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GailWasiskiMile's avatar
GailWasiskiMile
Sophomore
8 years ago

Connecting to wifi on Gen 5 Ht2000w modem

Just had the new Gen 5 router installed yesterday.  The technician chose to just connect my other wifi router to the new modem.  I was trying to access the wifi on the gen5 router from my ipad, but i...
  • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
    C0RR0SIVE
    8 years ago

    GailWasiskiMile,

    If you look at the back of the HT2000W, you will see a sticker that lists the name of both Wifi networks on your modem, as well as the passwords for each network.  Have you tried using that information to connect?

    It's also possible that the technician disabled the HT2000W wifi since you had a system available...  Having two wireless devices present with in the same area can cause signal conflicts.  If the radios are disabled, you can re-enable them by following the following instructions.

    1: Go to http://systemcontrolcenter.com OR http://192.168.0.1
    2: Click on Wifi Settings

    3: You will need to enter the password, by default it is    admin
    4: Click on each wifi setting and make sure the SSID Enable is checked to enable the radio, then click save settings.



    Thanks,
    C0RR0SIVE

C0RR0SIVE's avatar
C0RR0SIVE
Associate Professor

Nope, you're right, but, 5Ghz drops of very fast going through walls in most cases.

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monicakm
Senior
8 years ago
C0RR0SIVE wrote:

Nope, you're right, but, 5Ghz drops of very fast going through walls in most cases.

And that's where a wifi range extender comes in handy. 

I am 16 feet from the plug-in style extender and taking a reading of one of my Echo Dots when I took

these before and after readings.  The extender is 30 feet from the router.  This is a 2.4GHz.ext reading (I was testing

my Echo Dots) but the 5GHz.ext readings are still in the upper end of the green section.  My computer is right next

to my router so it's on the original 5GHz (vs the 5GHz.ext) band).  One of the Dots is closer to the router than the

other two so it's on the original 2.4GHz band whereas the other two Dots in the other end of the house are on

2.4GHz.ext.  My tablet is usally in the other end of the house as well so it's on 5GHz.ext.  We mostly use mobile

data for our phones.

 

Hummm, how do you embed photos here?

 

Without the extender

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With the extender

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