Boost Wi-Fi installation guide and how it works

Easy steps to getting started with your new Boost Wi-Fi device.

What is Boost Wi-Fi?

TELUS Boost Wi-Fi
 is a powerful system that extends the reach of in-home Wi-Fi signals to ensure every corner of the house has a strong and reliable Internet connection. With dead zones eliminated, Boost Wi-Fi ensures that users can video chat in the basement or stream a movie in the bedroom, while smart-home devices remain connected, no matter where they are in the house.

Boost Wi-Fi works with your gateway to create a mesh network throughout the home. 

Consider your modem as a music player. Boost is like an additional speaker to ensure that you hear music seamlessly.

What’s in the box

System requirements

Setting up your Boost Wi-Fi

Watch this video on the steps to install your Boost Wi-Fi:

Log in to the
TELUS Connect app
using your username (registered email address) and password for your My TELUS account
The TELUS Connect app will guide you through the steps to connect to your Boost Wi-Fi, enter the admin password and set the Boost Wi-Fi’s name. Wait for the LED light to turn from solid purple to flashing blue to flashing purple to solid blue. This may take up to 5 minutes
The first Wi-Fi booster needs to be hardwired to the modem after installation
Pick a location halfway between your modem and an area of poor or no signal to place the second Wi-Fi booster. Follow the TELUS Connect app’s instructions for installing the second Boost. Wait for the LED light to turn from solid purple to flashing blue to flashing purple to solid blue. This may take up to 5 minutes.
Need to know more about the colours of the light on the booster. Read more on how to
troubleshoot based on the colour on your Wi-Fi booster
Once your new Wi-Fi booster is installed, it will appear on the TELUS Connect app’s Network screen

*To learn how to install a third (or more) Wi-Fi Boost, use the Expansion Pack Quick Start Guide.

Setting up your Expansion Pack

Ensure that you have installed your previous TELUS Wi-Fi Boosts from the Starter Pack. The TELUS Connect app will guide you through the installation process
From the top menu of the app, go to
Settings
and select
Add another Wi-Fi Boost
Without unplugging your first Wi-Fi Boost, connect your new Wi-Fi Boost to your modem using the Ethernet cable provided. If your modem has no vacant ports, you may temporarily disconnect one non-Boost connection to enable the Boost install
Wait for the LED light to turn from solid purple to flashing blue to flashing purple to solid blue. This may take up to 5 minutes.
Note
: This step transfers your existing Boost Wi-Fi network settings to your new Wi-Fi Boost
Repeat steps 2 to 4 for each additional Wi-Fi Boost you install

Boost Wi-Fi light colours explained

What to do after installation

Forget the modem Wi-Fi connection and connect all your devices to Boost Wi-Fi. This will ensure a seamless connection
If you have a TELUS Wi-Fi Hub, it will act as your main Boost and you do not need to keep a Boost directly connected to it via the Ethernet cable
In the TELUS Connect app, you can know more about each Boost, e.g. name of the Boost, connection strength, speed test and pause your Wi-Fi

Boost Wi-Fi installation guide and how it works

What is Boost Wi-Fi?

What’s in the box

System requirements

Setting up your Boost Wi-Fi

Setting up your Expansion Pack

Boost Wi-Fi light colours explained

What to do after installation

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