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GaWd's avatar
GaWd
Luminary
Jan 21, 2018

Need extender recommendations

Hello All,

 

I have an EX2700 and frankly, it sucks. It needs to be manually power-cycled roughly once per day in order to keep my devices online, and the main device on the EXT network is my Arlo system-I don't like thinking about the poorly-performing extender being my security system's connection to the internet.

 

So I need a good alternative. 

 

I have a Nighthawk R7900P as my router.

 

Thanks.

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  • DarrenM's avatar
    DarrenM
    Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
    Jan 24, 2018

    Have you made sure you have the latest firmware? also have you tried to adjust the wireless channel on the router?

     

    DarrenM

    • GaWd's avatar
      GaWd
      Luminary
      Jan 24, 2018
      Hi there,

      I won't make any changes to the router, because I shouldn't have to. The router makes the best decision for the environment.

      It does have the latest firmware as of 2 days ago, and now it needs a restart twice a day.

      Netgear should provide better logging. If I knew the problem, I could solve for it. Without logs, it's shooting fish in a barrel and that's not the right way to handle this.

      I returned the Netgear for a tp-link. That's a shame, because I was trying to remain brand-loyal - Arlo, nighthawk, extender, etc.