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RBK40 and Nighthawk for 2 wireless networks
I know this sounds crazy but I'm wondering if I can use an old Nighthawk router to provide one wireless network for a specific area but connect it to an Orbi for a second network to continue to serve...
Biigdaddio wrote:Is that possible? What will be the downsides? (I know, make sure the two networks are on widely separated channels...) But will this work at all?
Certainly it will work. Thousands of customers purchase Orbi's and neglect to disable their ISP WiFi. The key thing to remember is that devices will not "roam" from the Nighthawk WiFi to/from the Orbi WiFi. As long as he gets a good signal from the Nighthawk, there should be no problem.
Great news. I will wait a day to see if anyone else chimes in with any further recommendations before I mark this as solved. But thanks so much for the quick feedback.
If you run into specific issues, there are many people on the forum with Orbi/Nighthawk experience.