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Another Tip:

I've been finding that some Villagers don't know what the fiber loop is by the electrical box on the outside of their home. Subsequently, if they have landscaping done, they may ask the landscaper to bury the fiber loop. When you do this, if you ever decide to get Quantum fiber, when they come to your home to do the pre-installation work, they won't see your fiber and put your order on Hold. You will then have to un-bury your fiber and call them to come back to complete the work. I know of one Villager where they buried the fiber under cement so they had to jack hammer it out. What a mess. I wanted to mention this because I've seen this happen more than once here in the Villages.

[MorTech]

A friend just had Quantum fiber installed. I told him to have the WiFi Main in the middle front room (Aspen model) and place a WiFi Pod in the living room and hardwire his TV to the WiFi Pod. The istall tech said he did not need a Pod and he did not have one with him anyway. He went online to his Quantum account and ordered a WiFi pod and they shipped it to him no hassle/no charge. The 1st Pod does not cost extra. I connected the Pod/TV for him using the Quantum app and it works perfectly...Whole house coverage including out to the front curb for any security cameras he might want to install. Easy Peasy. Nice system. The defaults in the SmartNid are fine...They use a DHCP lease with a 1 hour expire time and also an automatic DHCP Reservation for IP allocation to IP .101...A little odd but I understand why.

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Originally Posted by MorTech

A friend just had Quantum fiber installed. I told him to have the WiFi Main in the front room (Aspen model) and place a WiFi Pod in the living room and hardwire his TV to the WiFi Pod. The istall tech said he did not need a Pod and he did not have one with him anyway. He went online to his Quantum account and ordered a WiFi pod and they shipped it to him no hassle/no charge. The 1st Pod does not cost extra. I connected the Pod/TV for him using the Quantum app and it works perfectly...Whole house coverage including out to the front curb for any security cameras he might want to install. Easy Peasy. Nice system. The defaults in the SmartNid are fine...They use a DHCP lease with a 1 hour expire time and also an automatic DHCP Reservation for IP allocation to IP .101...A little odd but I understand why.

Thanks for the report. So, I've been at installs where the same thing happened. Some techs are redicent to install an extender pod when it might be needed. They are supposed to do a wifi survey to make sure all areas of the home have an adequate wifi signal and if an area fails, they are obligated to install the pod. Actually, in many cases in our homes here in the Villages, the only place to out the main wifi pod is in one of the front bedrooms which many use for an office or under or over the kitchen cabinet. When you have the main pod at one end of the house, you may need the extender pod to get good coverage at the other end of the house. For the Aspen model you need that extender pod in the livingroom to get good wifi in the lanai and for the outdoor cameras so you did the right thing by calling the call center and having them send you an extender pod. As a final note, as your friend did you can hardwire a device like a TV to the remote pod. Some techs will tell you it doesn't work but they fixed the firmware so it now works. Good job!

[MorTech]

He wanted to make sure he could get coverage to the outside front of the house because he wants to install a security system since he has a Maserati. I did inform him that a better option would be just trade it in for a Corolla...He didn't seem appreciative.

The pod supplied WIFi all the way to the back of his property...about 100mbs download. The back bedroom was just fine.

Tested with WiFi 7 Samsung smartphone at Speakeasy speed test and others.

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Another tip:
As discussed, many of the older homes circa 2012-2019 north of 44 don't have ethernet jacks placed all over the house, especially in the living room at the center of your home which is the optimal spot. That said, The Quantum fiber tech will most likely install the main Wifi pod in one of the bedrooms closest to the center of your home and if necessary, install an extender pod to get full coverage. But, on several installations, I've been working with the homeowner to install the main Wifi pod in the kitchen either above or below the cabinets since there is always an ethernet jack and power there and is always in the center of the home. Early on, some homeowners drilled a hole through their cabinets to route the ethernet cable to the top of the cabinets, then we tried mounting the main Wifi pod under the cabinet to avoid drilling. Both worked well but the higher you install the Wifi pod the less obstructions and the better coverage you will get. So, yesterday I met a Villager who signed up with me and showed me there is a space between the cabinets where you can snake the ethernet cable and power wires from the kitchen ethernet jack to the top of the cabinets without drilling. See the attached picture. (note this a pre installation picture without the power cable). This is an easy way to install the main Wifi pod on top of the kitchen cabinet which is the best spot very easy and without any messy wires. Attached is a picture of the installation under the kitchen cabinet and one showing the wiring through the existing opening to install on top of the cabinet.