++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[Rubycon]

Windows stopped the fox from getting through. Takes a licking and...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSp2I0ObdW4

What kind of router is that btw?

If you have FIOS can't you connect CAT5E from the optical network terminal jack to your own router and play at will? Or do you need one of those actiontec pieces of detritus so you have TV?

 

[MotF Bane]

Okay....
My main computer and the printer are both on statics, the other devices all are on DHCP.

 

[MotF Bane]

Windows stopped the fox from getting through. Takes a licking and...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSp2I0ObdW4

What kind of router is that btw?

If you have FIOS can't you connect CAT5E from the optical network terminal jack to your own router and play at will? Or do you need one of those actiontec pieces of detritus so you have TV?

Actiontec MI424WR Rev. E, with the coax port on the back. The only way I've ever known to be able to configure a router is via a web browser on a Ethernet connected computer.

 

[Rubycon]

So you have COAX between router and ONT? (instead of CAT5 from ONT to WAN port on router)

 

[MotF Bane]

Wow, I have a ton of devices here.
Six wireless, three wired, one coax.

 

[MotF Bane]

So you have COAX between router and ONT? (instead of CAT5 from ONT to WAN port on router)

ONT = Optical Network Terminal... but what is that? Is that the normal RJ45 or something jack in the back of the computer?

 

[MotF Bane]

Coax link is the primary TV's STB. Secondary TV has a midget box, no link.

Three wired... that'd be... primary computer, server, and the printer I guess?

 

[MotF Bane]

Six wireless would be the printer's secondary link, my laptop, mom's, dad's, sister's, and mom's second.

Seven wireless now, phone is up.

 

[MotF Bane]

Eleven devices linked to the router. LOL.

I now have only one static, and that is my primary computer.

 

[MotF Bane]

My only guess is that when I set up port forwarding to 3389 and targeted it, that will have forced it into static?

 

[Rubycon]

It's a fairly large box that terminates the optical cable from the street. It has a battery backup so your phones work if the AC fails. It also provides pairs for telephone and usually an RJ45 for data. MOST of the time this goes to the WAN port on the Actiontek. Installations differ greatly though. You could probably zero this down quickly by going over to the broadbandreports.com verizon forum.

Forwarding rules work with only a single IP address.
If you have more than one device you have to either change ports, purchase more public IPs or install a VPN.

 

[MotF Bane]

I can rename all the dynamic devices... but not the lone static.

 

[MotF Bane]

It's a fairly large box that terminates the optical cable from the street. It has a battery backup so your phones work if the AC fails. It also provides pairs for telephone and usually an RJ45 for data. MOST of the time this goes to the WAN port on the Actiontek. Installations differ greatly though. You could probably zero this down quickly by going over to the broadbandreports.com verizon forum.

Oh, that thing! Um... coax.

 

[Rubycon]

Names is OK but is not 100% reliable like static IP addresses. Stale or polluted cache even causes great headaches when relying on names.

I don't know why they do COAX configurations any more. Not sure if you can call them up and tell them you don't want that. If another (cable) provider can service you call up CSR and threaten to switch. That kind of leverage usually gets them to bend over backward to keep you. At the very least you may get a free speed upgrade out of it!

 

[MotF Bane]

I can now translate my entire device page into what device is what.

 

[Rubycon]

If you know what you're doing you can probably do this yourself by creating a (new) connection profile.

 

[MotF Bane]

Names is OK but is not 100% reliable like static IP addresses. Stale or polluted cache even causes great headaches when relying on names.

I don't know why they do COAX configurations any more. Not sure if you can call them up and tell them you don't want that. If another (cable) provider can service you call up CSR and threaten to switch. That kind of leverage usually gets them to bend over backward to keep you. At the very least you may get a free speed upgrade out of it!

They actually started FIOS on Ethernet when I first got it (03 or 04 I think), but when I upgraded in 09, they had shifted to coax, because most houses have far more coax than Ethernet. So we went backwards because of old construction.

I asked about staying on Ethernet, so I could keep my previous network build (a full gigabit network, I really was proud of it), but they said it couldn't be done with the TV set top box.

 

[MotF Bane]

If you know what you're doing you can probably do this yourself by creating a (new) connection profile.

Unfortunately, I don't know what I'm doing. I have this thread in one tab, my router in another, and five searches in other tabs.

 

[MotF Bane]

I somehow stumbled onto making my computer a static IP, but I don't know really how I did that.

 

[MotF Bane]

Just tried to open 3389 and target my laptop, and that's conflicting with the previous setup.

So I guess the only way to open a port is target something, but then I can't open anything else.

I see that as a major problem for this main goal - long-distance tech support for my uncle's laptop and desktop. Of course, his laptop is XP, which means its a whole other nightmare.

 

[MotF Bane]

But I think I'm now at a point where the next step is to get my uncle's desktop cleared for this.

 

[MotF Bane]

Nef.

 

[MotF Bane]

Yeah, gonna stop this for now.

 

[Rubycon]

You could always try this for remote support.

https://join.me/

 

[MotF Bane]

And hopefully fairly soon I'll get to set up the other house. Well, more of, my mother will go down there and set that up (it's her brother), and I'll be doing the testing from here.