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XR 500, EX800 AND a EAX 80?
So, as the title suggests, I have a XR 500 and EX 8000, which is powering our 3100 sq ft house, but as of late, with the addition of more and more devices (Ring, soon automated lighting), I am experiencing more problems with poor wifi signal. Now, I guess I could provide a basic schematic for all of this, and will if necessary, but essentially the XR500 is upstairs with our modem, the EX 5000 is downstairs next to the garage door, which allows for coverage to our fire tv and ring stuff out and the garage, and some of the other items down stairs as well (Ring front door cam, alarm, etc.). I am wondering if adding the EAX 80 would help my problem or not. I know this is horribly general, but I figure better to start basic and work from there.
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- How do you have the EX connected to the XR, via ethernet or by connecting to the XR WiFi? If the latter that might be where the issues lies. Do you have the issue if connecting direct to the XR wireless?
By wifi
Since your XR doesn't support AX modes, I would not recommend a EAX as you not be using it to it's fullest abilities.
What is the distance between the router and EX? 30 feet is recommended in between router and extenders to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.
Is beamforming enabled on the XR router?
What is the Mfr and model# of the Internet Service Providers modem/ONT the NG router is connected too?
fropwns wrote:So, as the title suggests, I have a XR 500 and EX 8000, which is powering our 3100 sq ft house, but as of late, with the addition of more and more devices (Ring, soon automated lighting), I am experiencing more problems with poor wifi signal. Now, I guess I could provide a basic schematic for all of this, and will if necessary, but essentially the XR500 is upstairs with our modem, the EX 5000 is downstairs next to the garage door, which allows for coverage to our fire tv and ring stuff out and the garage, and some of the other items down stairs as well (Ring front door cam, alarm, etc.). I am wondering if adding the EAX 80 would help my problem or not. I know this is horribly general, but I figure better to start basic and work from there.
Beamforming is enabled and the router is my own personal one, Netgear CM 600. Wifi extender distance from router is tougher to ascertain as router is on the second floor, extender is on the first, but if I go by "the crow flies" I would say 30-50ft including going through the floor, walls, etc.
- How is the modem setup? Is it using WiFi as well? If so I'd recommend disabling that to reduce contention. Have you used a WiFi analyzer to find the least congested channels and change to those?
