Router for Fios?
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As we're cutting the cord, I'm going ahead and returning their router and will buy one instead. Any suggestions for a router? Does Google Mesh work well?
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I use the first gen google mesh fibers.
Nice, useful app that can help you detect dead spots in your home, easily cut wifi to specific devices and create a guest wifi network (i don't do that).
The switch over between access points is on the order of a few seconds (I know where in the house it happens). This is good. video calls don't drop.. they just stutter for a second or two.
Very easy installation.
Biggest cons - not the highest performing access points for the dollar. Very few (as in 1) additional physical ethernet port per access point.
You have to buy a passive switch to increase the number of ports (about $15-$20).
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@axtremus said in Router for Fios?:
What speed will you be getting from Verizon/FiOS?
If it's 200 Mbps or above, just about any router with an Ethernet port should work.When it works it's no different than a good $50 access point. The value of the google mesh system (or other ones) - is in making the signal strong throughout the home, making the mesh invisible to the user and easy administration of the network. Also - anecdotally, I've found them to be more reliable than my old netgears (as in - I rarely if ever have to restart them.)
If you don't care about the things above, you don't need to spend more than $100.
I have two wireless 4K TV's in the house, plus a peloton in an awkward corner of the house. The mesh is good to make sure those are fed with strong signal.
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Wi-Fi Mesh is a fine idea, especially for people who have Wi-Fi "dead spots" or "weak spots" in the house. Just want to clarify that my question above isn't about Wi-Fi at all, but about whether Verizon enables the Ethernet port on the optical network terminal (ONT). If you have an older, legacy FiOS installation, especially one with lower speeds, then it's possible that the ONT only has the co-ax port enabled but not the Ethernet port.
If you know you are already using the Ethernet port on the ONT, or you will get higher speeds that would force Verison to enable that Ethernet port to support that higher speed, then you would be all set with that Ethernet port, and any router you buy would work because almost all mass market consumer routers can interface with the ONT using Ethernet.
Otherwise you either have to tell Verizon to enable that Ethernet port on your ONT, or you have to find a router that has a co-ax connector -- it's hard for the regular consumer to find a router with a co-ax connector these days.
