Just got off the phone with Verizon FIOS.  The current Westel router does not support UPnP.  They said they just start rolling out the new Actiontec router that would solve my issue.  Also called Actiontec and confirmed.

Verizon said currently only available on the East Coast.  Rolling out East to West.  Available to everyone by the end of October 2010.

 

Actiontec MI424WR (Rev G)

 

The FiOS Router features:

Multiple networking standards 􀁴􀀁 support, including:

· WAN - Ethernet and MoCA interfaces

· LAN - 802.11b/g/n, Ethernet, and MoCA interfaces

􀁴􀀁 Integrated wired networking with 4-port 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet switch

and MoCA

􀁴􀀁 Integrated wireless networking with 802.11b/g/n access point featuring:

· 802.11n enabled to support speeds up to 160 Mbps wirelessly

· 802.11g enabled to support speeds up to 54 Mbps wirelessly

· 802.11b compatibility, communicating with 802.11b wireless products at

speeds up to 11 Mbps

􀁴􀀁 Enterprise-level security, including:

· Fully customizable firewall with Stateful Packet Inspection

· Content filtering with URL-keyword based filtering, parental control,

customizable filtering policies per computer, and E-mail notification

· Denial of service protection against IP spoofing attacks, intrusion and scanning

attacks, IP fragment overlap, ping of death, and fragmentation attacks

· Event logging

· Intrusion detection

· MAC address filtering

· NAT

· DMZ hosting

· Access control

· Advanced wireless protection featuring WPA, WPA2, WEP 64/128 bit

encryption, 802.1x authentication, and MAC address filtering

· ICSA certification 

 http://support.actiontec.com/doc_files/MI424WR_Rev._G_User_Manual_30.16.0_v1.pdf

I've had a Verizon FiOS Westell 9100EM for over a year now, and it has pretty much all of those things, except for N and gigabit ethernet. It even let my WHS configure the firewall over UPnP.

Do you have to pay to get it switched out?  I have a very old Actiontec router over 3 years old. 

I'm starting to get really envious of all the Verizon FIOS people. It almost makes me want to move.

I just got off the phone with FiOS tech. He claims Rev G is still in testing and not ready for deployment. He's not sure when they will release it to customers. BTW, I'm on the East Coast - NYC.

 the Westell does support upnp.   and the G probably won't be out for another month.