"davepo", some clarifications please. You "got the 655 installed...."? You made the changes, or had the "installer" do it? I'm not ready to pay a Windstream tech, if I'm reading correctly? I've done some static IP stuff myself, but am I to understand that the customer can't perform these settings changes?
Regardless, normally (?) the static IP has to be set within the device's settings, then entered into the router's applicable settings, is this right? So, would the user need to access each Joey's settings and assign it the static IP, or is this done just within the primary router (in my case, the Sage4320)- perhaps using each Joey's MAC ID? Our 3 Joey's are seen in the Sagemcom's DHCP list, I think since I enabled "Bridging" in the Hopper's Broadband section.
UPDATE; I don't know how I could have presented my concerns any differently, but somewhat by chance, I've figured out a couple things on my own. The *download speed* issue- Ethernet slower than WiFi?- was based on my mis-reading of info presented by the Hopper's utilities. Under the "Broadband" heading, is Ethernet, Wireless, and MoCA. It stands to reason that the wireless speed would suffer, since I temporarily had moved the D-Link AP router further from the Hopper, and behind a long wall. What I should have been looking at was the Ethernet connection status, not the wireless.
Our Netflix and Amazon internet TV seemed to be going as well as before, so I decided to check out some movies using the DISH ON DEMAND button.(not the guide menu) AT first I was really bummed, when after "renting" a FREE movie, in SD quality, the message appeared "downloading at 2.xxx mbps ! I realized later on that this was due to the resolutioin of the movie. When I selected an HD movie, the message appearing now said "downloading at 6.3xx mbps"! I'd not seen this speed, ever. (remember, we're DSL. I have to get excited about 6 mbps. Ha) This proved to me that the Ethernet was doing fine, as expected.
I'm always going long here, but would you or someone clarify this for me. The Joey's need your WiFi for what? Does it matter whether it's your primary router doing the wireless, or another set up as a wireless AP?