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DaveInFL
Jun 16, 2021Aspirant
EX700 wifi dropping signal
Hi there, I have 3 Netgear devices in my home. One is the C7100V that I recently put in place to replace my Comcast Modem. As far as I can tell this is working fine and WiFi is working fine on ...
plemans
Jun 16, 2021Guru - Experienced User
You can hardwire in devices to the extender. It works well and is a great performing extender.
They'll actually perform better hardwired in than if they were connecting to the extender wireless becaues they won't take the same throughput loss.
DaveInFL
Jun 17, 2021Aspirant
Another question on this. Shoould II keep my 2G and 5G SSID's different or keep them the same?
- plemansJun 18, 2021Guru - Experienced User
DaveInFL wrote:Another question on this. Shoould II keep my 2G and 5G SSID's different or keep them the same?
It all depends on what you prefer. Some prefer to let their devices roam based on their own protocol while others prefer to be able to choose to be on extender/router and which band.
So it all comes down to personal preference