WiFi Extension Help Needed

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jackcrevol said:
Charter isnt fiber to the home yet. Its a best effort hybrid fiber coax. Depending on proximity to Amp or Node and traffic/length if drop from tap to house is all that matters.

A great deal is made about fiber to home in resi settings. How many people need a true stable 200 meg symm connection?

Spectrum now has Gig or 600 meg down capability. More than sufficient. What is beyond the demarc?

If having intermitten issues...Sounds like you may need to make a call in to have them 'fix them', or have them send you the latest iteration of hardware.

I think about any new Mesh Router system over $100 bucks would be better than their cheap router.

I believe Wow is just an overbuilder or competitor in Knox. Ive not heard great things. Nor have I heard great about TDS.

Att fiber is another story. Caveat IF it is indeed Att fiber. I know for sure Cleveland has it, and Nash. Lots of DSL companies will pass fiber to the curb off as fiber. when it is still DSL +.
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Not heard good things about WOW? I don’t live in Knoxville. I’ve had them for 10 years. Compared to other providers I’ve had theyve been the best. Of course that isn’t saying a whole lot. But overall I’m happy. I have 1 gig service. Max I’ve ever recorded is ~900. Most of the time during normal hours it’s between 400-700. I’ve had issues w the main line coming into the neighborhood which required a couple trips for them to fix, but they’ve been responsive and pretty quick to respond.
 
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Thanks for the help, all. I'm going to return the boosters and get one of those mesh systems. Will the Wifi 6 work if I just connect one to my TDS router via ethernet cable?
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Thanks for the help, all. I'm going to return the boosters and get one of those mesh systems. Will the Wifi 6 work if I just connect one to my TDS router via ethernet cable?
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Do you have to use one of their routers? Can you use your own modem?
 
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Yeah, if somebody says "I'm going to go get a mesh system" then he'll have a new router. It all works together.

I am running the Ubiquiti mesh system. Very happy with it. I asked an IT guy I trust what he recommended, and he recommended the google.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
That I do not know. I thought the cable boxes were configured to run off that modem.
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Oh maybe then. I’m not familiar w how those work. If you it then you would need to set up the base for the mesh network in access point mode.
 
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golfballs said:
I’m no expert, but I believe there’s faster Ethernet than gigabit. Seems like that’s saying broadband WiFi is faster than hardwired dialup.
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It says standard ethernet, specifically, and that's what i meant. Standard ethernet is usually what connects your modem to the router, so in those cases wifi 6 is no faster than ethernet (which is why i said "theoretically"), it just can be.
 
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n_huffhines said:
It says standard ethernet, specifically, and that's what i meant. Standard ethernet is usually what connects your modem to the router, so in those cases wifi 6 is no faster than ethernet (which is why i said "theoretically"), it just can be.
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This is basically just saying wifi 6 allows for more bandwidth. The throughput will still be more on a wire vs radio signals.
 
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The TP-Link Deco system that GAVol mentioned is my go to, especially from a cost/setup standpoint.

You simply hardwire one of the nodes/routers to your system and adopt it, then plugin and adopt the rest.

Once you get them all adopted, you can change the mode of the system to access point, and it then will link with your existing network.

I've installed these in businesses and homes by simply using the clients smartphone to setup. Takes like 10 minutes or so.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
The TP-Link Deco system that GAVol mentioned is my go to, especially from a cost/setup standpoint.

You simply hardwire one of the nodes/routers to your system and adopt it, then plugin and adopt the rest.

Once you get them all adopted, you can change the mode of the system to access point, and it then will link with your existing network.

I've installed these in businesses and homes by simply using the clients smartphone to setup. Takes like 10 minutes or so.
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The thing I found is that even though it’s one of the cheaper options, the reviews and performance seem to still be among the best.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
The TP-Link Deco system that GAVol mentioned is my go to, especially from a cost/setup standpoint.

You simply hardwire one of the nodes/routers to your system and adopt it, then plugin and adopt the rest.

