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Aspirant

Oct 19, 2017

EX8000 Configuration Settings

I have a Netgear x8 R8500 router and I’m interested in the configuration settings for the router and EX8000 extender. It’s not clear what the best settings are (Smart Connect, etc). Thanks

Installation

Troubleshooting

ejvanyo

Aspirant

Oct 19, 2017

Thanks. A couple questions:

What should the settings on the router be for
Implicit Beamforming
Airtime Fairness
MU-MIMO

Also do the 2.4G network and 5G network (5G networks are using Smart Connect) on the router need different SSIDs or should they be set the same.

Thanks

arunkmony

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Oct 19, 2017

Hi ejvanyo

ejvanyo wrote:
Thanks. A couple questions:

What should the settings on the router be for
Implicit Beamforming
Airtime Fairness
MU-MIMO
Please keep these settings at the default.

Also do the 2.4G network and 5G network (5G networks are using Smart Connect) on the router need different SSIDs or should they be set the same.
You can keep it that way if you want and extended network can also have different ssid's (one for 2.4G and one for 5G) . Smart connect will be disabled on extender in this case. Devices connected on the router's 2.4G SSID will move to extender's 2.4G SSID and devices on your router's 5G SSID will move to extender's 5G SSID when you move into the extender's coverage area. If you want smart connect on ex8000, the 2.4G and 5G ssid on extender should be same.

Thanks

ejvanyo
Aspirant
Oct 19, 2017
I don’t want to be a pest, but I had changed the router defaults previously. Do you know whether these should be checked or unchecked?

Thanks
- arunkmony
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Oct 19, 2017
  Hi ejvanyo
  
  Implicit Beamforming - ON
  Airtime Fairness - ON
  MU-MIMO - OFF.