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Can I use two Nighthawk X4 WiFi Mesh extenders?
Are there any issues with running TWO Nighthawk X4 Wifi Mesh Extenders? If not, is the setup process the same for each extender? Cheers, Rob.
There are no issues running multiple extenders.
I tried switching them, with just one active, got the same results.
I understand hardwire will always be faster, I ran the test just to make sure it wasn't an ISP issue and I was getting good speed into my home.
Here is what I don't understand ... I used my Laptop's "wireless" (located about 5 ft away from the Nighthawk X4 living room unit) and ran the same speed test and got 497 Mbps down and 40 Mbps up ... the "client' light (on the Nighthawk X4) went ON (green) when my laptop connected for the speed test.
BUT, my PC when connected to a Linksys switch via hardwire and then the Linksys switch hardwire ethernet cable into the Nighthawk X4 and the same speed test on my PC resulted in 120 Mbps down and 40 Mbps up. Oddly it's faster today on the Nighthawk X4 but I still don't understand why the laptop connecting wireless to the Nighthawk X4 is 497 Mbps?
Puzzled, is there some sort of performance penalty for using the Ethernet port on the Nighthawk X4?
Cheers, Rob.
You need to look at your wireless signal, not the internet speeds. Your throttle will come from that. If you are sitting at lets say 466.7Mbps, your internet isn't being degraded by the WiFi. I'd start channel surfing on the wireless signal to see if you get better results. Usually you will get Auto for 2.4 and 44 for 5.0.