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[thiggins]

In the netgear settings their is no way to specify 20mhz or 40mhz for the 2.4ghz.

NETGEAR uses a simplified system. Change the "Up to X Mbps" in the 2.4 GHz settings to the next one down. That will switch to 20 MHz bandwidth mode.

 

[sm00thpapa]

The 2.4GHz performs the same as the EA9500 when playing games or doing anything network intensive. However, I'm getting full strength everywhere in apartment with the 5ghz channel now where as the EA9500 was dropping off.

In the netgear settings their is no way to specify 20mhz or 40mhz for the 2.4ghz. It's either 20/40 Co-exist or not which I assume that means 20 and 40 if checked. If not checked than only 40.

347Mbps is 20 MHZ 800 Mbps is 40 MHZ.

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[pege63]

Yes i know and everybody says so, but still its shows the channels just for 20MHz NOT for the 40MHz.
It shows this channels in all 3 Mbps settings: 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, BUT they are CH for 20MHz.

 

[Entourage]

347Mbps is 20 MHZ 800 Mbps is 40 MHZ.

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thank you, i will give it a shot tonight. Even just with the 5GHz band range improvement over the EA9500 is a pleasant improvement.

 

[RogerSC]

The Netgear R7800 and Netgear Orbi are my top 2 routers at the moment. Asus routers, network adapters, and wireless repeaters that I've had have let me down completely. As have Linksys. So your experience will vary. You'll find people that have had great experiences with Asus and Linksys, and you'll find people that like Netgear (like me) because they perform well and don't break. I'm using Netgear firmware on both the R7800 (although dd-wrt is about there now) and the Orbi, and don't find any bugs that are showstoppers. I find some firwmare bugs, of course, but minor...and I'd like to have more monitoring capabilities, but more to the point, the Netgear routers that I've owned have provided great wireless coverage for my house, stable performance, and few problems.

Highly recommended. But like I said, I'm sure that you can have good experiences with other company's routers as well. Understand your needs, and read reviews carefully. And make an appropriate choice on the basis of these realities, not on the basis of the wildest bandwidth claims or the highest prices. It's okay to think about what you see yourself needing in the future as well, but remember that the future will be different than it looks like today, and the lifetime of the router that you buy today is not forever.

 

[yugi]

I recently tested R7000 vs R7800 and R7000 gave me a better signal. R7800 was $25 more expensive, so I returned it. R7000 has very strong signal, better than my Asus RT-AC1900P, and is very stable. No drops, no packet losses. I think R7000 is one of the best routers around, and it's pretty cheap, I bought it for $100 + tax.

 

[wocram]

Using Asus RT-AC1900p since Sept 2016 without issues. The regularly updated (at least every 2 months) Merlin custom firmware is big plus and uses the same (non blinding) dark scheme GUI as Asus stock firmware, but with several improvements.

My RT-AC1900p sends both 2.4GHz and 5GHz signals far into the garden (20 meters) without any drop-outs. Great router!

 

[bodean]

What do you mean by suck? Use inSSIDer to see what the channels look like. Maybe it's neighbor interference. Run the 2.4Ghz band in 20Mhz mode may help.

Is it recommended to run the 2.4Ghz in 20Mhz only? I currently have it set to "up to 800mpbs" with 20/40 coexistence enabled.

 

[sm00thpapa]

Is it recommended to run the 2.4Ghz in 20Mhz only? I currently have it set to "up to 800mpbs" with 20/40 coexistence enabled.

Yes

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[pege63]

347Mbps / 20 MHZ
800 Mbps / 40 MHZ

When using the 2.4GHz broadcasting radio you should generally use a channel bandwidth block 20MHz wide.
This is because there are more non-overlapping channels available when using 20MHz
(as opposed to 40MHz) which means there is less liklihood of congestion or clashing channels.

You can also use 40MHz on the 2.4GHz broadcasting radio.
However it congests the Wi-FI in the area so if you live in a built up area it probably isn’t a great idea as it will interfere with other 2.4GHz users.

 

[bodean]

347Mbps / 20 MHZ
800 Mbps / 40 MHZ

When using the 2.4GHz broadcasting radio you should generally use a channel bandwidth block 20MHz wide.
This is because there are more non-overlapping channels available when using 20MHz
(as opposed to 40MHz) which means there is less liklihood of congestion or clashing channels.

You can also use 40MHz on the 2.4GHz broadcasting radio.
However it congests the Wi-FI in the area so if you live in a built up area it probably isn’t a great idea as it will interfere with other 2.4GHz users.

Isn't allowing up to 800 Mbps, and enabling 20/40 coexistence, enough for a populated area, opposed to just running it at 347Mbps?

 

[pege63]

You live in the apartment with many neighbors in the building use 20MHz
If you live in a house with a good distance to the nearest neighbor use 40MHz
Next question is if you have client who can benefit

 

[sm00thpapa]

In my testing 20/40 coexistence doesn't work. I added a few AP's on the same CH as the R7800 and the R7800 did not revert to 20MHz. So I just left it on 347MHz. Nothing I have takes benefit of the 800Mbps.

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[pege63]

Well you have 2 R7800 so you have 1 client whoes benefit