Review on 🌐 NETGEAR Nighthawk Whole Home Mesh WiFi 6 System (MK62) - AX1800 Router with 1 Satellite Extender, Extensive Coverage up to 3,000 sq. ft., Supports Over 25 Devices by Jeho Odor

When I received this product it was easy to set up and the Wi-Fi coverage was excellent. However, I soon noticed that the satellite (MS60) was having problems. I corresponded with Netgear support for several days until I got tired of spending all my time troubleshooting and half the time turning off Wi-Fi. I obtained a replacement through Revain while reinstalling my Linksys wireless router. A few days later a new system arrived which I installed alongside my Linksys system and left for 48 hours before proceeding. After making most of the necessary settings for my network, I tested for another 24-36 hours. Now the system is connected to the network and works quite well. After going online, there were several problems. First, most of my connected devices had connection issues that didn't occur the first time. A much-discussed issue in the Netgear community is the inability to have separate SSIDs for the 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi bands. This "feature" is designed to restore a glitch-free connection to any band when portable devices like your phone or tablet roam the Wi-Fi network. The problem occurs when you have devices that only work on the 2.4 GHz WiFi band. Many do this because the 2.4GHz band has a wide coverage area, which is important since many of these devices are in different areas of the house where there are walls. Many of these devices require an app on a phone or tablet to set them up and require that device to be connected to the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi band, which is not possible with current design as phones and Tablets are designed to connect to the best available Wi-Fi signal. fi. and I haven't found a way to change this behavior. A few apps claim to be able to do this, but none of them have had any success on my devices. Some suggest taking your phone or tablet to a location where the 5GHz signal is weak, which will cause the device to select the 2.4GHz band. It almost works, but on my devices, the connection between the bands falters when I try to set up the intended device. My solution was to use the TPLink Wi-Fi Extender from my store, which only works on the 2.4GHz band. I moved the extender into my house and set up a separate SSID for it, which I use solely to connect to my 2.4GHz-only devices like my ambient weather station, my MyQ garage door controller, and my Sonoff TH16 remote temperature sensor. I know Netgear has been inundated with requests to change this behavior where possible, and I'm looking forward to it, although my current solution may be the best for now. Generally speaking, Netgear has at least responded like all these tech companies are responding, which is "yeah, I've shut down, stood on one leg and thrown a dead chicken over my head" and all the pre-packaged offers that you get.