Wifi extenders

tmo_mike_c wrote:

You're welcome to use one of these WiFi devices but I'd be careful as their not devices we can guarantee it'll work. What T-Mobile can do is file Service Complaint with our engineering team to look into the coverage in your area for fixes and updates.

@tmo_mike_c  do you know if T-Mobile will be making TM branded Nokia Beacons available at some point to provide a native, supported mesh WiFi solution? Nokia WiFi Beacon 6 | Home WiFi | Nokia

Stephen570 wrote:

tmo_mike_c wrote:

You're welcome to use one of these WiFi devices but I'd be careful as their not devices we can guarantee it'll work. What T-Mobile can do is file Service Complaint with our engineering team to look into the coverage in your area for fixes and updates.

@tmo_mike_c  do you know if T-Mobile will be making TM branded Nokia Beacons available at some point to provide a native, supported mesh WiFi solution? Nokia WiFi Beacon 6 | Home WiFi | Nokia

That’s a great question @Stephen570 . I don't have any info if we'll get a T-Mobile branded version. With growing popularity, it's something we can look into if the demand is there and if we see this as benefit for our customers. Thanks for posting.

@tmo_mike_c 

Just looking on Facebook, instagram, and here the demand is there! T-Mobile should jump on this and capitalize. A mesh router system that's sold with the Nokia would be awesome!

The woman tech I talked to said that any Wifi extender is fine and that there’s nothing to worry about and that they strongly recommend using a Wifi extender so this information is misleading.

Would second the recommendation to use a quality Asus router connected to the TMO unit viaethernet and disabling the TMO wifi.

My first gen AC router from them can still crank 2.4g wifi to the Walmart parking lot about a block away at full power.  At half power, the 5g band hits the central mailbox 3 doors down (live in a condo complex, router is on 2nd floor).  That thing is 7 or 8 years old, and STILL running strong.

The Netgear Nighthawks have pretty solid wifi on them as well.

syaoran wrote:

Personally, i would just disable the WiFi from the T-Mobile modem and use a good router, like an Asus RT-AX86U in Access Point Mode, to have better, stronger, and faster WiFi by connecting it to the ethernet port on the modem.

I can connect the asus to the nokia but I am not sure which settings to toggle off on the TMobilw gui. I can't seem to access the Asus gui now.

Need to know which IP it is using.  Depending on the mode it is running in, it is either acting as the gateway for your devices, or as basically a switch with it's own sort of "sideline" IP addresss.

Check the network config of a device connected to find it's gateway address, and try connecting to that in a browser.

For example, on a Windows system, can open a command prompt window and run the command "ipconfig"... running "ipconfig /all" will give even more detail.

Hitting this address in a browser should prompt you for a login, either for the router or the modem, depending on how things are setup.

If it is the Asus, done and done.  If it is the TMO modem, then login to it and check the connected clients list to see what IP got assigned to the Asus and use that IP instead.

If your already getting a good to a very good signal then you don’t need one only add the WiFi extender If your getting a very poor signal otherwise just leave It alone.

I second the opinion of anyone who suggests using a mesh Wi-Fi router system. If you've got T-Mobile's home Internet then putting the gateway and Wi-Fi off mode and the routers and access point mode is going to give you the best benefit. When not using T-Mobile home Internet and perhaps using a regular cable ISP, you'll definitely get better performance with a mesh system.

Graymare wrote:

I got a tp-link AC1200 (RE300) to work in the den. The n/w names have _ext after them but it is ok for that room. The AT&T streaming tv works now. $34.99 on Amazon.

Is this connected to the cylinder Gateway or the square white LTE gateway?