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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 exte...
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.
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?
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.
It looks like it's connecting to the router on 5G-1 (channel 44). Not horrible, but not ideal.
Can you give 5G-2 on the router a different network name?
