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Same Router use as Extender Nighthawk ac3200
Hello all, i have purchase 4 Wifi router i.e. Nighthawk x6 AC3200 r8000, and i want to connect eachother as a extender, my first router is my main router and all others are connect to it vai a gigabyte switch.
all are working fine...but i want to know, should i have to change the channel for both 2.5 and 5ghz frequency. or i should kept them same as it was...
if i kept them same...will it make disturbance in wifi range?
> [...] All are wireless devices. Only access points are connecte with
> wires.
And that's the reason. The access point itself sees a wireless
connection, but the router sees only the wired connection (from the
access point).
When a wireless device connects to the router's built-in access
point, the router knows that it's a wireless connection; everything else
is a wired connection (so far as the router knows).
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> [...] i want to connect eachother as a extender, my first router is
> my main router and all others are connect to it vai a gigabyte
> switch. [...]
"gigabit" switch, but what, exactly, does "extender" mean to you?
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "Use the Router as a
Wireless Access Point".
> [...] should i have to change the channel for both 2.5 and 5ghz
> frequency. or i should kept them same as it was...
I'd expect better results (less interference) if nearby access points
used different radio channels.yes, i use them as a access point ...
should i use same channel for all routers?
> should i use same channel for all routers?
> I'd expect better results (less interference) if nearby access points
> used different radio channels.
Still true.