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RRAL's avatar
RRAL
Aspirant
Aug 23, 2018

EX8000 and R8000P setup using second 5G

Hi All,

 

I'm trying to setup my EX8000 with my R8000P.  Both are tri-band, but it's not configuring the way I thought it would. I was expexcting the communication between the router and the extender to use the second 5G, but it's using the 2.4G and the first 5G.  I would prefer to have them both use the second 5G and not have anything else connected to it.  Is this possible?  Am I just not understanding how this works?

 

Thanks

Ron

Installation

6 Replies

  • RRAL's avatar
    RRAL
    Aspirant
    Aug 23, 2018

    Sorry, should have said I'm using it in extender mode and I'm trying to extend both my 2.4G and 5G networks using the same names as the router.

    • StephenB's avatar
      StephenB
      Guru
      Aug 23, 2018

      Normally you'd enable fastlane and use one of the 5G radios for the backhaul link to the router.  Then the other 5G radio in the extender would be client-facing.

       

      5G-2 is the best backhaul choice since it's the fastest radio (4x4 ac)

       

      Is this how you've set it up?

      • RRAL's avatar
        RRAL
        Aspirant
        Aug 23, 2018

        I'm not sure if it's setup that way or not, but that's want I wanted to do.  I'm unclear on whether is does that automatically or not.  I can't find a way to change it.  Attached is a screen shot of my status page which seems to show that it isn't configured that way, but maybe I'm misunderstanding it.

         

        Thanks for your help.