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Additional feature request for EX8000
I' m missing a view option in my EX8000 and would like to know if there are more users that want the same feature or other features. Please support this by the "thump up" or post your feature request in this topic.
My requested features:
- Logging options like other Nighthawk routers have eg r7800
- Abillity to select Lower transmit power eg 50% vs 100%
- Support a Guest network setup besides the normal SSID like eg a R7800 router can do.
6 Replies
They all sound useful to me.
I suggest posting them (separately) in the Idea Exchange: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Idea-Exchange-For-Home/idb-p/idea-exchange-for-home
Then put links to those ideas here to make it easy for us to find them and vote for them.
Stephen,
I already did that but nobody is reading that and that is one big discussion on 100+ products in which Orbi and other router products have a lot more attention. by opening a discussion in this specific community I home to get more attention because all owners of range extenders are concentrated here.
In the community “Idea Exchange For Home” there is just 1 implemented idea… of the 300 posted ideas … and there are 184 “new” idea’s some of them two year old with no response from any one. Can you ask NetGear to start responding on those? And rate them a bit faster.
Chris
Owner of 10+ netgear products.
ChrisL1971 wrote:
In the community “Idea Exchange For Home” there is just 1 implemented idea… of the 300 posted ideas … and there are 184 “new” idea’s some of them two year old with no response from any one. Can you ask NetGear to start responding on those? And rate them a bit faster.
I agree they need to do a better job of reviewing those ideas and also identifying ones they have implemented. Perhaps send a PM to ChristineT and share your frustation directly.
Hi Chris,
ChrisL1971 wrote:
- Logging options like other Nighthawk routers have eg r7800
Can't see many applicable to an extender - logging is substandard on all Nightgear routers, and virtually not existing on extenders.
Attempted access to allowed sites Attempted access to blocked sites and services Connections to the Web-based interface of this Router Router operation (startup, get time etc) Known DoS attacks and Port Scans Port Forwarding / Port Triggering Wireless access Turn off wireless signal by schedule ReadySHARE VPN Service Plex Media Server log Amazon Cloud backup log SFP+ log Link aggregation log Borrowed the table from the R9000 - which one(s) you have in mind? GRanted - any authenticated (and ideally also failed) admin access must be logged (Web UI, Genie App).
ChrisL1971 wrote:
- Abillity to select Lower transmit power eg 50% vs 100%
Probably not in place because most Netgear Wireless extenders are making use of all (one 2.4, onr 5 GHz) interface for linking to the master or other mesh devices. For the new mesh extenders with the dedicated 5 GHz radio for the uplink this idea could be feasible. But then, I'm not convinced if this is a smart idea to have on a consumer device.
ChrisL1971 wrote:
- Support a Guest network setup besides the normal SSID like eg a R7800 router can do.
Requested many times. Trouble is that these consumer routers don't have a reasonable guest network implementation allowing proper isolation and/or integration - it's merely a small feature of the wireless radio where another SSID is configured, and a control for the isolation enabled/disabled. Implementing this would require a systematic design change - in my opinion using VLANs, with a dedicated subnet and DHCP [Netgear does not agree - I had a longer and tough discussion with JohnMcH on this subject, both personally and here in the community - the price is the borked and limited wireless guest implementation we have on the routers, on the Nighthawks, on Orbi, and Orbi Pro]. Very unlikely to happen.
schumaku wrote:
ChrisL1971 wrote:
- Logging options like other Nighthawk routers have eg r7800
Can't see many applicable to an extender - logging is substandard on all Nightgear routers, and virtually not existing on extenders.
One thought is that it would be useful to know when backhaul drops and reconnections occur.
Also it would be useful to know if the backhaul connection changes to a different upstream device.
schumaku wrote:
ChrisL1971 wrote:
- Support a Guest network setup besides the normal SSID like eg a R7800 router can do.
Implementing this would require a systematic design change - in my opinion using VLANs,...
I agree that's the right approach, and I wish Netgear would support the feature in the new world of mesh extenders. It can also be used to create a segmented IoT network, which could improve security.
schumaku wrote:
ChrisL1971 wrote:
- Abillity to select Lower transmit power eg 50% vs 100%
But then, I'm not convinced if this is a smart idea to have on a consumer device.
Orbi has it for the client-facing networks, and it doesn't seem be causing any issues there.
schumakuwrote:
Hi Chris,
ChrisL1971 wrote:
- Logging options like other Nighthawk routers have eg r7800
Can't see many applicable to an extender - logging is substandard on all Nightgear routers, and virtually not existing on extenders.
Attempted access to allowed sites Attempted access to blocked sites and services Connections to the Web-based interface of this Router Router operation (startup, get time etc) Known DoS attacks and Port Scans Port Forwarding / Port Triggering Wireless access Turn off wireless signal by schedule ReadySHARE VPN Service Plex Media Server log Amazon Cloud backup log SFP+ log Link aggregation log Borrowed the table from the R9000 - which one(s) you have in mind? GRanted - any authenticated (and ideally also failed) admin access must be logged (Web UI, Genie App).
ChrisL1971 wrote:
- Abillity to select Lower transmit power eg 50% vs 100%
Probably not in place because most Netgear Wireless extenders are making use of all (one 2.4, onr 5 GHz) interface for linking to the master or other mesh devices. For the new mesh extenders with the dedicated 5 GHz radio for the uplink this idea could be feasible. But then, I'm not convinced if this is a smart idea to have on a consumer device.
ChrisL1971 wrote:
- Support a Guest network setup besides the normal SSID like eg a R7800 router can do.
Requested many times. Trouble is that these consumer routers don't have a reasonable guest network implementation allowing proper isolation and/or integration - it's merely a small feature of the wireless radio where another SSID is configured, and a control for the isolation enabled/disabled. Implementing this would require a systematic design change - in my opinion using VLANs, with a dedicated subnet and DHCP [Netgear does not agree - I had a longer and tough discussion with JohnMcH on this subject, both personally and here in the community - the price is the borked and limited wireless guest implementation we have on the routers, on the Nighthawks, on Orbi, and Orbi Pro]. Very unlikely to happen.
Hi schumaku
I'm Using my EX8000 as a access point maybe that explains a bit :-)
Logging: For WLAN security issues / system trying to access the AP with false passwd. I would like to know when that happens. and which MAC it trying to access my AP.
- limmit Power to prevent the access point from keeping a connection over a longer distance and interfering with other accesspoints.
Hope this explains a bit.
Chris
