@artenais82x wrote:
Good day to Netgear support,
Community here, not Netgear support....
@artenais82x wrote:
- There should be a "Prefer 5Ghz / 2.4 Ghz" on the device added. Please forgive me, i know that mesh is supposed to be on total semplification or ease of mind but there are sometimes extreme situation that becomes funny, like a sound satellites refusing to communicate with the TV set because they stuck on 2.4Ghz ( while they can work on 5Ghz ) while the TV is on 5Ghz band.
Nothing the Mesh system can do - the preference would be a WiFI client thing (see your PS4pro!).
The normal (non-guest) SSID on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz does all connect to the very same network, the very same LAN, so it's all L2 transparent - it does not matter how a device is connected!
@artenais82x wrote:
- The PS4pro seems to be stuck on 2.4Ghz for the same reason, with the console exactly 20cm from the router. WORKAROUND : Set "5Ghz only" in options, during the PS4 wifi setup.
Unclear to me why the PS4pro should not be able to pick-up the 5 GHz BSSID. But nice proof that some WiFi client settings can help to achieve what the network admin want 8-)
@artenais82x wrote:
- If I enable/disable Guest Network, the router will go soft reboot and my clients all loose connection. The fun than begins with my sound system ( but this is my problem ) :).
This isn't nice, bot observed on various WiFi products. Definitively something that should be enhanced - what-for do we have the simple App control to enable/disable the guest network otherwise?
@artenais82x wrote:- Guest Network seems to not care about "Access Control" I can connect without any authorization as long as I know the password.
It's intentional the Guest network does run outside off the access control.
@artenais82x wrote:
- The app ( mobile/tablet correctly connected on Wifi ) a lot of times can not find the router. Web gui is OK, App > Remote connect is OK
Have another wireless on air, e.g. on the the provider router? If not connected direct to the Netgear systems, only the Anywhere Access is possible.
@artenais82x wrote:
- There seem to be some cookie problem on the Web Gui. If I leave the page open for a while it ask me to auth again, but even if I input the correct password it does not login. Refreshing the page and login work like a charm.
Lazy coding or a bug. Could be browser specific, too. Please provide details like operating system, browser version for completeness.
@artenais82x wrote:
- Setting the name of an Alexa speaker ( echo dot in my case ) utterly breaks the router, all devices go to "Blocked" on access control ( WEB GUI ) and the traffic drops after a little while. Rebooting the MR60 fixes it but it loose the name inputted.
Welcome to Netgear - yet another user confirming this kind of issues! It's about poor sanitizing of the Web form input vs. the capabilities of the internal config, a buffer overflow, ...
Similar issue can be caused by WiFI clients supplying "wild" device names with the DHCP request by the way (popular examples are typically MacOS systems "Here is John Doe's Mac" blah" and so on).
I hope Netgear has open ears, hello @Christian_R 8-)
PS. I'll request to move the post to the dedicated Nighthawk Mesh System community section.
