&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;SPLITTER&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;VERIZON MODEM If so, then yes. I believe it is possible that you can replace the VERIZON modem with the ACTIONTEC. The FIOS modem is not actually a modem at all but instead a MoCA adapter. Being that, you should be able to replace the FIOS adapter/modem with the ACTIONTEC Home Theater Coax Network Adapter. Not only but if you have multiple coax jacks in your house, you can install an ACTIONTEC adapter at each. The ONT (Optical Network Terminal) on the side of your house takes the optical data stream VERIZON sends from its' plants/VHOs then converts and modulates the TV services data stream portion to cable TV frequencies so it can be distributed throughout you house over the existing coaxial cable in your wall. For internet service, it does the same thing but utilizes the MoCA frequencies of the spectrum for internet. Given that MoCA is a cable TV standard, any MoCA device should be able to work. I installed two of these device in my second home because wifi reception and service was poor. I have a D-Link DIR898L wireless router. However because walls are of reinforced masonry construction, much of the wifi signal from the wireless router is mostly blocked.
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The ACTIONTEC Home Theater Coax Network Adapter (ECB3500T01) is an adapter that will allow you to use ethernet over coax but you MUST have MoCA capability built into your router or another MoCA enabled device. You must also use devices that are approved by Verizon. As long as the device is approved you can purchase the device anywhere. As for my I refused to rent any devices from my ISP.
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Hmmm...I have the Air so I have (and did install) the R3 update to that. I don't know that I want to chance bricking the R1, so I'm back to trying a bridge. There's no USB port for the WLAN access point, so I don't know of any other way to bring the signal to the box.Thanks very much for your response.
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This is not meant to be used as a router, it's more like a hub that has wireless capability. It can be used as bridge between a router and clients or as a wireless range extender. You can do a search on Zyxel WAP 3205 and go to the Zyxel site and download the manual. All the pictures in it show this unit connecting to a router (pg 15). I use it as an extender and had no problems setting it up with an Actiontec DSL Wireless router from Verizon using Windows 7.
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The router has worked great for me. I currently use Charter cable internet and have no problems. Prior to that I had AT&T DSL and it worked fine also. Unsure about Verizon DSL. Hope this helps.
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I have a dual-band router... the Asus "Dark Knight" router (a VERY nice router). It has both 5.0 and 2.4 bands on "n" wireless. My BD device only sees the 2.4 band.In fact, I only have a couple of devices which can see my "5.0" channel. In those cases, I always connect them to the 5.0 band, because it's so seldom used otherwise.
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I have a dual-band Asus router and it works just fine. You can get on 5 Ghz, but I think the cap is something like 150Mbps. It's a great device, but this thing might be overkill if you aren't using a router with AC. I bought this thing specifically because I got a new router with AC protocol, and I had no devices that could hop on that wireless protocol. Well worth it if you plan on using AC devices.
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Maryanne, I haven't used it yet, just got it a few weeks ago and haven't used it. I picked it up for small router not sure yet. When I do I will post..
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No this is not a router. The wifi is used to connect the computer to the internet wirelessly. Without the wifi built in you would need a wifi expansion card, those run around $50-100 for AC wireless (the newest/fastest). Basically this lets you connect to your routers wifi.
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there was a mistake. I remember asus uploaded a firmware that wasn´t for the R1 but instead for the AIR version. google is your friend and it will help you find it, many people upgraded it and got the wireless option, the very same that you´re asking for; the problem is that some people got bricks or problems for using that firmware. also you should try and see if other wlan sticks function
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I would not buy this one. I replaced mine with a TP-Link router and it is a way better router and really easy to connect to. I left feed back on the one I bought to.Have a nice dayTed
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I'm using mine to extend my wireless network. I have a Verizon FIOS (CISCO) cable modem/wireless router. My AE1000 is plugged into a computer about 20 feet away from that router. Works great.
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The power of this unit is very strong, but it does not live well with a router that wants to refresh the IP lease. Check with Amped Wireless tech support to see if the Router you are using will work with it. Th Amped AC2000 is a wireless access point that has good range too and is happy on any network. good luck John
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I have mine working with an Asus AC2400 router and I had to download a new firmware upgrade for my router. Worked fine after that.Did you call Edimax cusotmer support? They are actually pretty good. They can perform a remote diagnose.
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For me, the AC it´s not good at all. The range is not as good as the N router. For example, I have my AC router in one room and my computer in another room, very close, and I prefer always the N connection because is faster. Maybe the AC is good if you are in the same room, but not for all your house. Next time I will be buying a N900 router with dual band (450+450), not an AC router.
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no this is a modem that connects to a router u will need a wireless router i use a mikrotik but i do NOT recomend that to a home user check out the asus 802.11AC routers
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I just bought this model yesterday (1/28) @ Bestbuy and the AC Wireless works well and does support both 2.4 / 5 ghz bands. I was connected at 240 mbps with only 3/5 bars signal strength and had no issues at all (unsure of what the difs are between the bestbuy version and the amazon product featured here)
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If you are not planning on using any advanced features such as quality of service and file sharing on the actual router than the Asus RT-N16 will work. If you want those features I recommend the Asus RT-N66U. I myself used the Asus RT-N16 but after I upgraded my Comcast speeds it just couldn't keep up with since I used the advanced features. I decided to use an old PC and load it up with a Linux firewall distribution called pfSense and use my Asus RT-N16 only as a wireless access point doing this I didn't have to buy any new hardware but I spend a little more per month on electricity. It all depends on what you want to do good luck. The Asus RT-N16 doesn't provide me full 50Mbps download speeds since I run it in mixed mode to support wireless B/G/N at the same time. If it is run in wireless N mode only it will support the speeds just fine. The Asus RT-N66U is capable of doing dual band wireless so overall it's better for running a wireless network for these speeds.