07-30-2009, 12:37 AM
My FIOS router also powers my set-top boxes. I don't know everything going on there but it appears to be quite a bit more complex than the Buffalo router I had running before FIOS was installed.
The FIOS router appears to be handling another parallel and independent network for television content through the coax wiring. The installer guy originally configured the FIOS router to cooperate with my home Buffalo running downstream from it, just to appease me, but I eventually took the Buffalo out. The FIOS router was pretty good, and the hassle of dealing with two routers in series was not worth the prestige of running the network from the Buffalo router.
The FIOS router appears to be handling another parallel and independent network for television content through the coax wiring. The installer guy originally configured the FIOS router to cooperate with my home Buffalo running downstream from it, just to appease me, but I eventually took the Buffalo out. The FIOS router was pretty good, and the hassle of dealing with two routers in series was not worth the prestige of running the network from the Buffalo router.