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ELHANSON
Sep 23, 2018Follower
WiFi Range Extender Model EX6100v2
I purchased a Netgear WiFi Range Extender Model: EX6100v2 about a month ago. It took a bit more time to set up than I had expected. But I finally got it installed and working. Everything worked gr...
StephenB
Sep 23, 2018Guru - Experienced User
ELHANSON wrote:
But for some reason, now, the extender seems to hop back and forth between the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz all by itself.
Do you mean your devices are hopping back and forth? If you aren't using FastLane (and it sounds like you aren't), then the extender should always be extending both networks. Your devices then choose which network they want to connect to (extenders and APs can provide hints, but the decision to connect to a different network is up to the client devices).
If your devices are all capable of 5 ghz, then you could try disabling the 2.4 ghz radio in the extender, and see if that gives you stable performance.