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Netgear nighthawk router R6700AX streaming issues
I have a Netgear nighthawk R6700AX. Purchased within the last 2 years. Its actually in basement at one end of ~2000 sqft house. Trying not to move it. Good inbound speed of 400mb+ from Spectrum
Have moved to Streaming all my TV's,. Tends to work ok but do get the spinning circle of buffering. Homeoffice worker thus have connected work Laptop to LAN. Do use the netgear EX2700 for farthest TV but different network and still have buffering issues
Been getting mixed messages as to if I can ADD a MESH within the same network name or how to extend the current wireless network. I have seen more than 30 devices in my NightHawk Applist so concerned that out-reaching R6700AX device count.
Son tells me to replace with an Orbi Mesh, but retiring thus trying to control investment.
Advice? Can I add a MESH expander or not. Best way to approach other than move router to middle of house?
A couple things.
1. 2.4ghz struggles with streaming because its sensitive to interference and isn't a very fast network
2. the EX2700 is a base model n300 device. Its not suitable to streaming tv. extenders by their very nature (single/dual bands) cut throughput 50% of what their receive and with the ex2700 already pretty slow, its a poor choice
3. Your home is only 2000sqft, if it made of wood/sheetrock and you don't have the router stuck in a utility room (the metal blocks wifi), you can centrally locate it and should be able to cover the whole home
4. if not, I'd look at something like the EAX15/20. Put the primary router 1/3 in the way of the home and the eax in the other 1/3. (like this: wall |------router----------EAX--------| wall
the router and extender both broadcast omnidirection (basically in a globe) so you don't want them right next to a wall.
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Basements are not recommended places for wifi routers. Concrete and steel will inhibit good signal travel.
What channel configurations are currently set on the router?
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and 40 to 48 channel on 5Ghz.
Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only.
A couple things.
1. 2.4ghz struggles with streaming because its sensitive to interference and isn't a very fast network
2. the EX2700 is a base model n300 device. Its not suitable to streaming tv. extenders by their very nature (single/dual bands) cut throughput 50% of what their receive and with the ex2700 already pretty slow, its a poor choice
3. Your home is only 2000sqft, if it made of wood/sheetrock and you don't have the router stuck in a utility room (the metal blocks wifi), you can centrally locate it and should be able to cover the whole home
4. if not, I'd look at something like the EAX15/20. Put the primary router 1/3 in the way of the home and the eax in the other 1/3. (like this: wall |------router----------EAX--------| wall
the router and extender both broadcast omnidirection (basically in a globe) so you don't want them right next to a wall.
Thank You. Now have the EAX20 in office (middle of house) and seems to help. Was not a bad installation. WIll indeed look at how to best move the Router from corner basement to middle of house. WIll need to run cable from Modem to Router new location.
If you've already got the extender, you shouldn't really need to move the router. It'll do great with them properly spaced and give you great coverage.
FuentesR wrote:
Do use the netgear EX2700 for farthest TV but different network and still have buffering issues
Different network?
Where is the EX2700? Try moving it neare4r to the router. Somewhere half way between the router and the farthest TV would be good.
You have made life harder with the router in the basement, probably the worst place possible.
One option for spreading the Internet around the place is Powerline Ethernet. This turns the main circuit into a network connection. If your mains circuit is not too electrically noisy, and you have a reasonable Internet speed, $00 Mbps should be fast enough for a TV, especially if you have one that can plug into the Ethernet on the powerline plug. TVs don't need a seriously fast connection. Many can't do more than 100 Mbps.
Son tells me to replace with an Orbi Mesh, but retiring thus trying to control investment.Advice? Can I add a MESH expander or not. Best way to approach other than move router to middle of house?
You can't add a MESH extender. Orbi would mean a new router with it.
Maybe your son has an old one he could pass on. Bit too late for father's day.
Orbi mesh might work, but hard to see how it would be better than your router plus extender.
