Hi @Vik2. No, the wireless devices have a maximum range of no further than 80 feet apart, and several factors can impact the maximum distance possible. Walls and other barriers can degrade the signal, and concrete, brick, stone, or other high-density materials can limit the range of the wireless signal.

?So you are sure a wi-fi repeater could not do this? (you'd need power of course)

Or you could get a moca repeater maybe... although that takes a bit more knowledge.

Maybe lay some coax... get the WVB to get 80 feet, then see how much more you can get from coax length....

Get an electrical engineer buddy... how far are you trying to go?

Greg

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No, the WVB and the minis setup their own network that no other devices can use.

Yes, you have to run coax from the SWM splitter to the WVB the closer the better.

How do you know the WVB is incompatible with repeaters? Have you tried? You do know it runs standard Wi-Fi 5GHz, with a separate IP range?

A smart guy can do a lot. Remember the guy who got the password to log into his WVB "home page" with a browser?

Not everyone would have the networking expertiese to understand this, that is why I said get a smart engineer friend.

I've already used a wi-fi repeater into my Gemini to get more than the paltry 40 megabit it's wifi is limited to (wifi to ethernet repeater).

So, yes not for everyone, but I believe you are stating "facts" which are not only not true, but you have not experienced.

Greg

@gregeusa 

Perhaps you can share with others how it's done?

So, exactly:

I puchased a couple of wifi to ethernet "repeaters" to increase the speed to the Gemini.

The Gemini is limited to 40 megabits/sec on 2.4 gig (the old firmware let you connect 5gig). That is marginal for 4k movies.. for example it would not stream Dune 2, and the Plex server is in my house...

The repeater let me get to 96 megabits/second by feeding the Ethernet port.

Unfortunately, the system does not like this a lot and interrupts the 5 gig wifi from my Genie 2 tower.

I'm working on a workaround so I don't have to disconnect this bridge to get the server back. It's weird, but it happens.

I also used a 5 gig wifi to ethernet repeater, but same thing, so perhaps it is a routing issue. 

The best solution for the Gemini is hardwired, even though it only has a 100 megabit Ethernet port.

The repeaters used were from Amazon:

BrosTrend AC1200 WiFi to Ethernet Adapter

VONETS VAP11G-300 WiFi Bridge 2.4GHz

both worked...

I suspect making an extender for the WVB would be even easier, but I have no need now, so again, if someone was in need, they should get their local "computer buddy" who understands WI-FI...

The SSID of the WVB "network" is easily found with any of the cell phone apps that scan wifi.

The ip address is easily found by the menu system and/or looking at the connected devices in your router.

Again, it's also worth trying a long coax from the wvb to the client... so you get 80 feet from the Genie 2, and then see if you can make up the rest with a piece of coax.

Anyway the point was that there's many ways and ideas, but to just come out and say it's impossible is what I am arguing with you about....

Your statement:

DirecTV system was set proprietary so does not allow, or is incompatible if your prefer, with repeaters and the like. The WVB, whether built-in or the external, must connect to the Client directly.

is clearly not true, and this is similar to another argument I got into when first joined, that the MoCA that is used on the coax is also proprietary...  and it isn't...

I'm not saying the average Joe can experiment and make it work, but just stop the assertions that DTV has some magic voodoo that they invented over Ethernet, or coax or wifi...

Greg

I guess you missed my point.

You stated something as fact when it's only something you heard.

That's my objection. Many times on this forum the "experts" state things as fact when they are just passing along someone else's opinion, or nothing more than an assumption.

If I had not been called on the mat several times over this same situation I would say nothing.

But it's just more of the same, and I already gave examples of this. You can call me snarky or whatever you want, but the facts stand for themselves.

Greg

(a nicer way would have been: oh, I was not aware you could do such and such, or how does that work?)