How to have my extender have its own channels separate from my main router.

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remo053 wrote:

 

My extender is the Netgear Wi-Fi 5 Booster AC2200.

 

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That's not a Netgear model number.

 

AC2200 is not a reliable guide to model number. Many devices come with an AC tag, but it is essentially a label that Netgear, and other brands, attach to hardware to describe wifi speeds.

 

Look at the label on the device for the model number. It is probably something like EX####

 

While many questions about routers are generic and could be answered anywhere, some things need specialist knowledge.

You might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your device, in the appropriate section for your hardware. That's probably here:

WiFi Range Extenders & Nighthawk Mesh - NETGEAR Communities

You might like to search there for messages related to your problem.

In the meantime you could visit the support pages:

Support | NETGEAR

Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware. Look at the label on the device for the model number.

Check for various troubleshooting tips.

You may have done this already. I can't tell from your message.

I mention it because Netgear stopped supplying printed manuals and CD versions some years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.

 

 

In general, the extenders must operate on the same channel like the primary wireless router. There is always only one radio handling the connection to the router, and providing the extender access point service.

 

On all the newer Mesh extenders, the SSID is the same you connect the extender to the primary router first. The SSID is the same, and has no EXT postfix on the SSID like the basic extenders have. The fine documentation does shoe this very clear, for example the AC2200 Nighthawk X4 WiFi Mesh Extender User Manual, on p.13