Frontier FiOS - Wiring up more than one room

coyohti · Oct 20, 2015

I tried searching for this thinking it would be a common question but what I found was similar but different...or I'm just not savvy enough to understand how the prior answers can be applied to my situation. So, apologies if this is a redundant request.

My situation is thus: We have Frontier FiOS service and, for whatever reason, we've had non-stop issues with the wifi. We've tried all the gadgets and nothing seems to help.

So I want to actually just run cable to the other computer in the house. Unfortunately, this computer and the router are separated by two flights of stairs making an ethernet cable a bit unwieldy.

The home is fully wired for ethernet and allegedly set up for FiOS throughout. Now I thought it would simply be a matter of setting up a router or some device to make use of the nearby coax outlet and run ethernet from that.

I called Frontier and was told, short of running long cables from the upstairs router, the only other way would be to set up a second account for the house. I just can't believe this is the only way. Is FiOS really that much more complex than when one used to be able to simply plug in to the nearest ethernet wall jack?

Thank you all in advance for any help, advice, and for your time and patience!

Alabalcho · Oct 20, 2015

Ethernet does not run over Coax. There are some adapters (Moca) which could utilize existing coax cabling throughout premises for Ethernet, but they are not cheap, and someone could shed more light how to buy / use them.

How do you know your home is wired for Ethernet? Do you have Ethernet jacks throughout the house? Do you have cabling closet where these cables converge? How are these cables terminated/ is your router in proximity of these cables?

USAFRet · Oct 20, 2015

I have FiOS. Verizon, not Frontier, but same thing.

FiOS is no more complex than a cable connection. Everything depends off the main router.

So....from the router, what goes where? Coax to all the rooms upstairs? You be in luck, and can use Moca devices. I do. It pumps the signal off the router through the house coax, and out to PC's upstairs.
You mention "The home is fully wired for ethernet " . How do you know this?

boosted1g · Oct 20, 2015

As stated Ethernet and Coax are very different kind of cables. Ethernet is an 8pin jack a little bigger then a phone jack, coax is round like goes to your TV.

If you truly have Ethernet in your home then you need 2 things.
Your Primary router needs to connect to an Ethernet port in that room.
The etherent should all go to one location and you need an Ethernet switch there to distribute it to all the ports.
Then you can setup a second router (converted to an access point) to provide extended wifi coverage.

If your home is in fact NOT wired with Ethernet then I would suggest you get an av600 or av1000 powerline network adapter.
This allows you to send Ethernet data over your power wires.
Then on the other end of the kit you can get a second router (configured to be an access point) and use that to extend your wifi.

coyohti · Oct 20, 2015

Hi there! Thank you for your response. I mostly just brought up the ethernet since it exists in the home, in case someone had a suggestion that might utilize it.

There are ethernet jacks throughout the home. It's a two-story townhouse and one of the selling points was that it's new and wired up (we live in Redmond, near Microsoft, so it's pretty common around here).

There are also coax outlets in each major room.

There is a closet where everything seems to come in but, at a glance, I only really see the FiOS box...it's hard to miss. I'm not sure what else I should be looking for though. The FiOS box and the router are on the same floor of the house but not particularly close.

I'm starting to think my only solution is to run a really long cat6 cable down our Escher maze of stairs. :pt1cable:

Thanks!

Alabalcho :

USAFRet · Oct 20, 2015

If the house has RJ-45 jacks in each room, where do they terminate? Is it just jacks, or are there actual wires that go somewhere?
You need to find that somewhere.

boosted1g · Oct 20, 2015

See my post above.

If you have Ethernet in your home then it all "terminates" into one spot.
Find that spot and make sure the wires go to an Ethernet switch (preferably a gigabit).
Then you connect the LAN port of your wifi router to a wall jack and then you connect a second router to another room's Ethernet port.
You will want to configure the second router as an access point.

If you can take a picture of two of where the etherent cables finish at we can help you give you more guidance.

jsmithepa · Oct 20, 2015

coyohti :

Taylored solutions are CUSTOM = expensive. Unless you are able to take generic answers and adapt to your own.

The home is fully wired for ethernet

Really? Do you see many RJ45 (8 pin big phone jacks) throughout the house?

and allegedly set up for FiOS throughout.

FIOS stops at a junction, after than what is inside your house is the same for cable, DSL, satellite, no difference.

make use of the nearby coax outlet and run ethernet from that.

This technology is called MOCA, google if you have to.

Is FiOS really that much more complex

Nope. As mentioned, whatever ISP delivery method STOPS at a junction, where the ISP router is, after that, it's the homeowner responsibility how he wants to distribute the signal throughout the house.

simply plug in to the nearest ethernet wall jack?

Show me a bunch of RJ45 jacks.

coyohti · Oct 20, 2015

I should have done this in my original post! Here is a link to two photos of what I've got to work with...

http://imgur.com/a/jDag2

The first photo shows what I have near the computer I want to get wired up.

The second photo shows the ethernet stuff contained within the big FiOS box. There is another panel on the wall nearby with one ethernet and one coax cable leading into it but it's screwed shut.

I guess what I thought were ethernet jacks are phone jacks. I can't fathom why they'd put one where the television is supposed to go but I am a simple person. ^_^;

coyohti · Oct 20, 2015

I was wrong about the ethernet apparently but I do have coax outlets in all main rooms. Seems like I need to be researching Moca now. Thank you!

USAFRet :

USAFRet · Oct 20, 2015

coyohti :

Moca devices
http://www.amazon.com/Actiontec-Ethernet-Adapter-without-Routers/dp/B008EQ4BQG

You may only need one. This completely depends on how exactly the system is wired from the ONT to the router.

In my Verizon setup..
Fiber to the house
coax to the router
Cat5e and WiFi out from the router.
Now....because the main signal comes from the ONT to the router via coax, I put in a coax splitter.
Coax cable goes upstairs, and a Moca device upstairs.
Off that Moca, it could support a switch and/or other WiFi access point.

coyohti · Oct 20, 2015

Bingo! This is exactly the solution I was hoping for. Thank you for your patience and that little walk-through. I'm going to order the devices I need and hopefully get it all set up without having to pester again.

Thank you~!

USAFRet :

coyohti :

Moca devices
http://www.amazon.com/Actiontec-Ethernet-Adapter-without-Routers/dp/B008EQ4BQG

You may only need one. This completely depends on how exactly the system is wired from the ONT to the router.

In my Verizon setup..
Fiber to the house
coax to the router
Cat5e and WiFi out from the router.
Now....because the main signal comes from the ONT to the router via coax, I put in a coax splitter.
Coax cable goes upstairs, and a Moca device upstairs.
Off that Moca, it could support a switch and/or other WiFi access point.

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