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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #40 on: April 03, 2017, 12:59:05 AM »
That's amazing! That would work great for his PC, what about his cell phone is there anyway to actually pull the wifi deep into the basement where he can have the wifi work for his phone?
Not directly, but he can set up the laptop to share its WiFi connection through a mobile hotspot (in Windows 10 it's a simple setting, in older windows you need a software or command line commands and it might get somewhat complicated.)

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #41 on: April 03, 2017, 01:02:55 AM »
Not directly, but he can set up the laptop to share its WiFi connection through a mobile hotspot (in Windows 10 it's a simple setting, in older windows you need a software or command line commands and it might get somewhat complicated.)
You would be able to use the optimum wifi and then take that and turn your pc into a mobile Hotspot while giving off the optimum wifi?
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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #42 on: April 03, 2017, 01:04:02 AM »
You would be able to use the optimum wifi and then take that and turn your pc into a mobile Hotspot while giving off the optimum wifi?
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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #43 on: April 03, 2017, 01:06:20 AM »
Would you know if T-mobile gives out a data extender box which would help boost the signal? (or a signal booster if that's what it's called?)
I'm not personally familiar with tmobile, but IIRC this is one of the benefits they announced a while ago as part of the "uncarrier" announcements.

A search brings me this https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-24795. I guess he shall give them a call.

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #44 on: April 03, 2017, 01:08:00 AM »
Yes.
I will definitely tell him to try the steps you told me and see what happens and report back here! I really appreciate your time and help!
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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #45 on: April 03, 2017, 11:38:01 AM »
If he only uses one PC I'd go with a long-range antenna or his PC. Something like this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0038Q4AIG/
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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #46 on: April 03, 2017, 01:21:11 PM »
I'm not personally familiar with tmobile, but IIRC this is one of the benefits they announced a while ago as part of the "uncarrier" announcements.

A search brings me this https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-24795. I guess he shall give them a call.
Actually got a hold of a twitter rep last night and spoke with them, explaining the problem, he told me the service in that whole area is very week and this week there working on adding some towers, and should the coverage not work after that or should things get delayed I will try to get you a signal extender(booster). Time will tell.. but for the laptop thanks though! 
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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #47 on: April 03, 2017, 10:47:04 PM »
There's no real setup to do (except at some PCs installing the drivers that come on a disk). This isn't an extender for the WiFi but a new WiFi card for his laptop which is long range and can pick up signals farther away.

You just plug it in to the USB port on the computer and it shows up as WiFi 2 under which you'll find all the networks it finds just like the normal WiFi connection of the PC.
That's great. What if the laptop was registered with optimum to automatically login would it still be registered? I know with a WiFi extender it's not. Also if it does stay registered and you make the laptop into a hotspot would any device that I connect to that also be as if its registered?

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #48 on: April 03, 2017, 10:58:33 PM »
Actually got a hold of a twitter rep last night and spoke with them, explaining the problem, he told me the service in that whole area is very week and this week there working on adding some towers, and should the coverage not work after that or should things get delayed I will try to get you a signal extender(booster). Time will tell.. but for the laptop thanks though!
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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #49 on: April 14, 2017, 07:10:17 PM »
That's great. What if the laptop was registered with optimum to automatically login would it still be registered? I know with a WiFi extender it's not. Also if it does stay registered and you make the laptop into a hotspot would any device that I connect to that also be as if its registered?
a registered laptop can be used as a hotspot to share that connection to other devices. (range would be its own issue)

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #50 on: April 23, 2017, 06:01:05 PM »
I'm trying this setup for a backup network in my apartment, the issue is the dd-wrt setup keeps losing the wan ip for some reason. Any ideas?
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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #51 on: May 18, 2017, 10:52:49 PM »
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Can someone recommend a cheap extender that'll extend the optimum signal? Possibly one that can be turned into my own network that one day I can add a obi...

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #52 on: June 05, 2017, 06:06:48 AM »
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Can someone recommend a cheap extender that'll extend the optimum signal? Possibly one that can be turned into my own network that one day I can add a obi...

I've added an obi to optimum WiFi without an extender.

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #53 on: June 05, 2017, 07:07:29 AM »
I've added an obi to optimum WiFi without an extender.
That's with obi+wifi? I need the wifi signal to go further anyways so it doesn't completely help..

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #55 on: June 13, 2017, 10:23:18 PM »
I have a extender (TP-Link AC1200 Dual band wifi range extender) that's connected to a optimumwifi and my devices are connecting to the extender but can't seem to get Internet actually working... how do I sign in to optimum?

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #56 on: June 13, 2017, 10:30:46 PM »
I have a extender (TP-Link AC1200 Dual band wifi range extender) that's connected to a optimumwifi and my devices are connecting to the extender but can't seem to get Internet actually working... how do I sign in to optimum?
Probably no way to sign in manually. You'll need to add the extender's MAC address to the account for auto sign-in. And even then I'm not sure it will work.

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #57 on: June 13, 2017, 10:56:13 PM »
I've all but given up on various wireless routers.

I recently installed a Ubiquity Wireless Access Point (Unifi AP-AC LR) which I picked up at Micro Center for under $100 and I get much better coverage and no drops.
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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #58 on: June 13, 2017, 11:03:18 PM »
I've all but given up on various wireless routers.

I recently installed a Ubiquity Wireless Access Point (Unifi AP-AC LR) which I picked up at Micro Center for under $100 and I get much better coverage and no drops.
Ubiquity is certainly a beast.

(Are you referring to the Optimum Public WiFi conversation? If yes, how would you get the Ubiquity to work with it?)

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #59 on: June 13, 2017, 11:09:00 PM »
Ubiquity is certainly a beast.

(Are you referring to the Optimum Public WiFi conversation? If yes, how would you get the Ubiquity to work with it?)
Not talking about public WiFi.

I guess if you wanted to use that you'd set up a DD-WRT router as a wifi client on optimumwifi and connect the Ubiquity AP to it using CAT5.
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