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EX7500 not finding 5GHz-2 SSID broacasted by RAX200
My router model is RAX200, and it broadcasts three unique SSIDs assigned to three radios: 2.4GHz, 5GHz-1, 5GHz-2. When I use EX7300v2 extender, it finds and shows during Smart Setup all three SSI...
The EX7300 5ghz is actually a 4x4 antenna 1600mbps device. So when its wired in, it can use that full 4x4 antenna setup for backhaul. That's why it'd be faster than the EX7500 in a wired configuration.
The EX7500 uses a 2x2 antenna 866mbps for the backhaul and a 2x2 866mbps for the fronthaul. So when wired, its limited by the 866mbps backhaul.
But when both are used wireless, the EX7300 should be faster over wireless. Reason why is most laptops/phones/tablets are only 1x1 or 2x2 antenna configurations. So most devices are going to link at the 866mbps max speed and then get that cut in half from the single/dual band issue.
They have very simiilar specs but are just used differently.
Sorry, a correction to original post; I meant:
"The EX7500 cannot find -- nor can it connect to when SSID name is provided manually in EX7500 setup page -- the SSID broadcasted by RAX200 for 5GHz-2 radio."