wifi extender

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  1. Pasta88

    Pasta88 MDL Expert

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    Hi,

    All my tvs' are connected to wifi. On the one I use mostly the connection drops causing a black screen instead of what I am viewing. After talking to verizon, they said I should reboot my router every 2 to 3 weeks to help resolve it. Also, they mentioned getting a wifi extender would help it without having to reboot my router.

    Which method do you think would work better to solve my issue?

    TIA
     
  2. billmcct

    billmcct MDL Member

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    I have a timer connected to my router. It reboots the router every morning at 4:30 am.
     
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  3. sml156

    sml156 MDL Member

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    So they know that there is a serious problem with their equipment and will not replace or fix it. Tell them your routers borked and you need a newer model they probable have more than one model and you got a old one thats way past it End Of Life date

    Get your own router and put their router in bypass mode, Turn off their WiFi if you go this route

    I would not buy a extender from what I hear they are usually not as good as a router or as a WiFi extender they have cheap radio's (read it on the openwrt forum) buy a real router and for bonus points get one that you can flash alternate firmware onto it I just bought a flint 2 mt6000 and flashed openwrt and could not be happier. Most routers can act as a Wifi extender but you really have to check if it's able to be a client some don't so do your homework

    WiFi 7 routers are faily expensive right now so I went with wifi 6 I am not going to get any wifi 7 devices for a couple of years from now and there is no point in getting 7 because by the time I get wifi 7 device the routers will probably half as much in the future
     
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  4. Pasta88

    Pasta88 MDL Expert

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    How did you set it up to do that plz?
     
  5. Pasta88

    Pasta88 MDL Expert

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    I am going to try a free wifi extender at verizon's expense.
     
  6. sml156

    sml156 MDL Member

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    LOL your so funny. I hope it has the option to use a LAN cable:clap:
     
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  7. Pasta88

    Pasta88 MDL Expert

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    They are paying for it so what do i care if i try it for free. If not, I will use a lan cable as there is that option.
     
  8. billmcct

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