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Sheepish95
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Mar 15, 2020

Problems X6s wifi extender connection

Hello, I have recently set up the X6S extender to my nighthawk router following netgears youtube video and it says it's all connected. Alot of the time I move around now I'm getting connection problem...
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Sheepish95
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Mar 16, 2020

X6 R8000

Not huge small 4 bed 

Brick some steel RSJ's  

20meters ish 

No idea just set it up using the WPS button 

 

(Not very technical minded) :)

 

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 16, 2020
Sheepish95 wrote:

X6 R8000

Not huge small 4 bed 

Brick some steel RSJ's  ------Brick and steel are the greatest/best blockers of wifi. :(

20meters ish 

No idea just set it up using the WPS button 

 

(Not very technical minded) :)

 

If you have brick and steel interior walls, thats going to be an issue for you. They both are the 2 best blockers of wifi signals. You might want to check into powerline, moca adapters, or runner ethernet lines.