Devices lose connection randomly on main WiFI

Took a minute the app to display all of them, it is a star configuration. The main router is sending signal to both individually.

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darkjfman wrote:

I currently have ARRIS SURFboard SB8200 DOCSIS 3.1 as my modem.---Solid modem if its got a good signal. 

 

The range extenders have been setup through the nighthawk app to "extend" my Main WiFi, is there a way to determine if it's a Daisy or Star configuration?---You could try logging into the extenders to see if the other extender is connected to them or to the router. 

 

With the router alone, my deadspot are amplified and responsivness is decreased tremendously to the point where in my bedroom it's almost useless to use WiFi. The house is 2400 SqFt, so the RAX80 should be sufficient based on the description.---If its a standard house (sheetrock/wood, not brick, metal, plaster lathe, etc) and the router is centrally located, the RAX should cover it. If your router is in a basement (cement around it) and a utility room (tends to have metal for the hvac) it can greatly reduce its signal to block it entirely. Can you possible centrally locate your router? 

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You've got a couple things going on. 

1. try to centrally locate the router. If you've got it in a basement room with hvac, it could be greatly blocked. even the cement walls from a basement make it hard to reach a garage. And that might mean you're going router---eax80---eax15. 

2. if you're in a daisy chain configuration, you could have issues. The 50% thoroughput drop is from what the extenders receive. This happens because single/dual band extenders have to use the same chips to go router----extender  and then  extender---->devices. And they can't do both at once. And if they've already got a weakened signal that causes speed drops, it decreases from that. And then you add another extender thats going to have its speeds dropped from what its getting from the 1st extender. Potentially that 3rd extender is getting pretty slow speeds. 

I usually don't recommend people setup devices based off "how the signal looks" but by speedtesting in each location (and make sure you test both 2.4ghz and 5ghz). Try to centrally locate the router if at all possible. Then add an extender to try to cover the garage. Again, try not to daisy chain. try to have the router in between the 2x extenders. Or even disable "onewifi" from one of the extenders so you can control what they connect to. Sometimes it takes a bit of playing around when using multiple extenders. I usually recommend people buy an actual mesh system like Orbi or the MK nighthawk when they're needing more than 1 extender because then there's a router controlling thy system.