NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Logprof
Aug 28, 2016Aspirant
Connection drops after X number of hours on ex7300
Since purchasing the ex7300 I have to reboot it daily to get signal to my wifi devices through the ext network of 2.5 g or 5 g. Someone told me that the reason is as follows: 'my cable router max mp...
- Sep 01, 2016
So, I solved my problem, I performed the following steps:
1 - reset the extender to factory settings
2 - followed the instructions from the beginning
3 - when told to connect to the net gear network, I hard wired to a laptop versus a wireless device
4 - configured both of my wifi ext networks perfectly
5 - been using the extended 2 g and 5 g since Saturday evening without any interruptions
6 - I only get 350 Mbps on my router, 2 g ext speed is 55 Mbps, 5g ext is posting 110mbps downstairs, now I feel like it's the best extender just received lousy net gear tech support.
DarrenM
Aug 29, 2016Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Hello Logprof
I would try changing wireless channels to see if the drop off stops happening or maybe put the extender in a different spot.
DarrenM
- LogprofSep 01, 2016Aspirant
I did discover that the 5gext network was on a channel different from the 5g wifi, I made them match but still didn't solve my problem.