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Nighthawk R8000P with EAX80 mesh range extender - dropping internet connection / poor connections
I recently changed my wifi network from an all-Apple setup (router w/ 2 extenders) to the Nighthawk R8000P router with an EAX80 mesh range extender. The Apple setup worked really well inside the ...
Wired devices are working fine. The issue is specifically with the wifi.
30 feet is too far? I think you need to look at a tape measure - it's literally the bedroom down the hall, WELL inside that 3500-sq-ft radius, probably within 500 sq ft, and as I noted it worked pretty good with the old hardware. Not giving me a lot of confidence in my new, very expensive netgear hardware, especially since you seem to be saying that upgrading the technology isn't really going to give me any benefit over my 10-year old Apple hardware.
I know how networks are 'supposed to' work. The reason I posted here is because it's NOT working like it's supposed to. The SSID did not change, the passwords did not change. Setup instructions were followed to the letter. Everything appears to be working fine when I go through the Nighthawk app. But I still regularly get disconnects, and can get them while sitting right beside the router or extender, so range is not an issue.
The range issues are not as important to me, as you so inelegantly pointed out it's doing what I want. The disconnects, however, are not normal, and I'm tiring of constantly having to forget/reconnect.
mjh6816 wrote:
...since you seem to be saying that upgrading the technology isn't really going to give me any benefit over my 10-year old Apple hardware.
I am saying that wifi signal strength is a standards thing. Newer wifi technologies bring many improvements, such as Mesh. You didn't ask about those. You just talked "range".
mjh6816 wrote:
30 feet is too far?
I mentioned that in the context of 5 GHz wifi. You didn't mention which bands you are using. 5 GHz is faster but has a shorter range. Only you know what your old kit delivered,
mjh6816 wrote:
The SSID did not change, the passwords did not change.
I have to take your word for that information, which you did not mention first time around. Faced with vague descriptions, all that we can do here is point to possible issues to pursue.
mjh6816 wrote:
Everything appears to be working fine when I go through the Nighthawk app. But I still regularly get disconnects, and can get them while sitting right beside the router or extender, so range is not an issue.
Not sure what you mean by " working fine when I go through the Nighthawk app".
Again, "regularly get disconnects" could describe many things.
I forgot to ask about the modem, if there is one, in front of your router. If there is another bit of kit on the network, that too might benefit from a reset when introduced to a new router.