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Nighthawk Extender and Xfinity Router
We purchased a Nighthawk Extender to extend our signal right outside our 2000 SF home. We have high speed Xfinity Comcast Cable used with their router/modem. We set up the Nighthawk as required, near...
You have tried to place the extender it different parts of the home? Also it may be hard to get signal to the outside of the house the environment the wifi is in matters as it may not be able to bounce off anything.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-does-wi-fi-work/
DarrenM
Yes, we tried all parts of the house and all configurations. We totally know how Wi-fi works...it appears to be a problem with either the xfinity router or the netgear device not being compatible? We are about to give up on the netgear extenders!