[SOLVED] trying to get custom router for FiOS but ethernet doesn't exist in my house

[holozhang5]

So i am trying to replace actiontec, and i know in order to do that, I need an ethernet instead of a Coaxial connection from the ONT to the router. Unfortunately, my house doesn't have ethernet wiring and my ONT is on the outside, making it pretty much impossible to route an ethernet cable unless I hire some people to do it professionally. Is it possible to use a custom router with a Coaxial connection with a modem or something??

 

[drivinfast247]

The service provider you choose will install the neccessary equipment.

 

[holozhang5]

I use Verizon, will they help me lay an ethernet cable?

 

[jsmithepa]

What u call "professional" may not be what u expect.

If u install a new cable TV service and your only TV is on the other side of the house, opposite end from the "pole" cable entrance. What the cable guy does is to run a very long coax, stapled to the OUTSIDE of your house, and punch a hole on the outside wall right behind your TV, and all they do is to put some hot glue over the hole, you don't even get a proper wall plate!

 

[Solandri]

With FIOS it's actually easier to just leave the Actiontec router in place. It does not just convert Internet from the coax to ethernet, it also provides services to your TV like the channel guide. So replacing it by removing it is a bad idea.

Instead, buy your own router and plug its WAN port into the Actiontec's LAN port. Login to the Actiontec router, disable its WiFi, and assign your router a static IP address. Then set that IP address as DMZ.

DMZ causes the Actiontec router to just forward all the traffic it gets to the specified IP address (your router). The Actiontec router is still there, but it's just passing traffic between your router and FIOS. From that point on, you can ignore the Actiontec router - pretend it doesn't exist. Just use your router to configure everything on your LAN.