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fordpickup
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Aug 05, 2020

R8000 as an Orbi Satellite

Can the R8000 be used as a satellite on an Orbi network (wired or wireless)? I replaced the R8000 with the Orbi system because it constantly would have issues dropping signal. Not sure if I can repurpose it given the current mesh network.

 

Thanks!

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    plemans
    Guru
    Aug 05, 2020

    No the R8000 isn't a mesh device. 

    You can hardwire it in and use it in access point mode. Just make sure to set it with a different ssid and using different channels than orbi uses so it doesn't create interference.