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I upgraded to a C7800 Nighthawk cable modum/router and have been having diffuculty getting a good wifi signal to one area of my house. I added a Netgear extender which helped a little bit, but still ...
Thank you for all you guidance through this process. I such I now know what I need to do! I will shop for the tri-band, as recommended.
plemans wrote:The C7800 does have modem only mode. Or you can setup the orbi devices to it with orbi running in AP (access point) mode.
Either route prevents a double nat situation. https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
I'd recommend the tri-band orbi kits. They have a couple dual band kits but I haven't been impressed with them. The tri-bands reserve 1 of the 5ghz bands just for router----satellite connection and tend to have faster speeds/stability.
What speeds do you pay for?
What speeds do you get with the c7800?
How big is your home?
What are the interior walls made of (certain materials block wifi better)
What orbi kit are you looking at.
Thanks for responding to my inquiry.
-I am supposedly paying for 100 mbps
-I am getting 17-19 mbps download and around 5-6 upload with my C7800
-House is two-story 4500 sq. foot wood frame home with drywall.
-I haven't picked out a specific Orbi kit, as of yet and I will mention that I am not that well versed in wifi networks.
plemans wrote:What speeds do you pay for?
What speeds do you get with the c7800?
How big is your home?
What are the interior walls made of (certain materials block wifi better)
What orbi kit are you looking at.