Netgear Universal Dual Band WiFi Extender N600

I live in WI-Fi nightmare I always used Ethernet in my office, and the rest of my 900 square foot condo suffered from the overcrowded 2.4 GHz network. Well recently the condo association mandated that we move to AT&T U-verse with wireless receiver boxes for our TVs. Where as the wi-fi environment was bad before, when only 50% using WI-Fi, we have now moved to 100% of the condos broadcasting 5 GHz WI-fi signals to watch TV, and every unit has a dual band gateway that talks on the 2.4Ghz and 5 GHz bands whether they have internet service or not. Oh and the U-verse routers are Auto-channel, but the 2.4GHz Auto-channel on the Arris Wireless Gateway that is supplied doesn't just use channels 1, 6 and 11, like most routers do, it uses 1,3,6,9, and 11, causing severe interference. The new U-verse wireless Gateway could not be installed in my office, so now I needed a wireless solution. After reading about WI-fi, it seemed my best bet was to use a 5GHz solution. My network laser printer wasn't WI-fi enabled, and my wireless inkjet printer didn't support 5 GHz and the two computers in the office don't support 5GHz either. So I bought this unit for its 4 Ethernet ports. I configured my U-verse Wireless Gateway, to broadcast SSIDs that were different for the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands Then I connected this router to the 5GHz band. This NetGear unit started broadcasting new SSID's on both 2.4 and 5GHz channel. I couldn't have that, the air is already over crowded! I didn't need the signal repeated, the signals were already strong. I just wanted the Ethernet connections for my Ethernet only device, and my devices that didn't support 5Ghz. So I looked at the DHCP on the wireless gateway to find the IP address of the Netgear. I then logged into the NetGear using that IP address and turned off the wireless repeating both bands. Because of the overcrowding of the air, the wI-fi channel is constantly changing, and this unit follows that signal very well. I ran speed tests several times a day. When I connect my laptop directly to 2.4 Ghz channel on my U-verse gateway, my download speeds varied from 5 to 26Mbs. When I connected my laptop via ethernet to the range extender my downspeeds varied between 28.1 and 29.4 Mbs, giving me a much more reliable connection speed. Because of the 5GHz overcrowding the 5GHz channel changes often, and this unit follows it flawlessly. All in all this is a real winner!