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I need help installing my Nichthawk X4 R7500 as an acces point
Hi there, Can anyone please help me! I am a complete noob when it comes to wifi. I have a modum that sends out 2 wifi signals. The problem with this is that it does not reach the top floor of my ...
Thanks! I did try this, but in the end there were still 4 different signals (2x from router 1 and 2 from router 2) i want the nighthawk to send the same 2 wifi networks as the orgininal so this does not seem to work for me.
NightLom98 wrote:
Thanks! I did try this, but in the end there were still 4 different signals (2x from router 1 and 2 from router 2)
Did you put the "remote" device into AP (wired to the router) mode as others recommend? Or did you set the two up with a WiFi (bridged) connection.
You don't say what this "modem" is, so who knows how it can work?
NightLom98 wrote:
i want the nighthawk to send the same 2 wifi networks as the orgininal so this does not seem to work for me.
What you need is a Mesh system. Tour R7500 does not support this.
You can set up both devices to use the same SSID and passwords (read the manuals), but that isn't going to deliver ,much benefit over two separate SSIDs.
Why do you want "the same 2 WiFi networks"?
Any WiFi clients you use will have to negotiate a connection to whichever source it sees.Only a Mesh system can manage a seamless handover.
Using the same SSID and password can be worse than having two separate networks because the WiFi clients can get confused. The handover isn't likely to be any quicker with the same SSID.