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RAX120 with EX8000, slow WiFi on RAX120.
Weird issue with my setup. I have a RAX120 broadcasting 5 GHz on channel 153 connected to an EX8000 which is broadcasting 5 GHz on channel 48. Using same SSID for network, Smart Connect is disabled. S...
I have the same Router and Extender as you. I was upset when I saw the new WiFi 6 extender as I cannot return the EX8000 now. Anyway I set it up with the extender bands with a different name and I manually pick if I connect to it or RAX120. After several issues I finally hard reset both the Router and Extender and all has been working stable for 2-3 weeks now. The speeds are all above 300mbs - either on RAX or Extender. I have Gig Internet with AT&T fiber like you but the most I ever got was 800 to 900 on a good day. I usually average 600mbs.
Yeah, I say 300 Mbps but that is a rough average. If I have totally ideal conditions (i.e. being right next to the router) I usually get about 500 down and 600 up on a Pixel 2 XL. I was wondering if setting up the extender with it's own SSID name would help in my case, but I like the seamless roaming feature of having the same SSID across the network. I will give it a go with the separate SSIDs and see what happens.
I really don't have any coverage issues with the extender in place, and I get a 5 GHz signal covering almost my whole property (2/3 acre). It really is kind of a first world problem, but since the RAX is new I would really like it to be achieving its full speed potential. I never had this issue before with my old R7000 paired with the EX8000, both router and extender would go full speed. I only recently had to get a new router because the R7000 was requiring weekly reboots for WiFi to function.
Thanks again for your input.
I had a R8000 and had so many recent problems with WiFi going down that I bought the RAX120 a few months ago. I started out with one SSID network but some of my devices wouldn't connect and drove me crazy. Then I separated the Extender signals and then all my devices all connected to the RAX with no issues. I have a Samsung S10+ and get speeds around 900Mbps when I face the router. I am only using the Extender in my office to connect a gaming desktop and several printers via wired. One of my bedrooms has another gaming desktop and sometimes connect to the Extender network. Most of my non Wifi 6 laptops connects fast 700+ on the RAX120.
I wish I could get the EAX80 now instead of the X8000 so that all would be WiFi 6. However stuck like this configuration until something dies. Good luck
- Update on my situation...
I tested using my wife's laptop this time. Connected to the extender I am getting about 300 up/down. Now on the far side of the house connected to the router I am getting the 4-500 up and down when directly connected to the router. My Pixel 2 XL only pulls down about 40-50. There is some sort of QOS going on where my phone traffic is being deprioritized when compared to what I am seeing on the laptop. Any ideas what could be causing this? QOS is disabled in the router menu, but it still seems to be adjusting the available bandwidth to my clients. WMM is enabled, could this be causing my speed issues?