Windows 7 RC turns off the Fios MI424WR (Rev E) Coax WAN port (and can't turn it back on)

Question

Windows 7 RC (and probably Visa) displays the Fios router as an Icon when you open the Network Icon.  If you right-click the Fios router you get a menu which contains "disable".  If you select "disable", the Fios router does exactly that and your Internet Connection will be down.
So, the obvious thing to do is "enable" from the same menu, right?  Well, in my experience, when you select the "enable", the Fios router turns on the Ethernet WAN port.  Which is fine if your router is connected to your ONT via ethernet.  Unfortunately, the most common way Verizon connects their router to the ONT is via Coax! 
You can easily fix this by logging onto the Fios router and re-enable the Coax WAN port  via Main / Network Connections / Broadband Connection (Coax).  However, I have not found a way to re-enable the Coax Wan port from within Windows 7.
I don't know if the bug is in the Fios router or in Windows 7 RC, but I bet I'm not the only one that has experienced this problem.  The first time it happened, the Verizon tech told me to press the reset button on the router.  This fixed the problem, but wipped out all my custom settings.
Has anyone else seen this behavior?
Message Edited by RATickle on 07-06-2009 10:57 AM

Answer 1

*Putting on more pressure*
What this thread is about is, the least of your problems...
#1 If UPnP in on in the router, with an UPnP aware client users can open ports in the router without ever being asked for the user name and password of the router.
And keep in mind: YOU are responsible for the traffic that flows over that router. This is no matter to take lightly. For example if someone is on your network downloading/uploading songs (uTorrent one of many UPnP aware apps). The RIAA goes after your ISP, because it came from their network. Then ISP comes after you, because it came from your network.
Depending on how good this/these people are, good luck finding that person (or people)....
#2 There is a rule of how to forward ports in your router to allow users to connect to you. "Once you've forwarded a Port to ONE IP address, you CAN NOT use it with any other IP address."
But with most routers about UPnP, all you know about UPnP it is either On or Off (You have no idea of what ports are being forwarded to an IP Address).
So, I have to wonder how you will avoid over lapping ports.
#3 At http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci863906,00.html
They talk about Improving performance and security by disabling unneeded services, and they point http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm
Then at http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm they say that UPnP is an unneeded service.
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