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EX7500 Extender installed, but no connection
The installation seems satisfactory (blue lights for WEP, power and router link), but I can not connect devices to the extended network. I have a Roku stick, Kindle Fire 10, and iPhone7 that I would like to use in the area of low signal. They show the 5Ghz channel in their options but when I select it, neither of the connection lights on the extender come on at all.Can I use my 5ghz channel over the extender?
My Netgear 6100 router has 2.5 and 5 ghz channels. I'm using a WN3000 rpv3 extender to reach a difficult area. My current setup sends only the 2.5 ghz channel to the remote area. Can I "attach" the extender to the 5 ghz channel, or is that beyond its capability? How do I make that change in the router or the extender (if I can)?
C7000 Initial Channel Locking
I got a c7000 from someone that had upgraded to something newer, as far as I know it had been working. When trying to set it up with Comcast, they said they could see it, the self activate seems to work, when they sent reset codes to it, it lost downstream and upstream and attempted to re-aquire. However I never get an active connection, and they never see it as connected. When I go to the cable connection page, it says "Failure Your modem is offline. Please check the RF connection." Then, "Click Here to go to setting...". That link takes me to a very interesting page, showing 24 downstream and eight upstream channels, with only the first of each locked in. Even more interestingly, when the device is restarted it always starts at channel ID 31 at 687000000 Hz, power - 2.1 dBmV, SNR 40.9, which are all good values, but if I refresh the page every few minutes, the downstream channel that is locked in moves down one channel and by 6000000 Hz. Upstream does not appear to change, although I believe it has been different between different restarts. Also near the top of the page there is a startup procedure list: Aquire downstream channel, it reflects the current one locked in as described above; connectivity state, in progress params transfer complete; boot state, in progress unknown; security, disabled; ip provisioning mode, in progress unknown. I will try to post a pic, but I'm working off of my phone currently and the mobile interface is lacking attachmentsex7300 router to extender connect
This extender is working well, but I am wondering what is best configuration to use, what are the pros/cons, of router:extender and extender:client. Use both 2.4 and 5 Ghz for both: Use 2.4 from router and 5 to client; or use 5 from router and then 2.4 to client? Thanks DCForce 5ghz Channels
I'm having a problem with one iphone 6 which has a damaged wifi. I would like to try and force the phone to use only the 5ghz frequency if possible to test if just a particular antenna is bad in the phone. So, since I don't see any clear ways to set my router to only use the 5ghz frequency, can someone guide me in setting it up? I only have iphones connecting to the wifi which all have 802.11ac capabilites, so I should be able to force it onto one frequency or another. As you can see from the clip below, it is running at 2.462 frequency. I've unchecked ' Enable 20/40 MHz Coexistence' already, and Channel 11 is clear in my area. Any thoughts and ideas are appreciated. Is this router even capable of running only 5ghz frequency, or do I need to buy a 802.11ac wifi router? This is just for testing, so I'd prefer not to have to purchase a new router if I can avoid it. Below is a snippet of what a wifi channel scanner sees.
