Comments on: Verizon FiOS with only a Apple Airport Extreme

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?

By: L G

L G — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:33:37 +0000

Don’t do this to your network if you have set top boxes. You’ll need the ActionTec to provide IP over COAX - it’s called MoCA by Motorola. You will not get software updates for the STBs or updates to the program guide. Notice how none of your STBs have an ethernet or wireless conneciton? Guess how they get IP? Over COAX.

thanks…

By: Jared

Jared — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:13:29 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’ve been using FiOS for about a year and finally got fed up enough with my ActionTec router that I bought an Airport Extreme yesterday. Unfortunately, it didn’t work when I just moved my WAN ethernet cable from the ActionTec to the Airport. After reading various forums, I had almost given in to the fact that I’d need to plug the Airport into the ActionTec for some strange reason. I knew it was just a router, but couldn’t figure out why it worked and my Airport didn’t.

Then I finally came across your site with the missing link…releasing my DHCP lease. Makes total sense, but I wouldn’t have figured it out on my own. So I followed your instructions, plugged the Airport directly into the wall, and……nothing. I thought maybe I didn’t turn the ActionTec off quickly enough, so I hooked it all back up and the ActionTec showed that it was waiting for a new DHCP lease. I waited for Verizon to get me a new IP address for at least 1/2 hr and finally gave up. I plugged the Airport directly into the wall again and went to bed, hoping Verizon would update it during the night. Yep! I’m good to go now. Thank you!!

jt — Here’s the settings I have on the Internet tab of AirPort Utility:
Connect Using: Ethernet
Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
DNS Server(s): 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 (I use opendns.com — check it out, it’s great!)
Domain Name:
DHCP Client ID:
Ethernet WAN Port: Automatic (Default)
Connection Sharing: Share a public IP address

By: jt

jt — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:55:55 +0000

hi,

just got fios and had verizon release my ip so i could ethernet straight into the extreme…. all the lights are green. it all works but I cannot connect to the internet… my ip is 10. addressing… what can i do - apple and verizon where at a loss to help me…

should i change the dns? should it be dchp? should i select share ip address or bridge? i just cannot get this to work at all and it is driving me nutz!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:28:09 +0000

Just wanted to say thanks for writing these clear and short instructions on how to do this. My problem has been solved! (I just wish this was the first page I came to while I was searching. :))

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:42:22 +0000

This is a really stupid question but where can I find my user name and password for the Actiontec’s web interface? I just have FiOS installed two days ago and trying to figure out how to connect it to Airport Extreme..

By: Greg Y

Greg Y — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:38:41 +0000

re “VZ no longer uses PPPoE on its FiOS lines.” … this may be by market. I wasn’t able to get a new Airport Extreme to replace a VZN-supplied D-Link DI-624 using DHCP, but when I switched it over to PPoE it worked immediately. Fortunately I had written down and kept the login that the FIOS installer set up way back when (it was “1″ and “1″!).

By: Dale Ghent

Dale Ghent — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:21:36 +0000

@Mark:

Sorry for the late reply, but you need to release it from the ActionTec. However, if you wait long enough (24-48 hours) the IP might be automatically released by VZ’s DHCP servers because your (dead) ActionTec wasn’t around to renew its lease on that particular IP. Your Airport Extreme should then be able to snag a new one.

By: Mark Greenberg

Mark Greenberg — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:17:53 +0000

The ActionTec router supplied by Verizon died after 14 months (Verizon says the warrantee expired at 12 months!). So there is no way I can release my IP address through the modem. Any work around for this? Can I ask Verizon Fios to release my IP address?