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How to have my extender have its own channels separate from my main router.
Trying to get my extender to show as a EXT and separate from my main router on discoverable WiFi connections for my devices. Tried changing the SSID on the nighthawk app with no luck. My extender is...
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