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Sunday, August 17th, 2014 3:45 AM

Remove Extra Receiver and the superfluous AP

This is a very... different question.

 

For starters, I have a wired DVR unit in my closet because my apartment is wired for comcaevil service preferentially.  I only use it for the DVR service.  I however, have to pay $8 a month for an extra receiver and $7 a month for an extra Access Point.  This is 100% REDICULOUS! I was told that I would not get charged for the extra receiver either... but that's another matter.

 

So, I bought a wifi extender which translates the wifi signal to ethernet.  It's a gigabit ethernet out, for whatever that matters.  It is the Cisco R2500 (b/g/n with 300 mbps speed), I have the NVG589 model modem.  It is supposed to be a 300 modem, so I *should* have extra speed from the wifi extension, no bottleneck there.

 

I tried it, it starts playing Uverse TV, then 10-15 seconds it stops.  I am guessing there is a proprietary "is this ATT uverse stuff" check that it is failing.

 

Is there a way to do get rid of the extra DVR box and extra AP?  I would have to run about 50 feet of ethernet, so I'd LOVE to get this done wirelessly.

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34.6K Messages

10 years ago

@dmdukes ,

 

U-verse IPTV primarily uses Multicast with the IGMP v3 protocol to manage subscriptions to the multicast streams.  Unless your network hardware supports that flawlessly, you're going to have a mess, and most consumer routers do not.   There are a few consumer routers now that claim to handle IPTV and IGMP v3, but I've not tried one myself, do not know if "handle" means an attempt to handle them wirelessly and I have no knowledge of anyone who has used them successfully with even a wired STB.

Another possible idea would be to connect your RG and DVR via a pair of 200 Mbps or higher powerline Ethernet adapters.

 

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20.4K Messages

10 years ago

Contact ATT Uverse Care here:
https://forums.att.com/t5/notes/privatenotespage/tab/compose/note-to-user-id/2365485

Send them a private message, on this link, and they should be able to give the help needed to solve your Uverse service problems. They are available M-F 8am-11pm Eastern time, response may take up to 2 business days.

This is not the regular CS/TS people, but the social media Community Specialists that know the people to contact to get things done. I personally know as they've helped me on a DVR swap.

Include your account#, email address and a good phone # (land or cell) and time to contact you on.

Check for the blue PM envelope to appear, upper right on every page, for their reply. Good luck 😉

 

Chris

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Teacher

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8 Messages

10 years ago

Yup, only one TV. I am thinking of getting two routers and bridge and try that.  The E2500 wifi extender doesn't work. 

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8 Messages

10 years ago

I knew I should have gotten comcaevil.

 

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8 Messages

10 years ago

Thank you JefferMC!

 

That is the information I was looking for!  Now to tell my brother about it, he's the one keen on a bridge.  The extra equipment is bugging me.  I'm ALWAYS getting rid of superfluous items.  Thanks again sir!
 
Btw, I live in an apartment and have no way of telling how many junctions in the power distribution network, so... that's out.

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8 Messages

10 years ago

I downloaded ddrt and flashed it onto one of my spare routers, it is on IGMP v1, but it seems to let the DVR through.  I need to get a v3 router and I will try that.  I'm going to add that to my project list in the next year or so.  Thanks again Jeff!

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