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Nighthawk Wi-Fi extender and Ring camera live view
Hi I have a Ring camera and a Nighthawk extender but I can't get a live view on my Ring app although the Ring app shows the camera as connected with RSSI c-55 and the motion sensor lights trigger on ...
Does it work if you're directly connected to your router with the ring device?
Are any other devices having issues?
Firmware on the extender?
Did it work before with the extender?
What router are you using?
What method of instal for the extender did you use? the installation assistant or using WPS.
I'm just trying to figure out why you think the extender is the issue.
Thanks for the quick reply. I will have a look at a couple of your points in the morning here (UK) and answer the others too. Thank you again. I’ll get back to you tomorrow.
Hi again,
No other ring devices have any problems but are connected to my BT router. The camera in the garden got v poor signal and would not work so I bought the Netgear. I set it up not using WPS as advised by others when I looked into it. I connected my camera via Wi-Fi (which I brought into the house) to my BT router this morning and live view works fine but it didn't when connected to the netgear? Is there a setting on th emerge are I need to change or? Thanks again for your help with this issue.
There's not a lot for changes to be made with it.
What firmware version is on it?
during setup, did you click on the "extend 2.4ghz broadcast"? I'll attach what I mean.
I usually don't use that so the extender only uses the 5ghz backhaul. This also lets you change the 2.4ghz channel the extender uses. maybe the one you're on has interference.
So potentially rerun setup on the extender and leave the "extend 2.4ghz" unchecked. Again, it'll still use it, it just won't use it as a backhaul.
- Hi
Thanks for this. The firmware version shows as V1.0.0.210
The Ring only uses 2.4 I think? I did not enable the 5ghz channel. I did not see a “extend 2.4ghz” box to click? Does this I don’t understand what “backhaul” means (I’m sorry for my lack of experience) What should I do next do you think? Thanks again.