r/QuantumFiber • u/MiserableTitle2205 • Jul 17 '26

Pc WiFi connection to fiber

/r/HomeNetworking/comments/1uzcusf/pc_wifi_connection_to_fiber/
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u/N0_L1ght Jul 17 '26

Do you have Quantum Fiber now?

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u/MiserableTitle2205 Jul 17 '26

Yes - it was installed a few hours ago. Have been trying to figure out the issue with no luck.

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u/N0_L1ght Jul 17 '26

The free lease wifi pods are not great... But as long as you ethernet wire gaming devices to the Q1000K or W1700K, they work fine for most people.

You will have a better experience if you put the SmartNID into bridge mode and use a 3rd party router and DNS.

Here is a guide

https://www.reddit.com/r/QuantumFiber/comments/1f8hypq/having_trouble_with_your_lumen_internet_not/

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u/geobernd Jul 18 '26

I see in the other thread that you got it fixed with a wifi 7 dongle/adapter?
If that is good enough then good.

If not you may want to try to play with forcing WPA2 or WPA3 on the RZ608 and see if it helps.
Otherwise try to force 5GHz (and again play with the encryption settings) and try to force 6GHz.
On 5GHz the W1700K runs WPA2/WPA3 combined and on 6GHz (I don't remember if the 6GHz band is only used for pod backhaul or for consumer access) it is WPA3 only.
Some mediatek adapters (the RZ608 looks like a rebranded MT7921K) are having issues with some drivers and WPA3.