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EX8000 mesh extender not boosting 5G
EX8000 firmware 1.0.1.240 My router outputs 2.4G & 5G. EX8000 2.4G & 5G lights are on. 2.4G booster is working fine. 5G is not. Router setup is fixed channel 48. Nighthawk shows channel 104 (DFS). I...
The photos are far from good but serve their purpose. Red peak shows 5G output from router (channel numbers hidden by advert). The star photo is far from pointless. It shows the 5G router output (ch48) & also demonstrates that there is no 5G boost signal on any of the 5G channels. Installing inssider would be a waste of time as my PC is hard wired, no Wi-Fi so not helpful.
The lack of 5G boost is likely to be either a setting not correctly made (no-one has come up with a likely culprit) or a faulty Netgear extender which means an expensive replacement..
It's probably time to end this topic, thanks to those who have tried to help.
The EX8000 is a triband. The 2x 5ghz channels shouldn't be synced. reason why is the dedicated backhaul will connect to the routers 5ghz channels. It then uses the other 5ghz on a different channel to prevent interference.
If you log into the ex8000, you can take a screen snip of the wifi stats page that shows the link between router/extender.
That'll help confirm or see whats going on with the router/extender link