EX8000 in Access Point (AP) mode - should i enable both 5ghz Networks?

[JamieP83W]

Hey all,

My main router is a Nighthawk r7000p in the office.

i then have a cat 6 cable to connect this to my EX8000 in the hallway (around 20m away).

Using the Ex8000 in AP mode - when it comes to wireless, should i enable both the 5ghz networks or not?

im not sure on the pro/con for doing either, any help would be great please!

[plemans · Accepted solution]

I probably would. The reason I say this is it gives you another 5ghz channel to use. 

Pro's: another 5ghz radio to use, freeing up space on either the router or the other 5ghz channel being used.

Con: Adds potential wifi interference if you can't space all your 5ghz channels from your router's wifi channels. 

[plemans · Accepted solution]

I probably would. The reason I say this is it gives you another 5ghz channel to use. 

Pro's: another 5ghz radio to use, freeing up space on either the router or the other 5ghz channel being used.

Con: Adds potential wifi interference if you can't space all your 5ghz channels from your router's wifi channels. 

[JamieP83W]

Thanks

im making sure i manually specify all the chanels that WIFI uses, so i can spread them out 🙂

[plemans]

Sounds like you have it done the correct way. 

Between your R7000p and the EX8000, you'll potentially have 5 seperate ssids. Sounds like my place before I switched to mesh. 🙂 

[JamieP83W]

Mesh sorry? How do you mean?

[plemans]

Like the netgear orbi setup, google wifi, etc. 

A mesh setup with single ssid. They dynamically move your devices between wireless bands and router/satellites based upon bandwidth needs, rssi strength. They're a bit more expensive but are nice for their simplicity once setup. 

[JamieP83W]

Ah, I have this setup with these devices. I just set the same ssid