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Genie 2 installation
I am moving to a new construction home that will have incoming coax from outside for satellite and internet. These lines will go to a distribution box which connects to the rooms in the house. If a genie 2 is installed with a wired system, how does that work? Does the genie 2 go at the distribution panel or can it be centrally located in the family room? How would it work if I had both wired and wireless clients? Would the wired clients be able to access the DVR of the genie 2?
Thanks for any help. I’m trying to get a good understanding if this so I can make sure the right prewiring is done.
Juniper
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5 years ago
If you don't already have a Genie-2 (HS17), do NOT get it as it is a restrictive system only allowing Clients which hard caps capability. Plus it means a single point of failure for the entire setup.
Install coax to every location that will have a TV, and one extra for where the Genie-2 is located (as unlike a traditional receiver or client it doesn't go on a TV). DirecTV supports RG6 solid coper core and each box should be within 150 feet of coax length from the dish.
As a note your internet and DirecTV will use separate coax as DirecTV is not an internet provider so is not designed to filter the internet that comes from outside the home before it gets to your router.
The max range of a wireless Client is 80 feet to the wireless video bridge (WVB), be it the built-in one of the Genie-2 or an external on the setup. As walls and other devices can affect the signal decreasing the range, wired is still preferred over wireless.
If you use On Demand, consider having the Genie-2 (or regular Genie) near your router to have a wired connection to internet.
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