Collins’ Onovia

Just today my Verizon FiOS service was activated. It came with an Actiontec MI424-WR Revision C modem/router combo. Slick look, ok reviews on the net, so I’ll go with it!

The first thing I wanted to get done, was open up some ports for uTorrent, HTTP, and a few others. There’s many resources out there that give you directions on forwarding ports on the MI424-WR Rev. C, including PortForward.com. Finding the directions was a breeze, however figuring out that the directions were wrong wasn’t.

When you are adding a server service port on the router, your source port needs to be set to any, and your destination port needs to be set to single, with the port number typed in next to it. Here’s an example:

I had Verizon install their FiOS service that has been available here in my neighborhood for little over a year now. I talked to a few neighbors that currently have the service, and they had no gripes about it. I’m interested in seeing the difference in speed. So, here’s the results:

Comcast Speed Test:

Verizon FiOS Speed Test:

Looking at those results, I’d say that Verizon is definitely the way to go.

I’d also like to mention that the Tech that came to install the system was professional, and prompt. He did his thing, asked if we had any questions, and that was it. in all, it took about 1 1/2 hours to install the system. Mind you we already had all the in-house wiring required.