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Nighthawk BE9300 to MR60 AP
Hi friends,
I have my prior mesh system the MR60 with 4 satellites, I have just upgraded my router to the BE9300, this works great but there seems to be several dark spots in my house. I setup my MR60 to AP mode and it shows internet but not give the AP ssid I assigned to it. It is also not syncing with the satellites. Any suggestions?
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You can also try hardwiring in the satellites until they sync and then move them back to where they were.
Are they hardwired in or in wireless mode?
Something to keep in mind is the MK60 series was a pretty low performing mesh system because it didn't have a dedicated backhaul and not a very fast front haul. I'm half impressed it even runs with 4 satellites.
Yeah, I ended up ordering 1000ft of wire and going to hardwire them, I'm confused why the MR60 does not show the custom ssid for it in AP mode.
If the MR60 is Factory Reset (and defaults to 'router mode') and configured with a unique SSID, does that SSID show up?
(... after that works, convert to AP mode)
I got out an MR60. Connected to my network in 'router' mode and changed the WiFi SSID from the default value to 'MR60Test'. It appeared on WiFi on channels 1 and 153 as expected.
Then changed to AP mode, and it continues to appear on channels 1 and 153 as "MR60Test".
This MR60 is running firmware v1.1.8.142_2.0.69.
What firmware is on your MR60. Have you done a Factory Reset on it?
Same here on my MK62 system (MR60 router, 2x MS60 satellites), all operating on MR60 / MS60 Firmware Version 1.1.8.142.
Needless to say pushing the config (like the SSID, ...) from the MR60 (or the MS60) requires a workable backhaul on an established connection for all the MR60 and the MS60.
Something to keep in mind is the MK60 series was a pretty low performing mesh system because it didn't have a dedicated backhaul and not a very fast front haul. I'm half impressed it even runs with 4 satellites.
FWIW: These systems were offered as MK62, MK63, and MK64 ..., so out of the box with one and up to three satellites.
A moderator has moved this thread to the Nighthawk Wi-Fi 6 (AX) Mesh Systems | NETGEAR Communities section as we talk of an MR60 (MK6x Kit) here.
