Boondock Saint
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Hello all,
I've been searching through the wifi chats on various boards, would still like to revisit my requirements and know what the best options are.
Does anyone know by what means I could access the Xfinity mesh of hotspots and connect / authenticate with my account?
Secondly, I have a Netgear WiFi router w 4 1GB lan ports and I would still like to use this. Obviously I can't provide an internet path to it via cable modem, but it does have 2.4 and 5gz so I might could use a DD-WRT AutoAP repeater type setup to connect to xfinity or open signals on one of the bands then NET on the other band for a home network.
I'm not really interested in paying for cell coverage but would consider this as a BU plan.
Most of the WiFi boosters and antenna things offered use a USB input to a single device and I would rather try to put that signal in to my Netgear router for multiple devices and wifi rebroadcast.
Bottom line - I'm looking for a way to use an external antenna to grep wifi long range and use free or paid internet in order to reliably work from home. If you are actually DOING THIS I'm very interested in your equipment and service. This is time sensitive and I need to test some solutions in the next week.
Please let me know about your successes or PM me if you don't want to state publicly.
Thanks in advance!
I've been searching through the wifi chats on various boards, would still like to revisit my requirements and know what the best options are.
Does anyone know by what means I could access the Xfinity mesh of hotspots and connect / authenticate with my account?
Secondly, I have a Netgear WiFi router w 4 1GB lan ports and I would still like to use this. Obviously I can't provide an internet path to it via cable modem, but it does have 2.4 and 5gz so I might could use a DD-WRT AutoAP repeater type setup to connect to xfinity or open signals on one of the bands then NET on the other band for a home network.
I'm not really interested in paying for cell coverage but would consider this as a BU plan.
Most of the WiFi boosters and antenna things offered use a USB input to a single device and I would rather try to put that signal in to my Netgear router for multiple devices and wifi rebroadcast.
Bottom line - I'm looking for a way to use an external antenna to grep wifi long range and use free or paid internet in order to reliably work from home. If you are actually DOING THIS I'm very interested in your equipment and service. This is time sensitive and I need to test some solutions in the next week.
Please let me know about your successes or PM me if you don't want to state publicly.
Thanks in advance!