“Still cannot get good wifi service in one part of home I have an L shaped 4000 sq ft home. Sons room is over the 3 stall attached garage on one end of the home. Router in located in the center of the home. Even after installing the Nighthawk X6 he still cannot get good wifi connection. Previously he used an extender on our ATT router, but he would get dropped or get weak service quite often. We really thought the Nighthawk would resolve the problem. Any suggestions?”
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The powerline by netgear worked for me after the super router did not.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.There's a lot of things that can cause interference with WiFi. If you have neighbors that are flooding the channels, other devices using the same frequency, transformer or the device you are using is being blocked by the walls. There is a formula for how strong your signal is vs how much your walls are soaking up. Try this site. http://www.netspotapp.com/wifi-signal-strength.html
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I had a similar problem until I raised the Nighthawk router higher onto a shelf giving it less interference.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.That ranch style "L" layout is always a problem even with the top wireless routers. If the power outlets at your property in the room you have the Nighthawk and the area you are having problems getting a good signal in are not he same circuit, you can use the Netgear Powerline series of units that uses your electrical wiring as ethernet cabling. There are different levels depending on speed needs. One box plugs into an ethernet cable which goes to your Nighthawk and the unit in the alternate location goes into an outlet with an ethernet cable connected to it and a wireless access point OR the Netgear Powerline Essentials wireless solution - ethernet at the outer and wireless at the wall jack matching unit. You can see options at https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/powerline/?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You need another router/access point to act as a relay. If money is a problem you can use one or more used routers. Setting up a relay will require some research on your part or, if you are lucky, you know a guy that can do networking.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The range is increased but due to size and shape of the house you will probably still have to use a extender but should have significantly less signal issues with the new setup.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.What if you turned the router 90 degrees? Is he still using the extender/bridge? There's a program called inSSIDer that can tell you graphically what channels you and potentially interfering devices are using. You might want to try that to see if there's an obvious reason he's getting dropped (he's using channel 11, and an obnoxious neighbor is using channel 9 and interfering, or if he's hooking the bridge up to his own wireless router and is using an interfering channel) Otherwise there are a ton of other factors---distance coupled with a couple concrete walls? Aluminum siding (not sure how much this would affect it)? Lead paint in an older home (this probably WOULD affect it...). I have this router as of a couple days ago. I love it.... hope you can resolve the issues with it.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If you have already tried adjusting the antennas to get a better signal, and also tried a different band on the connection IE...5GHZ . You may need a high gain antenna on the pc or laptop not getting a good signal.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Anything in the signal path of this router can affect performance, especially metal and things with electric motors. Try adjusting the six antennas to get better reception. Also, run this router on the 2.4 GHz band for distance.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.it should be fine. i use it from the end of a 10000 sq ft home. it work fine all the way on the other side. speed doesnt drop either so thats a plus
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