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   Re: advice sought - improve wi-fi connec   
   24 Dec 16 13:07:47   
   
   From: Sh@dow.br   
      
   On Wed, 21 Dec 2016 08:12:28 -0600, Char Jackson    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Tue, 20 Dec 2016 23:57:06 -0000 (UTC), "Yes"   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>Winston wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Is it a modem+router, or just a router?   
   >>>   
   >>AT&T said the Gateway Router I have was a modem router combo and that   
   >>the wi-fi was 2.4 GHz.  They did not provide more details than that.   
   >   
   >Unfortunately, it's apparently located in an area of the house that you   
   >don't have access to. That puts you at a disadvantage.   
      
   	My mind boggles when I think of all the possibilities of where   
   they installed it.   
   	I suppose the tech guys don't have access to it, which is why   
   they can't check it.   
   	;)   
   	[]'s   
   >   
   >>The only other comment made was that it would be a 50-50 chance whether   
   >>a third-party wi-fi router, if I hooked it up to the Gateway Router,   
   >>would work.   
   >   
   >If you can't find the device to read its label, you won't be able to   
   >find it to connect anything to it. If you were able to find it, however,   
   >you could connect a third party WiFi router to it and it would work.   
   >Worst case, you'd have two routers in the path, which is not ideal but   
   >also not fatal, and best case you could put the at&t router into bridge   
   >mode and have a single router in the path.   
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