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nighthawk x6S tri band EX8000 Extender no wireless devices connecting to extender
I have a r7900p router and a EX8000 extender. I do not want smart connect. I want two seperate SSID's one for 2.4 and one for 5ghz. I want the extender to extend the same two networks the router is b...
You have the EXACT same ssids?
Only real issue I could see would be with smart connect disabled, the more efficient roaming protocols could be disabled with smart connect.
You could try powering off the device (tv/phone/etc) or disabling/reenabling its wifi to see if it'll connect to the closer/faster wifi