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Originally Posted by JeremyD
This is the 2nd router - it will be hardwired my main router is at 192.168.0.1
model number is a linksys ea6400
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Your primary router is not likely a Linksys then, going to assume provided by your internet cable provider. FIOS routers default to 192.168.0.1. Linksys routers default to 192.168.1.1. Currently your primary and AP are not on the same subnet.
Page 37 here.
http://downloads.linksys.com/downloads/userguide/1224698289716/EA6400_combo_PDF_En-FrCA.pdf
So that's a dual band AC router.
If you have older devices, none N, take the time and set the 2.4 ghz band to accept legacy a.b and g, devices and the 5.0 band restricted to only N.
WIFI networks operate at the speed of the slowest connected device. By assigning slower legacy devices to 2.4 you leave 5.0 available to get full speed for your faster N devices.
The 2.4 band is almost certainly more congested if you live in a neighbor hood. If you can see your neighbors WIFI signals then you are almost certainly overlapping. 5.0 is less congested and the adjacent channels are farther apart so less likely you'll overlap.