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Dec 06, 2020

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EX7700 mesh extender - work with 2.4GHz only router

My main router only has the 2.4GHz band. Will this extender provide 5GHz bands and maintain the FastLane if I configure to use with that?

Thanks,

Gihan

plemans
Dec 06, 2020
You can set it to run off the 2.4ghz for the fastlane. Issue is the 2.4ghz is still the limiting factor. You're not going to see faster 5ghz speeds because of the bottleneck being 2.4ghz.
You'd be better off to hardwire in the EX7700 and run it in access point mode.

8 Replies

plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 06, 2020
You can set it to run off the 2.4ghz for the fastlane. Issue is the 2.4ghz is still the limiting factor. You're not going to see faster 5ghz speeds because of the bottleneck being 2.4ghz.
You'd be better off to hardwire in the EX7700 and run it in access point mode.
- plemans
  Guru - Experienced User
  Dec 06, 2020
  Or upgrade the router before upgrading the extender.
  - Gihan
    Tutor
    Dec 07, 2020
    Thanks for the reply plemans. I got this router FoC from my ISP along with a Fiber connection. Unfortunately they don't have 5GHz option. I'll check with the wired option. Thanks again.