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Nighthawk R7900 2.4 ghz
Running the latest V1.0.4.46_10.0.53 on R7900 Nighthawk. Recently my 2.4ghz (both guest and main SSID) won't connect to Internet. All devices that are connected to it (printer, smart bulbs etc) lose ...
The SXK system isn't extenders. Its a router and 2 satellites (SXR30=router, SXS30=satellites). And its a dual band system. Again, its not an extender its own router/satellite ecosystem. Just want to make that clear so you're not trying to add satellites to the r7900 as it won't work. The satellites (SXS30) have to connect to the router (SXR30)
The biggest downfall to dual band mesh systems is that they have to share the bandwidth between front haul/backhaul. That means they only have roughly half the available bandwidth. If you're not needing the peak speeds at the peripheral of your home, they'll work great. But if you're wanting the best possible, then either hardwiring them in or going with a triband (and its dedicated backhaul) will make a difference.
You can go R7900--->SXK30---->Satellites
You'd want the SXK30 system in access point mode to prevent a double nat.
the R7900 wouldn't work as a satellite but it could be its own wifi. You'd just want to make sure it was using a different ssid and on different wifi channels to prevent interference.
plemans, you are more than just a GURU - you are a GOD in this! đ
- I saw your another message https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/R7900-Is-there-a-limit-to-the-number-of-connected-devices-on-2-4/td-p/2184909 where you had mentioned that you hardwired for high bandwidth devices. I cannot do it for ALL the devices because they are scattered from room to room. Will do that for a few devices soon.
- Also, I didn't like the fact that mesh systems "share the bandwidth between front haul/backhaul".
Till then, thinking of the following setup temporarily. Trying to follow on the cues that I understood. It won't get me the best reach but right now I am not having any problems with wifi dead spots in the home. Please let me know if I am on the right track here.
Wall -> R7900 -> Frontier Router (dual band - ARRIS NVG468MQ - want to use only a modem) to be set up as AP. Since this is near Kitchen, Living Room, Walkway etc, I can connect many of the Smartlights to ARRIS 2.4ghz and the remaining to R7900 2.4ghz.
Next project:
- Wired connections to as many places as I can
- I have had very good success with Netgear products for past 2 decades! https://kb.netgear.com/24043/How-many-WiFi-client-devices-can-my-NETGEAR-router-support recommends some Nighthawk Wifi6 routers.
If I start the Guest Wifi at 2.4ghz, will that help in adding another 32 devices OR is it a total of 32 devices spanning both the main SSID and Guest SSID?
doesn't matter if you use guest or not, its a band limitation so if you move some over to guest, you're still limited to that 32.
If you have the frontier gateway (that has its own wifi), simple leave it in router mode with its wifi on and put the netgear in AP (access point mode).
Then you can put some devices on the frontier gateway's wifi and some on the netgear to share the wifi load. That should allow you to run plenty of devices.
Would it still be Wall -> R7900 -> Frontier Modem? If so, can you please share the reason why not as AP for frontier modem?
I'm not sure exactly is coming from "the wall".
Usually that modem is a modem/gateway device so I assumed (my bad) that it was acting as the gateway.
If its not and running in router only mode, then you could use either device as the AP. Then its more of what features either router offers as AP mode disables some features. (and some routers have better built in features)