Comments on: Verizon FiOS with only a Apple Airport Extreme

By: Dave Yost

Dave Yost — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:29:12 +0000

See my detailed instructions here.

By: Lance Kind

Lance Kind — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:51:29 +0000

Anyone have experience in getting in replacing the Verizon Westel with the Airport Extreme?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:19:30 +0000

PLEASE HELP if you can …… Ok, here is my set up —

My ActionTec router died, so im using an Airport Extreme Router (that i used in a previous house using DSL). I have one PC and two Mac’s … I hooked the airport extreme up & configured the router until i got the Geen Light. Im able to get internet access -ONLY ON THE PC- (not the 2 Mac’s) . Both Mac’s have the wireless Airport, and can pick up the signal and accept the username and password (which i had used in the previous house), but for some reason it wont sync to the internet.

Is there some type of reconfiguration i need to do on both Mac’s to sync to the internet??? It just wont connect no matter what i try Any help is GREATLY appreciated !!!! Thanks so much …..

Matt
mrmarchese@aol.com

By: thanx23

thanx23 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:30:16 +0000

Here is how to release the WAN IP on the Actiontec…..
Click on My Network icon, then select Network Connections item. Click on Broadband Connection (Ethernet) in the table to see the properties for your WAN port. Write down the MAC address for the ethernet WAN port, you may need it later. Scroll down and click Settings. Click the Release button and your internet light on the Actiontec will go orange.

By: T King

T King — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:46:10 +0000

Do not publish.

I accessed the 192.168.1.1, but am unable to find the Network link. There is a ‘My Network’ link but I haven’t been able to find anything that would allow me to perform the release. Has the web interface been updated since the original posting? Is there any additional information that can be added?

Thanks.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:52:15 +0000

You rock! That solved my problem, now I can get rid of that butt-ugly Actiontec router.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:19:06 +0000

Thanks for the article. I was able to get rid of my actiontek. The question I have is how do you get the airport express to release the ip if you want to switch to a different AEBS or even back to the Actiontek. I can’t get it to work.

I used the express while I was experimenting, but would really like the extreme to be the first one connected. I”m getting vonage dropouts in this current configuration. Originally withe the actiontek, my vonage was great but my wireless network had problems and now it’s the opposite. With 10 Mb/s it’s got to be the ethernet jack on the Airport Express and not the bandwidth.

Thanks all.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:52:30 +0000

I have Verizon FIOS installed in my house and one computer, the new iMac plugged directly into the router. My iPhone, wife’s iTouch, and my MacBook all have no issue connecting wirelessly to the router and our service is great.

I just reinstalled the OS 10.4.11 on my son’s Mac mini and tried to install a Belkin wireless USB adapter–as well as a Linksys one. Both recognized the network and got a good signal. I put the WEP password in and it said connected on the adapter utility.

However, I could not pull an IP using DHCP. I tried to manually enter everything and know that I used the correct subnet mask and gateway but I still cannot get connected. When I go into the router’s utility, I do not see the Mac mini on the network.

Any idea what I am doing wrong? The Belkin adapter worked fine on the old OSX load and with my Linksys router–before Verizon.

Thanks.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:12:33 +0000

I have a related question/problem. I currently have verizon FIos tv, internet and phone service. They set up an actiontec mi424wr wireless router that has the coax cable plugged into it. I also have a airport extreme wireless router and would like to set it to take advantage of having a hard drive or printer connected to the airport. The verizon router doesn’t have any USB ports. I was hoping to have the verizon router in one room, have that broadcast the wireless signal and get the airport to recieve it and then act to extend or re-broadcast the signal. However I can’t get it to work. I can’t just use the airport because there is no incoming ethernet cable, just coax. Any thoughts or advice? I hope this makes sense I’m pretty much a wireless/computer novice. Thanks

By: rvinny

rvinny — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:17:02 +0000

I did a release in the ActionTek as well as call in and asking Verizon to do it. Still no go. I cannot get a new IP with either my AEBS or my laptop plugged directly in. I plug the ActionTek back in and it gets a new IP address everytime. My guess is it might be MAC address related. Do I need to try spoofing the MAC of the ActionTek -or- just wait it out for a couple of hours and see if it resolves itself? Is it possible to spoof a MAC address in the AEBS?