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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #120 on: December 03, 2017, 02:51:26 PM »
Antenna?
Is that something I can just buy to bring the wifi closer to my house even though I don't pay for optimum?

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #121 on: December 03, 2017, 05:25:41 PM »
Is that something I can just buy to bring the wifi closer to my house even though I don't pay for optimum?
all you need is an optimum code/ login.
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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #122 on: December 03, 2017, 07:34:04 PM »
all you need is an optimum code/ login.
I have that. But due to the new 5.8 it's not getting into my home as it used to only a little outside. My question is if there is any way to bring it closer?

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #123 on: December 03, 2017, 08:40:28 PM »

I have that. But due to the new 5.8 it's not getting into my home as it used to only a little outside. My question is if there is any way to bring it closer?

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 #124 on: December 03, 2017, 09:46:47 PM »

Thanks. Is there any way to get the wifi on more than one device?

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #125 on: December 03, 2017, 10:02:01 PM »
Thanks. Is there any way to get the wifi on more than one device?
As mentioned above you can make your laptop into a hotspot..

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #126 on: December 03, 2017, 10:25:22 PM »
As mentioned above you can make your laptop into a hotspot..
Will the long range antenna make my laptop work with 5.8?

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #127 on: December 03, 2017, 10:28:07 PM »
Will the long range antenna make my laptop work with 5.8?
If the issue is that the 5.8 is out of range then it definitly should, even if your laptop generally can't connect to 5.8 the antenna should also do the trick being that it's like a new wifi card.. this is all assuming the antenna can connect to 5.8...

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #128 on: December 04, 2017, 12:03:25 AM »
If the issue is that the 5.8 is out of range then it definitly should, even if your laptop generally can't connect to 5.8 the antenna should also do the trick being that it's like a new wifi card.. this is all assuming the antenna can connect to 5.8...
The aforementioned Alfa antenna that I linked is only 2.4, so make sure to buy one that does have 5. There are some from Alfa.

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #129 on: December 04, 2017, 12:26:00 AM »
As mentioned above you can make your laptop into a hotspot..

How can I turn my laptop into a hotspot ?
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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #130 on: December 04, 2017, 12:44:12 AM »
How can I turn my laptop into a hotspot ?
Windows 10 (latest versions) has a Mobile Hotspot feature, look for it in settings. For older Windows, there are software to do it.

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #131 on: December 04, 2017, 01:33:37 PM »
Thanks. Is there any way to get the wifi on more than one device?
for some reason now optimum works amazing through my netgear extender....

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #132 on: December 04, 2017, 01:47:49 PM »
for some reason now optimum works amazing through my netgear extender....
but when i go to the deals thread i get "The requested URL /web_login.html was not found on this server." why??

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #133 on: December 04, 2017, 02:53:09 PM »
for some reason now optimum works amazing through my netgear extender....
how was it before? Didn't work, or low speed?

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #134 on: December 04, 2017, 03:37:02 PM »
how was it before? Didn't work, or low speed?
before 5.8 it was slower... the with 5.8 it stopped working and now it works very well

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #135 on: December 04, 2017, 05:08:31 PM »
before 5.8 it was slower... the with 5.8 it stopped working and now it works very well
Probably because way less people using it.

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #136 on: December 05, 2017, 06:04:08 PM »
but when i go to the deals thread i get "The requested URL /web_login.html was not found on this server." why??
anyone know why now that i get optimum wifi through a netgear extender, i cant access some websites but most websites i can??

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #137 on: December 06, 2017, 01:33:40 PM »
I thought I'd share I finally got one of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01LW442N4?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd
And what do you know those lost wifi signals are back!! Getting 4 bars better than before maybe cause there's a small
antenna.. however not as fast like I hoped maybe cause it's been a while since my computer had internet updating stuff...and my computer recognized it immediately just had to click by the wifi settings "wifi 2"
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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #138 on: December 07, 2017, 06:49:01 PM »
Anyone else notice optimum hotspots in residential areas in nj seem to have changed bands from 2.4g to 5.8 my house which always had a hot spot disappeared and I heard from others saw online the same... My Nexus phone seems to pick it up I guess it's 5.8 compatible...buying a dual adapter for my computer hope that works...
My friend got a dual-band adapter and it works fine. Thanks for the heads up.

Here is it in their own words:
https://twitter.com/FarvusNisht1/status/937662809302798336
https://twitter.com/OptimumHelp/status/938002469510098944
https://twitter.com/OptimumHelp/status/938206972591116288

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Re: Wifi Extender for Optimum Wifi?
« Reply #139 on: December 09, 2017, 11:09:25 PM »
My friend got a dual-band adapter and it works fine. Thanks for the heads up.
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