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Wins10P
Tutor
Jul 12, 2020

RAX75 Blinking WPS

I just upgraded from my older R8300. Well I don’t know if I actually did... that’s another pot of coffee... the RAX75 I have just has a continually blinking WPS logo on the upper right side. Does not ...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Jul 12, 2020

Which firmware are you on? 

You can setup most range extenders using the installation wizard and not using wps. Its actually the method I prefer to use. 

What extender where you trying to setup with it and describe more about how it underperformed? I'd like to hear more. 

 

Just an fyi, dual band extenders take a 50% performance hit just based on how they work. They have to recieve and then restransmit using the same wireless chip and can't do both at once. Its why their performance is less. The tribands mitigate that a bit. 

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Wins10P
Tutor
Jul 13, 2020
I am getting more disconnects with the Mesh & RAX75 system! It’s a JOKE! My 3 y/o router is more stable than the 2 systems I purchased in the last 4 days!!! With upgraded internet! Wow! netgear this is so LAME!