Today we received a FioS Network Adapter to enable my wife's computer to access the Internet from her office, replacing the Powerline Networking setup which is prone to losing its Internet connection unpredictably.
The instructions from Verizon say to hook up the FNA and the PC via Ethernet cable, then to connect the FNA to a coax outlet, and finally plug in the power cord. Two green lights should come on, one for the power and the other for the coax.
We are getting the green light for power, but not for the coax. (Not sure how long we need to wait for it to come on.) I know that the Ethernet cable works properly (I unplugged it from another computer) and have tried both different coax cables and different coax outlets, no dice.
In the basement where my office is, we have the Verizon Gateway G1100 but we need some way for her to access the Internet from upstairs. Wireless is ruled out by wife, so we need some kind of wired solution. Powerline networking has proven unreliable as I said, and we'd really rather not start drilling through walls/floors to run Ethernet cable up two stories. The FNA looked like the solution, but we haven't managed to get it to work.
What are we doing wrong? What else should I do to troubleshoot the issue? Is our brand-new FNA simply bad?
Thanks for any tips or suggestions.