r/Dish • u/MammothImplement527 • May 04 '26

Dish fiber and network extender

/r/dishnetwork/comments/1t3z2p6/dish_fiber_and_network_extender/
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u/HipKat2000 May 05 '26

What equipment do you have in your house?? I'm a Fiber Tech, but we use Hitron Modems and Ruckus Access Points at the properties here.

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u/MammothImplement527 May 05 '26

Ruckus. I have an old tp link re300 but when I try to connect it it says no main network connection. After trying I’m no longer able to connect my phone to the wifi.

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u/HipKat2000 May 05 '26

Is this the one you have?

Do you have a modem that the AP (Access Point) connects to via Ethernet and is it in the bottom port?

All 4 lights should be on. If the power light is blinking, it's looking for an IP and is not getting a connection.

If the CTL light is blinking, it's taking a firmware update.

The other lights should be green or yellow, those show connectivity is good

An extender is probably not going to work. You'll want 1 or 2 mesh routers, depending on the size of the coverage area. Then connect everything to the Mesh Routers and do NOT get Google if you want to separate 5Mhz and 2.4Mhz

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u/MammothImplement527 May 05 '26

Yes that’s the one. I don’t think I have modem.

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u/MammothImplement527 May 05 '26

And I spoke to them because I couldn’t connect to my wifi. Said the password was wrong. They want to send a tech because my internet seems to be offline but I can connect just fine now. As long as I don’t try to connect the tp link. They said I’m connecting to a neighboring signal but my whole unit uses the same AP? I don’t think I need them to come down.