Verizon Router CR1000A, what settings do I change in the router for best performance?

Question

We had the Fios Router G3100 & the Fios Extender E3200 for quite awhile. Verizon just sent us the Verizon Router CR1000A as a courtesy due to all these issues we’ve had over the months.

I’m curious on what changes in the Router Settings to make? Anyways, I was told to do change these settings in the new router to get the best Wi-F on the CR1000A:

- Disconnected the E3200 Fios Extender & hooked up the new CR1000A Router

- I disabled, SON, IPV6.

- Renamed 2.4, 5 & 6ghz to all different SSID & different password for each.

- Went into Wi-Fi > Radio Management > Settings & uncheck the box next to “Enable DFS channels during channel scan”.

- Went into IoT Network & clicked Disable.

I believe I’m all good to go? I see the 2.4 & 5ghz channels but not the 6? I have a Samsung Note20 5G that is Wi-Fi 802.11 a b g nc ac 6 compatible. Should I be seeing the 6ghz channel on the phone?

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Cang_Household · Accepted Answer

Could you disclose what issues were you facing before the depot sends you a CR1000A?

Disabling SON is dated advice as there is a separate IoT SSID.

Disabling IPv6 cuts off your access to the IPv6-part of the Internet, which is becoming increasingly popular and running on newer and faster equipment. Typically the problem lies with legacy devices, not the newer Internet Protocol.

802.11ax-compatible device per se is insufficient to see WiFi 6E, the device needs to be certified for WiFi 6E in addition to WiFi 6 on 5GHz. The device also needs to support WPA3. Virtually all smart home devices do not support WPA3, so enabling 6GHz would create problems with them.