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Extending Orbi with EX3700
I have a Netgear EX3700 extender that I'd like to use as an Extender and install in a nearby shop building and connect it to the closest sattelite on my Orbi RBK23 system. But it doesn't seem to be w...
Can the 3700 do single SSID support? I know my 7700s can...
FURRYe38 wrote:Can the 3700 do single SSID support? I know my 7700s can...
Somehow I doubt it. When this topic came up, my biggest question was, "Are we serious about the old (and cheap) EX3700? Or, is this just an idle question?" I just wanted to verify whether it will connect to an Orbi satellite, and it does. It has entertained me for an hour, and now will go "into the box of toys".
By default the EX3700 tacks on "2GEXT and 5GEXT" to the WiFi SSID. When I clicked in the SSID box, a notice popped up that Netgear recommends using unique SSID's for the extender WiFi so as not to interfere with the primary networks. If both the 2.4G and 5G WiFi SSID's were the same, my guess is it would not be happy.
p.s. Many (many) years ago, someone asked me very seriously if I thought buying a Sinclair computer for $40 was a good investment.
"Investment!", I exclaimed. "I have spent $40 on a bottle of wine that is gone in under an hour. If the Sinclair provides you with a learning opportunity, and you lose interest in it, just take a hammer and beat it into little pieces."
Ok I was wondering if it supported single SSIDs or not. The EX7500 and 7700s do and ask you during setup if you want to use separate or single. Possible the 3700 didn't have this support.
LOL. The good ol days.