Netgear CM500 flashing red downstream

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antinode wrote:

 

> [...] the downstream was flashing red, [...]

 

   "red" or amber?

Amber 

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antinode wrote:

 

> [...] like said in the manual, [...]

 

   Which "the manual"?

 

The quick start guide

 

   I don't know.  _I_ would be tempted to contact my (unspecified) ISP,
and ask if I needed to register this thing with them.  I might also look
for "Troubleshoot" in the relevant User Manual, and seek advice there.
I'd probably also connect a computer to the thing, and point a web
browser at its management web site, to see if that had more to say than
one flashing LED could.

 

 

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I looked at the status and it said "in progress" and when i clicked on it, it then told me it failed and for me to check my RF connection. That was strange considering I had just swapped a cable tv box for the modem and the box worked just fine.

My ISP is verizon fios, and before you yell at me, yes I know Verizon is a fiber connection, but the way I am doing it is this:

When the fiber goes in it goes into the ONT, then the internet is sent through a CAT 5E cable to the router. There is also a coax out from the ONT which feeds a splitter which goes to my room and other parts of the house. The coax cable also is doing MOCA for the youtube and other internet apps on the fios cable tv boxes. So I figured since the coax up to my room is also doing MOCA, it should give internet to the modem. The reason why i do this is because I am 2 floors above my WiFi router and the connection here is terrible and I'm tired of it, and having some guy do a coax drop it too expensive.