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Recommended extender for BE17000 — Nighthawk WiFi 7 Tri-Band Router
I have three questions: I have an old R8000P. I does not have smart connect and I can set a different name and password for each frequency. Can I do this with the BE17000? 2.What is...
See more info here regarding Orbi systems: https://community.netgear.com/discussions/en-home-orbi-be/orbi-970---separate-name-per-wifi-freq-/2458153
Thank you for your reply. I have the EA 80 (AC3000) but since I was updating the router I thought about getting a new extender. I was thinking about going with ORBI 970 but unlike the T-Link router you cannot disable the smart connect. I have read "many" articles about how the smart connect is not ready that smart and if you want a different GHZ than what smart connect likes it is impossible to configure. It looks like old versions of ORBI had the smart connect disable switch - oh well!
Thanks