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WiFi Channel locked to "Auto" and clashes
My brand new EX6200 has had the latest firmware applied and is generally functioning fine in all respects. Except... I've noticed that it is using Wifi channel 2, which directly clashes with the ro...
What we have here is a failure to understand the technology, how it works, and how best to deploy it.
First - if you set the extender up as an repeater (the link to the router is wireless) - it HAS to extend the channel of the original router - it has to receive the signal and retransmit it.
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Second - the IEEE standards make provision for networks on the same channel to co-exist - so it's unlikely that that is your problem - what is considerably more likely to cause you grief is your choice of channel (on the original router) - channel 2 interferes with channel 1 (as well as 3, 4 & 5), and vice versa - so if you're in an area with WiFi networks on those channels, you will have issues, and because those networks are not on the same channel, the WiFi network will see them as interference rather than as another network that it can co-exist with.
The only usable (non-interfering) channels in the 2.4 GHz band are 1, 6 & 11 - pick th eleast used one in your area.
I'm not sure if the EX6200 supports "fastlane", if it does, you may be able to use the 5GHz band to link the extender to the main router, that is, assuming your main router supports the 5GHz band, and some of the Netgear extenders allow you to configure them as an access point which would require you to link it to the main router with an ethernet cable - either of those options will allow you to choose the channel the extender transmits on.
First - if you set the extender up as an repeater (the link to the router is wireless) - it HAS to extend the channel of the original router - it has to receive the signal and retransmit it.
.
Second - the IEEE standards make provision for networks on the same channel to co-exist - so it's unlikely that that is your problem - what is considerably more likely to cause you grief is your choice of channel (on the original router) - channel 2 interferes with channel 1 (as well as 3, 4 & 5), and vice versa - so if you're in an area with WiFi networks on those channels, you will have issues, and because those networks are not on the same channel, the WiFi network will see them as interference rather than as another network that it can co-exist with.
The only usable (non-interfering) channels in the 2.4 GHz band are 1, 6 & 11 - pick th eleast used one in your area.
I'm not sure if the EX6200 supports "fastlane", if it does, you may be able to use the 5GHz band to link the extender to the main router, that is, assuming your main router supports the 5GHz band, and some of the Netgear extenders allow you to configure them as an access point which would require you to link it to the main router with an ethernet cable - either of those options will allow you to choose the channel the extender transmits on.