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kal8v9
Aspirant
Jun 15, 2020

How do I select WiFi channel and speed in Nighthawk Extender?

I have nighthawk mr1100 and just connected nighthawk extender ex7000. As I was reviewing how to improve performance it keeps talking about picking the right channel and speed. How do I know what to se...
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kal8v9
Aspirant
Jun 23, 2020
They both don’t offer the same channel options. Do I have something configured wrong?
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 24, 2020
kal8v9 wrote:
They both don’t offer the same channel options. Do I have something configured wrong?

depends. This wasn't very specific. 

It is a dual band so does have a 2.4ghz band and a 5ghz band. The extender should pickup the channel the hotspot is using for each and rebroadcast on those.