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AX6 nighthawk 5ghz question
Hey everyone, I just recently upgraded my router. I have an AX6 ax5200 Netgear nighthawk router. For some reason if I unplug my router and turn it back on, the 5ghz band doesn’t perform well. It will...
Please insure you are not using the 160Mhz bandwidth as this create issues if devices do not support it.
this is found under WiFi settings, it's called mode.
Newfiedrool wrote:Please insure you are not using the 160Mhz bandwidth as this create issues if devices do not support it.
this is found under WiFi settings, it's called mode.
Right, forgot about that. 'Up to 4800 mbps' would be 160mhz, and i believe might be the default. 'Up to 2400 mbps' would be 80 mhz. Note that 160mhz requires DFS channels at least in most areas, if not all.
Thanks for the head up on the default setting to 160Mhz.
I would think it should default to 80Mhz but I've seen a few comments on several AX models now where this is an issue.On my RAX120 when you select the mode it will have the HT number next to it yet on some routers including the XR1000 there is no reference to the bandwidth when you select the mode which is confusing users.
The problem is when first setup a user will run through the setup and select mode and in most cases will see the higher number and select that as there is no description in the UI to help guide them.