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EX6200 drops 2.4GHZ connection every day or so
For some reason my EX6200 drops the 2.4GHZ connection every day or so. The 5GHZ is fine and both my 2.4 and 5GHZ connections on the router are fine. Rebooting fixes the issue for another day or s...
Misread your question. I set the DNS to the main router - 192.168.1.1 in my network, and it works fine.
got it. that is how it is set now. I 'hear' there is better performance by assigning a faster DNS address and not forcing the router / extender to provide DNS services. I guess that works for PCs where we can set it but for phones and tablets that may more work than it is worth...
thanks for your answer
Have you found a promising extender you would consider?
Google published a free Public DNS server: see: https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/?hl=en
However, your extender rarely uses DNS, really only to resolve netgear.com when you look for firmware updates or something similar, so there's nothing really to be gained. Your PCs/Macs use DNS all the time to resolve all kinds of internet stuff, and using these might help, depending on how the performance of the DNS resolution provided by your ISP works out. I've used these, and can't see a real difference between the Google ones and what Comcast provides me.
As far as better extenders - the EX6200 is about the 4th different model I've tried. Before the disastrous .104 firmware, it was decent. All extenders, at least in my house, loose connections for whatever reason. In fact, the only reason I'm using one is that it's inconvenient to get an ethernet cable into my living room - I already have cables running to bedrooms at the other end of the house and access points there that are rock solid.