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Netgear X6S EX8000 connectivity - Resolved
Previously, I have experienced erratic connectivity of devices attached to my EX8000 extender. My basic network consists of a Nighthawk 9000 router with several wired and wireless devices. The EX80...
Yes change from Auto to 1, 6 or 11 on the R9000 router.
Yes Smart Connect is desireable for the R9000.
If you set SC enabled on the R9000 then select enable One WiFi name on the extender.
Thank you for your help. On looking at the NG x10 9000 router settings, I notice that the 2.4G network channel selection is set to AUTO. For the extender connection this is defined as Channel 9. Also, the highest channel permitted on the router is Channel 11 not 13 with up to 800 Mbps. Should I change from Auto to another channel other than channel 9?
I notice that the Router wireless setup shows that Enable Smart Connect is checked - is this desirable?
Should I select Enable Smart Connect for the Extender as well? I had read on another posting that Smart Connect was not a desired mode of operation for an extender.
Finally, would you recommend that I enable One WiFi Name on the Extender? Currently it's disabled so I have the -2GEXT and -5GEXT suffix added to the name.
I really appreciate your help on this matter so that I can get a good releable system.
Charles
Yes change from Auto to 1, 6 or 11 on the R9000 router.
Yes Smart Connect is desireable for the R9000.
If you set SC enabled on the R9000 then select enable One WiFi name on the extender.
Thank you all your help. I have learned a lot about the network and the relationship between the router and extender. I finally chose channel 1 based on neighborhood network activity to avoid competing relatively high power channels from neighbors that would overlap with my channel 1. Other changes were made for Smart Channel and One WiFi name.
Everything worked as you said it would without any problems. I will let you know if problems show up over the next few days.
Thank you so much for your help.
Another thing I noticed when I was changing the configuration. It was not until I was looking at the new wireless setting wth WiFi Explorer that I noticed the warning note about 40 MHz bandwidth may cause interference. This could have been part of the original problem I was having. I have reverted to the 20MHz bandwidth by changing the max data rate from 800 Mbps to 347 Mbps in the channel change dialog. On the spectral chart this appeared to be much more neighborly than before since it did not span so many adjacent channels.
You can use 20Mhz however it's better to use 40Mhz if your want increased speed. If you keep the channels away from nieghbors, then interference should be minimal.
Glad it's working now.
Enjoy. :smileywink: