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Adding a MESH to Nighthawk C7800
Hi I have the Nighthawk C7800 which was pworking great with my apartment with 940 MBPS, used primarily for streaming and ~50 connected devices. Now I have moved to a 2800 sq feet home, which has...
You can add EX7700 or EX8000 extenders to the C series gateway modem, or turn OFF the router and wifi portion of the modem and use it as a modem only and connect up a Orbi system, AC or AX.
30 feet or more is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected.
https://kb.netgear.com/31029/Where-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite
The descriptor on the extenders not 50 devices, and I have ~150 devices, so I guess that doesn't work, adn my only option is to go for the mesh
Will placing tmodem and satellite within 2o feet create interference?
Extenders would work as well to help with off loading your amount of wifi devices all connected to the modem.
Tried the EX7700, slowed everything down...ordered the Orbi Ultra-Performance Mesh WiFi System - AX6000 - 3 pack adn will likely use the C7800 as modem
Thanks for letting us know.
Please visit and post about this over inthe Orbi AX forum:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/bd-p/en-home-orbi-axThank you.