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Why is my smartconnect very stupid?
I chose the smart connect as recommended then set up 5 devices then I went to devices on the the Netgear nighthawk app and 4 of the five devices were connected to 5GHZ-2 and the one i especially wan...
stringhacker wrote:
Is setting up manually as easy as changing the passwords and ssid’s
On the different bands?? Thanks again for replying and all the great info!!Yes, that is all you need to do on the router, then on the devices, pick the SSID you want it to connect to. You only really need to uncheck SMART CONNECT and change the SSID for 5Ghz-1 or 5Ghz-2 ones, no need to change both. Both can have the same password.
I've got an R8000 and using Smart Connect as well.
I assume the R8000P has the same setup, Smart Connect only for the 2 5Ghz SSID's.
It isn't that it is 'stupid', it is that it is 'dumbed' down (Smart Connect that is). Check HERE and see what a review of Smart Connect said:
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Given the capabilities I saw in Broadcom demos, NETGEAR appears to have dialed XStream's capabilities down to a very simple level. Radio assignment appears to be based strictly on supported link rates, not the actual link rate in use. And NETGEAR has said it disabled dynamic radio assignment, citing problems it found with some devices not liking being steered. This bears another look, which I will do in Part 2, along with OpenVPN performance and full wireless testing.
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And in Part 2 it added:
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The R8000's real promise is in improving total wireless throughput with mixes of client types. And here, the R8000 is a work in progress. NETGEAR chose to let the R8000 perform only a few tricks out of Broadcom's entire XStream technology catalog. So you might be better off manually assigning clients to its two 5 GHz radios, instead of using the very simple (and static) client assignment algorithms currently implemented.
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I can attest to it being 'dumbed down', and bear in mind those reviews were done almost 4 years ago with the initial firmware, there is a 'chance' NG has improved Smart Connect since then in newer firmware versions. However, I do have 2 iPad Pro's. One would expect them to be on the same SSID, but they are not, each on one of the 5Ghz bands. Maybe because it 'levels' depending on what is on at the time, don't know, but I've seen them on the same one occasionally.
Thank you for the reply, very intresting... I’m not very tech savvy,
(The stringhacker screen name is from attempting to play guitar!)
I actually think the R8000p is smartening up??? When I first connected everything, it all showed up on 5G-2 except my wife’s I-pad
Which was on 2.4G??? But now it seems to be evening out somewhat..
If I could ask one more,,
Is setting up manually as easy as changing the passwords and ssid’s
On the different bands?? Thanks again for replying and all the great info!!
(The stringhacker screen name is from attempting to play guitar!)
I actually think the R8000p is smartening up??? When I first connected everything, it all showed up on 5G-2 except my wife’s I-pad
Which was on 2.4G??? But now it seems to be evening out somewhat..
If I could ask one more,,
Is setting up manually as easy as changing the passwords and ssid’s
On the different bands?? Thanks again for replying and all the great info!!
> [...] Is setting up manually as easy as changing the passwords and
> ssid's On the different bands??
Probably. Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model
number, and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for
"Specify Basic WiFi Settings".
stringhacker wrote:
Is setting up manually as easy as changing the passwords and ssid’s
On the different bands?? Thanks again for replying and all the great info!!Yes, that is all you need to do on the router, then on the devices, pick the SSID you want it to connect to. You only really need to uncheck SMART CONNECT and change the SSID for 5Ghz-1 or 5Ghz-2 ones, no need to change both. Both can have the same password.
- You sir,, Rock!!! Thank you!!