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AT&T Smart Wi-Fi Extender - AirTies 4920

AirTies.pngAccessing your Wi-Fi in every part of your house is no longer a problem with the The AirTies 4920!  The AT&T Smart Wi-Fi Extender helps get a wireless signal to more areas of your home, giving you a better Wi-Fi experience to do what you want, where you want. 

 

Interested? Order the AT&T Smart Wi-Fi Extender Now! Wondering how it works? Check out our information below! 

 

How it Works

The AirTies connects to a compatible modem, 5268AC or BGW210, and expands the range of your Wi-Fi connection through all areas in your home using Band Steering. Wondering what Band Steering is? We have you covered, just read below! 

 

What is band steering?

Band Steering is a technology that detects devices capable of the 5GHz and 'steers' them to that frequency, leaving the more congested 2.4GHz band and joining the higher capacity 5GHz band.
In a standard environment, most devices just connect to the optimal connection at the time, and stay on that connection. With band steering, compatible devices connect to the frequency providing the highest speed and best connection which minimizes network congestion and frees up the air waves, giving you the fastest connection available.The network name and password must match on the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz network.

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What is needed for band steering to work?

  • An AT&T compatible gateway:
    • BGW210
    • 5268AC
  • Single SSID: The SSID name, security type, and settings must match on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz connection

Reasons to use band steering

  • Forces connection over to the less congested 5GHz network. 2.4GHz connection is the primary band for most older devices
  • Faster connections over the 5GHz connection
  • 5GHz offers wider, non-overlapping channels

Things to Know

  • Band Steering is like adding a fast lane for your Wi-Fi devices
  • New customers 12Mbps and higher will have this capability upon release
  • Requires Gateways from AT&T models 5268AC or BGW210
  • No action required by customer, the upgrade will occur automatically
  • AT&T’s fastest Wi-Fi network allows you to stream, download and surf on your favorite devices at the same time, worry free. As your internet needs evolve to include more devices, computers and smart appliances in the future, so will the AT&T network.

 

David, AT&T Community Specialist 

*I am an AT&T employee, and the postings on this site are my own and don't necessarily represent AT&T's position, strategies or opinions.

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Community Support

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6.7K Messages

7 years ago

Find out more about their product on their webpage. Visit the AT&T store to shop the AirTies 4920.

 

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2 Messages

7 years ago

where can I get 2 of these

 

Mentor

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58 Messages

7 years ago

Where can we buy them?

Contributor

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1 Message

6 years ago

Is this available only to residential uverse customers?

Tutor

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6 Messages

6 years ago

When was this implemented in the Nashville TN area?

If it was recent, could it be the cause of a problem I am having?  The problem is my phone can no longer communicate with two devices.  I found that the phone is using 2.4 GHz but the two devices are on the 5 GHz band.  Could that be the problem?

Scholar

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162 Messages

6 years ago

Any official news on when these will be offered for sale? It's been about 6 months now, and this forum post is nearly the only mention of this Wi-Fi extender AT&T will be selling themselves. I did manage to find a little bit more info though I thought I'd share for anyone considering trying one of these out.

 

I found more info on AT&T's site by googling "AT&T Airties" one of the first results is a PDF of self install instructions for the "AT&T Wi-Fi Extender" . Which as you can see by the picture of "Whats in the box" it is the AirTies 4920, it will just be branded as the "AT&T Wi-Fi Extender". It's safe to say now that you will be able to get these from AT&T's website. My guess is it will be a optional monthly add on, like 5 bucks a month. but the question remains when. My guess is early next year because the necessary firmware versions for the 5268 and BGW-210 that make them ready to pair with the Airties extender have been rolling out in large waves the past few weeks.

Tutor

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6 years ago

I had a problem with the band steering ATT modem. It was driving me nuts with slow speeds. FInally, an ATT repair guy, working with his supervisor, figured it out. We logged into the router. There, we changed the name of the 5 Ghz network name to be different from the 2.4 Ghz network. I then saved the settings and the router rebooted. I then connected to the new wifi name. This forced the Wifi to the 5 Ghz network. Problem solved.

 

So now I have two wifi networks to choose from when I connect a wifi device for the first time. I called one "myWifi2-4" and "myWifi5". I connect to the "myWifi5" for laptops and phones. This is the 5 Ghz band. However, for things like smart TVs and other household internet devices, I use the 2.4 Ghz Wifi.

 

The tech told me that a smart TV should be on the 2.4 Ghz network but my laptops and all other devices should be on the 5 Ghz network. It appears the band steering technology does not work so well.

 

  

Scholar

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162 Messages

6 years ago

For anyone wondering these are available from AT&T now. You can order them from AT&T right now ( <-- link to product page) for $35. When added to the cart its $99 with "online discount" removing $64.01 for a total of $37.79 with tax based on my zip code. Requires a Pace 5268AC or BGW 210 gateway.

 

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ACE - Professor

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5.2K Messages

6 years ago

Looks like at AT&T is deprecating the NVG 599...

ACE - Expert

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34.6K Messages

6 years ago

Looks like the NVG589/NVG599 don't work with this product.  Techs will probably continue to install NVG5x9 gateways from their stock on hand when the situation doesn't require the 5268 or BGW.

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