Actiontec WCB3000N Dual-Band WiFi Network Extender

I have a Verizon FiOS quantum gateway in my basement (not an ideal location) with 75MB / 75MB Internet connection and was only getting 4MB throughput in my master bedroom, which is a huge problem for streaming movies. I bought this extender and have now increased my WiFi throughput twenty-fold. I decided to use the wired ethernet for streaming and as an added bonus, extended my WiFi coverage. Contrary to some statements, you don’t need cable TV for this to work, it uses the existing coax cable in your home. I recommend changing the name of the SSID on the extender to match your existing SSID, along with the password. You’ll have to login to your existing router to see which DHCP address was assigned to the extender if you want to connect directly to the extender portal. I configured the extender to use a static IP address so that it is not changing every time it reboots, it’s easier to just remember a static IP. The package comes with everything you should need, a MOCA splitter, ethernet cable, and two coax cables. I’m very pleased with the product thus far.

Works great with Fios and optimum. With Fios you have the choice to use the Ethernet or coax as an input. With any other internet provider you can use the Ethernet only input and have an instant Access point or extender.

Easy instructions for installation.
1. Power up.
2. connect coax(FIOS Only) or Ethernet from any internet router .
3. Find the local network IP address of this Actiontec. It should start with 192.168.1.___. If you don’t know how to find the local ip addrees of the ACTIONTEC, download Fing app on phone. Once Fing is install run it and look up Actiontec’s local IP address.
4. type local ip addrees of actiontec on browser. 192.168.1.___
5. user name = admin Password =admin
6. update the ssid and SSID password to be the same as your existing WIFI SSID and SSID password.
7. You just installed a very cheap extender and or access point

Everything about this product is wrong and I think this is the worst product you could ever buy. I got the product and plugged it to my coxial cable and it never worked. I then called the company and they told me I had to buy an ECB6200 and I was like whaaaat. I would not recommend anyone to buy this product. It doesn’t even deserve a star.

Wasn’t getting extended wifi coverage with a regular repeater, looked into the issue came across the Moca approach which turns regular coax cable into ethernet cables. You need two units one simple converter at the cable modem and this type of converter in the far away room. You attached the coax from the wall to it and wait for green lights. It’s all plug and play. No settings to fiddle with. Now have great WiFi all over the house. Got rid of the old repeater

The unit I received was specific to Time Warner Cable and there was no firmware available to download for Verizon specific application. It was not plug-and-play, and what I found out was that many features of the item were not available for configuration (by default). You had to edit code on the web access interface to show and change options that are necessary for configuration for Verizon application. I see how some people *might* think it is working as a MoCA adapter, but it is also a WiFi repeater – if you are trying to use this for MoCA improvement of your network, be advised that you likely need to be a networking and computer pro to get it to work on an existing application from a service provider.