What good is the Actiontec GT704WG wireless/wired DSL routeroutside of Verizon?

What good is the Actiontec GT704WG wireless/wired DSL router outside of
Verizon?

Long story short, I ordered DSL service from Verizon, which the sales
person insisted I was close enough to the central office for but then
which was automatically canceled by the audit department and my charges
supposedly refunded.

When I called, about two months ago, they said wait 'till I received a
postage free sticker in the email which never arrived. I still haven't
seen the charges on my bill.

I realize Verizon owns the equipment so I'm not going to sell it but I'm
also just going to hold on to it until/unless they ask for it back (I'm
not paying the postage, for sure).

But, having said that, I'm curious ... is this thing any good to me (now
or in the future) or is it just a brick outside the Verizon DSL network?

In news:i52f4t$27g$(E-Mail Removed) jm <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> But, having said that, I'm curious ... is this thing any good to me
> (now or in the future) or is it just a brick outside the Verizon DSL
> network?

I use a GT701WG on Qwest's DSL service. So far as I know, the GT704 just
has a built-in switch with 4 10BaseT ports instead of the single port on
the GT701.

Your box probably has Verizon-tailored firmware which pre-sets some of
the network specific parameters (mine has Qwest firmware). You can
download generic firmware from Actiontec and do all the configuration by
hand if you're so inclined.

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On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:20:14 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-
Fi_How_To#Use_a_wireless_router_as_a_wireless_acce ss_point

This is interesting.

Does that imply I can run a cat5 cable from my Linksys WRT54G wireless
router to the Actiontec GT704WG and thereby add a new SSID on the
Actiontec GT704WG that my PCs at home can connect to (perhaps extending
my range)?

jm <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:i56av9$gbv$(E-Mail Removed):

> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:20:14 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>> http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-
> Fi_How_To#Use_a_wireless_router_as_a_wireless_acce ss_point
>
> This is interesting.
>
> Does that imply I can run a cat5 cable from my Linksys WRT54G wireless
> router to the Actiontec GT704WG and thereby add a new SSID on the
> Actiontec GT704WG that my PCs at home can connect to (perhaps extending
> my range)?

Sure works for me - upstairs and downstairs wireless.

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Best regards
Han
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On 28 Aug 2010 09:50:24 +0200, Gordon wrote:

> You can also set it up as a wireless to Cat-5 connection.

I like this idea of a 'wireless to cat5' connection.

Is this possible?
1. Normal router broadcasts to home (but some PCs are old & not wpa2psk
enabled)
2. Set up the Actiontec next to the old computer sans the wireless card on
the old computer
3. Connect a cat5 between the Actiontec and the old computer

Will that work?

Is there a tutorial on how to set up the Actiontec to receive the wireless
signals from the router (wpa2 psk) and then allow it to be used as a wired
connection to the old computer?