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Can I get all channels on uverse app if I use wifi booster?
Basic question if I get wifi booster will it cause the tv app to only get the few channels I get away from home or will I still get everything ?
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Kong57
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11 years ago
The wifi will increase your distance in your home network that you can pick up all the home network channels. You would get the same channels that you get at 3 feet and 500 feet. You will only get what's on your home network.
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dougvb
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11 years ago
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marcindublin
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11 years ago
Last I checked, you need to be on the same WIFI network as your RG to get the full range of channels offered by the U-Verse app. If you are connected to an extender, it's a different network so you only get a subset of the channels. AT*T has constantly been fine tuning this, so I could be wrong...
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JefferMC
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11 years ago
Actually, I would expect a range extender to not interfere with the protocols required for recognition of the RG/IPTV DVR, etc necessary for the U-verse Apps to function in-home.
However, it may degrade your signal bandwidth such that streaming video is not worth it.
Range extenders act as a repeater and just repeat the signals from the base Access Point to its clients and vice versa and don't upset the protocols at the next layer up of the network stack
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Hurting2Ride
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10 years ago
If I'm wrong, I'd love to know it. We pay AT&T for their largest TV package with 7 receivers and near the top end of their bandwidth...but since our bedroom is out of range from the RG, I can't use any of the functionality that AT&T expects to be used "at home". I've tried extenders, APs, etc and unless connected directly to the RG wireless you get an error message. It someone knows how to configure a setup with hardware or some way to spoof the system, PLEASE let me know...been trying to figure this out or for AT&T to "fix" this for the last two years.
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JefferMC
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10 years ago
I have a consumer Wireless Router that I have configued as an Access Point (see post 13 in this thread). I am able to use the Remote Control functionality, stream videos in home, etc., without issue.
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