G3100

Not for nothing, but you have unused Coax right there in the photo (two of them, by the looks of it). You can bridge/branch those two coax ends in the photos and use the coax network as a MoCA backbone using your existing Verizon router and a few more MoCA capable routers/extenders you buy second ha

The E3200s work great if you can do coax backhaul. I have 3 of those in my house with a G3100 router and its great. I tested an Asus mesh system as well but it was not nearly as good as coax connected E3200's. The Verizon equipment is very good imo, see if you can get one for free from Verizon befor

You can just take the G3100 out without calling Verizon. I highly recommend using Ethernet backhaul between the ASUS Mesh nodes. At Gigabit speeds, wireless backhaul struggles or doesn't give you the appropriate spacing. ASUS gives you a setting in the GUI to enable if you have all of your nodes on

With lath-and-plaster interior walls and a stucco exterior on my two-story 1920s house, I really hate pulling wire, so I might see if I could quickly get the coax working. If not, then pulling cat 6 it would be. I'm using as-found 40+ year old coax with at least one janky old splitter in a wall some

Is your “regular Verizon router” the G3100? If so, you can link it with the E3200 via WiFi Backhaul or you can connect them via the coax in your house. I’ve done both, and both work really well, but for my setup I’m using the wireless backhaul option due to location. Connected via coax, I was gettin

The e3200 is basically just a run of the mill Wi-Fi extender with built in MoCA. Like most extenders, it can be used with an "Ethernet backhaul" (wired connection to router) or a "wireless backhaul" (Wi-Fi to Wi-Fi). Wired backhaul is universally better than wireless, so long as your wires are good