Once you get them all adopted, you can change the mode of the system to access point, and it then will link with your existing network.

I've installed these in businesses and homes by simply using the clients smartphone to setup. Takes like 10 minutes or so.
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Great, thanks. Do you think it's worth it to get the newer Wifi 6-capable system? And, will it setup seamlessly with the wifi cable boxes?
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Great, thanks. Do you think it's worth it to get the newer Wifi 6-capable system? And, will it setup seamlessly with the wifi cable boxes?
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WiFi 6 is still relatively new, so I would stay with the previous model due to maturity in firmware.

It should be fine. Most of the cable boxes are still single band 2.4Ghz wireless N, but some are shipping with the AC components for dual-band 2.4 and 5Ghz.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
WiFi 6 is still relatively new, so I would stay with the previous model due to maturity in firmware.

It should be fine. Most of the cable boxes are still single band 2.4Ghz wireless N, but some are shipping with the AC components for dual-band 2.4 and 5Ghz.
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Sorry to wear you out, but I just reconnected the boxes with my new TDS router today. Each one has to be reset, then press the WPS button on the router, then click "connect"/ok on the set-top box. (Repeat process for each TV).

Now that I've got that finished, do you think adding the mesh to the router will interfere with their pairing? From what I've read, you usually turn off the broadcast directly from the original router and just wire it to the central mesh point.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
Sorry to wear you out, but I just reconnected the boxes with my new TDS router today. Each one has to be reset, then press the WPS button on the router, then click "connect"/ok on the set-top box. (Repeat process for each TV).

Now that I've got that finished, do you think adding the mesh to the router will interfere with their pairing? From what I've read, you usually turn off the broadcast directly from the original router and just wire it to the central mesh point.
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Since it is a mesh system, it should automatically configure itself to the channel with the least interference, so you should be able to keep your existing wireless network if you would like. If not, just login to the TDS router and turn it off.
 
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I installed the tp-link Deco Mesh system yesterday and it works great. I was even able to connect the bonus room TV to the mesh network using the WPS function. We now have WiFi signal to the far end of the pool deck, the entire basement, and the upstairs playroom.

Thanks for all the help!!!

**side note: I discovered a jankety issue with the TDS cable boxes: there is not way to "factory reset" the individual boxes (I wanted to reset the default wifi connection in the basement so I could route it to the mesh instead of the main TDS router upstairs). Apparently, the only way to accomplish this is to hard reset the wireless access point, which requires you to reconfigure ALL the individual boxes. That's a pretty stupid design flaw, IMO.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Since it is a mesh system, it should automatically configure itself to the channel with the least interference, so you should be able to keep your existing wireless network if you would like. If not, just login to the TDS router and turn it off.
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I had to turn my existing router into AP mode to resolve IP conflicts w my mesh
 
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n_huffhines said:
I have bought a few extenders and this is by far the best one. It doesn't make you switch to _ext channels. It's seamless. It's also theoretically faster than ethernet.

Worth every penny

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I had this one as as well. It was awesome. Had it plugged into a nice Belkin surge protector (or so I thought). Wife had unplugged it and plugged it into the wall so she could plug her SEWING MACHINE INTO A SURGE PROTECTOR?!?!?! So yeah, a storm came a day or two later and it got zapped.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I installed the tp-link Deco Mesh system yesterday and it works great. I was even able to connect the bonus room TV to the mesh network using the WPS function. We now have WiFi signal to the far end of the pool deck, the entire basement, and the upstairs playroom.

Thanks for all the help!!!

**side note: I discovered a jankety issue with the TDS cable boxes: there is not way to "factory reset" the individual boxes (I wanted to reset the default wifi connection in the basement so I could route it to the mesh instead of the main TDS router upstairs). Apparently, the only way to accomplish this is to hard reset the wireless access point, which requires you to reconfigure ALL the individual boxes. That's a pretty stupid design flaw, IMO.
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Thanks for starting this thread. I’ve been curious about doing something similar. After reading through this, I ended up buying that same set and got it all connected yesterday. So far so good.
 
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