Dish Joey Wifi

[Dustin Fette]

I tried googling this but nothing came up. Today I learned that you can run Joeys over wifi without using coax. I tried it and so far its working great. So my question is has anyone tried this? I read a bunch of stuff about people doing it over cat5 and cat6 but nothing came up with wifi. I was told not to do it because it slows down your router. When I first started just using the wifi the Joey was very slow but then it started acting normal. I haven't noticed any difference in my internet speed either.

As a technician this is really amazing. I don't plan to do every job like this but for some jobs this will be a life saver.

 

[lucky86]

At least a few people have reported using this setup and it working well but it is not a Dish authorized installation method.

 

[JSheridan]

At least a few people have reported using this setup and it working well but it is not a Dish authorized installation method.

So the $64,000 question is will Dish make it quit working in the future?

 

[lucky86]

So the $64,000 question is will Dish make it quit working in the future?

That I don't know but I would guess that functionality didn't make it in there by accident. Maybe at some point in the future they will change policy... Who knows

 

[sparc]

It's been well discussed since April of last year: http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/281769-Joey-Works-Without-Coax-Cable

as has been mentioned, it's not an approved method of install. It's something a Dish customer could do on their own without Dish's involvement and/or troubleshooting.

 

[Dishman1978]

I tried googling this but nothing came up. Today I learned that you can run Joeys over wifi without using coax. I tried it and so far its working great. So my question is has anyone tried this? I read a bunch of stuff about people doing it over cat5 and cat6 but nothing came up with wifi. I was told not to do it because it slows down your router. When I first started just using the wifi the Joey was very slow but then it started acting normal. I haven't noticed any difference in my internet speed either.

As a technician this is really amazing. I don't plan to do every job like this but for some jobs this will be a life saver.

As a technician you should really join the installer zone, lost of info in there, as well as a place to let off steam that wont offend customers.

 

[Dishman1978]

So the $64,000 question is will Dish make it quit working in the future?

I happened to look on our work tablet and found a link to a survey that asked "if the Joey was wirelass would this change the placement of the Joey?" Or some other wording to that effect. So I am assuming that it is being tested in other locations other than mine. I think that Dish is researching this ability and you will probably see some kind of proceedire and standard requirement tomake wireless Joey's a reality.

 

[JSheridan]

I happened to look on our work tablet and found a link to a survey that asked "if the Joey was wirelass would this change the placement of the Joey?" Or some other wording to that effect. So I am assuming that it is being tested in other locations other than mine. I think that Dish is researching this ability and you will probably see some kind of proceedire and standard requirement tomake wireless Joey's a reality.

Thanks for that info. I've been hesitant to install any wireless Joeys in customer's houses out of fear that one day we'd wake up and they wouldn't work any more.

 

[Nova647]

I used to be an installer and I have 1 hopper 3 joeys. One Joey wired. The other two wifi only and to this day I have not had one single issue on ANY of mine.

I installed some customers wireless joeys too to save time on line runs or picky customers.

 

[theoak]

When you installed ... would your refuse an install if the customer said they want wireless only?

 

[agentc13]

When you installed ... would your refuse an install if the customer said they want wireless only?

At least for in house techs, they are not allowed to install it that way even if asked.