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How to get the most out of Nighthawk AX5400
Hey all. I'm a total noob to most of this stuff so please take it easy on me! But I did just purchase a wifi 6 router in the Nighthawk AX5400. My point of this post is to try and gather information...
Best options?
1. centrally locate the router. They broadcast in a sphere so that'll provide the best coverage
2. put most of your higher bandwidth devices on the 5ghz. It doesn't broadcast as far or through at much a materials but is a lot faster than 2.4ghz.
3. keep the low bandwidth or IoT devices on the 2.4ghz. Its a slow network and sensitive to interference. You can try different channels on it to optimize but its more about trying them or using a scanner to see which works better.
Thats the quick/dirty optimize.
There's a ton of guides if you do a google for wifi optimization.