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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 exte...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
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.

 

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    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Aug 23, 2018

    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?

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      RRAL
      Aspirant
      Aug 23, 2018

      Yes, it's named EXTLINK

       

      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru - Experienced User
        Aug 24, 2018
        RRAL wrote:

        Yes, it's named EXTLINK

         

        Then check that the EX8000 is set up to use EXTLINK for it's router connection.  Normally 5G-1 is only for lower channels, and 5G-2 is only for upper ones.  So that should result in the EX8000 using it's 5G-2 radio to reach the router.