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Monday, June 5th, 2023 3:16 PM

USB WIFI Booster

Will a USB Booster also help boost the power of a DirecTV Box?  Our LG TV keeps cutting out and we miss all or parts of every program.

ACE - Sage

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1 year ago

No. DirecTV boxes don’t support that. 

Give us more info and maybe we can help. What exactly is cutting out? What equipment model do you have? When did the problem start? What troubleshooting have you tried? 

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1 year ago

litzdog911

The equipment I have is a small AT&T WIFI box, a DirecTV Stream Device, Model C71KW-400, and an AC Adapter - ESP10R4-16.  The router is in the resort lodge, which is about 350 feet away but we get good computer signal.  You say that a WIFI booster or extender would not help.  Is there anything that would?  It's worse this year than last.  I have reset the box numerous times. both the 10 second and the hard reset.  It may work for awhile but then starts to cut out again and we get the apology message.  Please advise.

ACE - Sage

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1 year ago

A WiFi booster might help. You just can't plug it into the DirecTV box. You'll need a WiFi signal amplifier at the router to boost the signal to the DirecTV box's location. 350 feet will likely require a WiFi booster with a directional antenna. 

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