So the Fios coax comes in through the wall. The coax goes into a splitter. The left side runs to the TV which works great. The right side runs to the brand new Quantum Gateway router which also works great.
The router transmits a 2G and a 5G wifi signal, and both signals are strong. So far so good. Upstairs, I've installed a Netgear wifi extender, but the extender doesn't seem to be getting the 5g signal. It's able to accept 5G but the 5G light doesn't light up, and the 5g band doesn't appear in the extender's interface.
Here's my theory: Let's go back to the splitter where the signal enters the room. The splitter says it's able to handle 2.4g. So if only 2.4g is entering the router, does that mean that I really don't have 5g? Could this be the reason that the extender doesn't see 5g?
And is it possible to get a coax splitter that CAN handle 5g?
Or is the splitter completely irrelevant?