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Nighthawk X8 R8500 Band Steering
Hello everyone. I'm looking to buy this amazing router as it gets available in Spain, so I have read every review available, and I found one thing that could be very frustrating. There's no o...
At this time, the router only support band steering on 5GHz band with smart connect enabled. No 2.4/5G band steering support.
Thank you for your answer.
I think so also, it should be firmware problem, but as the MU-MIMO is anounced for 2016 on this router and is not a deal breaker, rebuild all the Wi-Fi wich a big amount of devices to get different SSIDs for 2,4Ghz and 5Ghz is a nightmare.
So maybe there's a workaround to set the same SSID but with no Band Steering for the moment. This should be OK.
Regards.
Does anybody know if this is possible in the actual BETA?
I'm just waiting to buy this router becouse I want to have the same SSID on the 2,4Ghz and 5Ghz.
Thank you!
At this time, the router only support band steering on 5GHz band with smart connect enabled. No 2.4/5G band steering support.
Thank you!
Are there any plans to support it?
I would strongly encourage you to input that idea in our Idea Exchange Board for our engineers to be aware.