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Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System
On the new grey 5G home internet box, when you connect to its web page (typically http://192.168.12.1/), on the Overview screen, under the Devices panel, one of the items listed is "Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System", just above "Wireless" and "Ethenet". This implies a third way of networking devices (it currently says 0 connected). I have a Deco Wi-Fi 6 mesh router and was wondering if they could be interconnected by something other than an ethnet cable. Is this something that is currently implemented or is it just a planned feature for a future expansion?
On their product page (https://www.t-mobile.com/isp/gateway) where it lists device features, it also says “Mesh expandable Yes”, but I haven’t found any details about this in the documentation.
Wow, that's too bad. It would be helpful to know those links. Anyway you can post us a way to search by text string that will get us there?
OK in coded message then.
If you search for the same maker of the gateway, and then beacon 6 on that famous search engine you should see it in the first few results.
I have done some extensive research and seems these are the ones. To bad they are only in testing and cannot be purchased as yet.
I spent a lot of time looking for the best location to place my TM Gateway in my house so I could us it alone and so it would cover my 5000 sq ft two sorry L shaped house. Smack dab in the middle is the best. Only perfect near the middle, and the signal tapers off at the ends of the house. Even so, speeds are acceptable every where in my house. The best solution will be when Nokia makes a wireless mesh extender for the gateway. I look forward to that.
MisterK wrote:
I spent a lot of time looking for the best location to place my TM Gateway in my house so I could us it alone and so it would cover my 5000 sq ft two sorry L shaped house. Smack dab in the middle is the best. Only perfect near the middle, and the signal tapers off at the ends of the house. Even so, speeds are acceptable every where in my house. The best solution will be when Nokia makes a wireless mesh extender for the gateway. I look forward to that.
Yea maybe I will play moving it around once it comes but I have never found a single unit that would cover 6500sf 2 story colonial style house. The L shape I would think provides some advantage for single placement. No matter where I place a single unit there is a dead spot somewhere in the house. If I go for the center 1st fl it works the best overall but each end on the second fl is not really covered nore the driveway for the cars. The mesh system seems to be the only thing that really works and works well for every spot of my home. Funny thing is distance does not seem to be the issue walls seem to cause the most loss of signal. I do hope the mess units come out as a single package without the double NAT would be best I think.
I wanted to update my post regarding double nat. I just got off of a very long tmo tech support call with a knowledgeable tech, who informed me that the 1.2003.03.0178 firmware resolved the double nat issue.
Based upon this information I unpacked my Google mesh wifi and installed it. Thus far I've had no connection issues, testing out all my video subscriptions, Nest camera feeds, etc.
The tmo trashcan is still at 192.168.12.1 and is reachable from my macbook connected to the Google mesh network with a 192.168.86.xx address, with router & DNS both at 86.1.
007BondMI6, can you check your firmware and also find out if you are still truly double nat?
bradisa wrote:
I wanted to update my post regarding double nat. I just got off of a very long tmo tech support call with a knowledgeable tech, who informed me that the 1.2003.03.0178 firmware resolved the double nat issue.
Based upon this information I unpacked my Google mesh wifi and installed it. Thus far I've had no connection issues, testing out all my video subscriptions, Nest camera feeds, etc.
The tmo trashcan is still at 192.168.12.1 and is reachable from my macbook connected to the Google mesh network with a 192.168.86.xx address, with router & DNS both at 86.1.
007BondMI6, can you check your firmware and also find out if you are still truly double nat?
I will check tomorrow when I get home.
1.2003.03.0168
Well, if you're having issues with double nat (actually, even if you aren't), I'd put a call into tech support and get your firmware updated. The number they gave me to bypass all those irritating menus is 844-275-9310.
¡Buena suerte!
So on phone with them now they say there is a bug in 0178 that VPN’s don't work.
Bad news. First I was told a new firmware is rollingling out to fix the issues with 0178 but she says they cannot push it that I have to wait about a week for it to come.
She was nice and helped me actually find a good line of site to the tower that I am connected to.
So I of course had to unplug the unit to move it and now I am stuck in an endless boot. I see the T then dot dot dot then dot dot dot then reboot over and over. I have tried reseting it with the button holding it nothing works same issue. Removed the SIM reseated noting same issue.
Called support spent a while finally they tell me I need an exchange they cant help I have to be transferred then I got disconnected. Now again waiting for someone to call me so I can get a replacement unit setup.
I guess it’s a good thing I have not ditched Comcast yet or I would be totally stuck.
