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gsinkinson
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May 25, 2023
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WN3000RPv3 not seeing 5 GHz band on BGW320-500 gateway

My WN3000RPv3 extender does not seem to see the 5 GHz band on the AT&T Humax BGW320-500 gateway. I have 8 other devices that do connect on 5 GHz. If I connect my iPad using the gateway, I get 398/35...
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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    May 25, 2023

    The WN3000RPv3 isn't a dual band device. Its single band only. 

    About all the speed you're doing to get from a single band extender is 20mbps because of how extenders work. 

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gsinkinson
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May 25, 2023

Many thanks. I was led to believe it was dual band.

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plemans
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May 25, 2023
gsinkinson wrote:

Many thanks. I was led to believe it was dual band.

Not sure who gave you that info. If you're looking at extenders for the most performance, I'd take a look at the tribands. 

I'm a fan of them as they use a dedicated backhaul between router/extender and so have higher throughput and lower latencies.