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C7000v2 wireless Internet cannot reach ends of apartment
In our condo apartment, a new Nighthawk cable modem/router cannot produce a wireless Internet 5G signal strong enough to reach the other end. This is a COMCAST cable environment. The distance fro o...
NDIrish wrote:can I install a second Nighthawk cable modem/router, giving me one at each end, and effectively providing wireless connectivity throughout? If so, it would seem to provide a solution at considerably less cost than discarding the Nighthawk in favor of a mesh system.
You could, but this requires a second contract with COMCAST as this would be a dedicated Internet connection then. That's not what you want to pay for I guess.
The simple consumer type solution would be adding a https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/range-extenders/extenders for 80211ac something like a EX8000, and position it about half the way between the router and the farest point you like to cover.
NDIrish wrote:In our condo apartment, a new Nighthawk cable modem/router ...
If that new, doesn't the seller offer a product return offer? This could simplify the move e.g. to a CBR40 (802.11ac) resp CBR750 (WiFi 6) with the matching satellite(s).
After trying and failing with a variety of extenders, I have bought and installed a Netgear Orbi 6 mesh system, and am now using it in conjunction with my Nighthawk cable modem router, which is running as a modem and bridge to the Orbi mesh system. The Orbi 6 mesh system, with its two satellites, is functioning perfectly and has completely solved my wireless connectivity problem. Thank you for taking the time to suggest a solution for me.
NDIrish wrote:
After trying and failing with a variety of extenders, I have bought and installed a Netgear Orbi 6 mesh system, and am now using it in conjunction with my Nighthawk cable modem router, which is running as a modem and bridge to the Orbi mesh system.
Good strategy. If you had a full blown router as a front end, and not the C7000v2 modem-router, I'd try the Orbi in AP mode.
I have an R7800 in front of an Orbi. This gives me more network control than the Orbi.
