Just got Optik TV installed and Telus upgraded my Speed Touch modem with their new Optik TV Actiontec V1000H router. I had a Linksys E2000 all configured and really didn’t feel like switching so I wanted to hook them up. Unfortunately it is not just a matter of plug and play. You have to play with configurations.
- Login to the Actiontec router admin panel at 192.168.1.254. The default username is admin and password is telus. Note the router will likely ask you to change the default password the first time around.
- Disable the wireless by click on Wireless Setup and selecting “Disable” for Wireless Radio and clicking Apply. Note this step maybe optional. I’ll need to test that further.
- Login to your own router and change the range of IP addresses to another range. 172.16.0.x for example. On the Linksys E2000, that’s right on the first page (Setup | Basic Setup)
- Go back to Actiontec router admin panel and click on Firewall button at the top
- Click on DMZ hosting on the left
- Click on “Enable” on the Set the DMZ state section.
- Enter the IP address chosen for your own router in step 3 above under “Select device”. Leave the pull down as “Manually Enter IP”.
- Click Apply
- Connect your own router to one of the regular ports in the Actiontec router. Don’t connect to WAN port.
- Reboot your own router
- You should be all set
Note: There are likely extra reboots involved in some of those steps. Just follow the instructions from the router and do wait for those reboots to be completed before proceeding to the next step.
Just the info I was looking for thanks! My actiontec keeps giving me a blank page when I click on advanced setup, application hosting page in the firewall, etc. Tried reset, tried different browsers (Mozilla, Chrome, IE8, IE6) but still won’t bring that page up. I don’t really want another one of these crappy things – wireless range is terrible!
A while ago I flashed it with a firmware I found on the net that allowed me to make more detailed changes to the router and that fixed the troubles for a while but now it’s gone back to doing the same thing. Flashed the firmware again but still the same problem!
Does this allow the Linksys to perform all the firewall functions? I assume so as it’s sat in the DMZ. I want to open ports 80 and 443 to host a web server which I can’t do at the moment as the actiontec insists on using port 80
If the actiontec is set to DMZ, is there a security concern?
Hi Jim,
Not really. Realize that my old router sits on the DMZ and nothing else and since my old router is what used to be connected directly to the internet, there shouldn’t be any more security risk now than there was before.
S
sylvain do you have any experience with the actiontec and streaming from your pc to a ps3? Thanks.
Hi Graham,
Well not exactly but I do a similar thing. I stream from my iMac to an Apple TV and that works fine. That being said, it is all done under my own Linksys router. That was one reason I didn’t want to switch to the Actiontec since I had everything setup the way I wanted already under the Linksys.
Sylvain
Thanks for the info. When you use your own Linksys, do you notice a drop in speed? I assume you are on a 15 or 25mbps plan.
Thanks
Not really. Mind you, I didn’t run for long under the Actiontec so there could have been a drop but I get decent numbers with the setup as is so no complaining.