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Mesh RAX 70 to Mk63
Help I bought both the RAX 70 and The mesh system MK63. how do I make both of these work together? I need the boost on my upper and lower levels of my home. I am very green so keep any explanations to...
Stacydresel wrote:
Help I bought both the RAX 70 and The mesh system MK63. how do I make both of these work together?
With difficulty. It is a bad idea to pile router on router in a network.
Two routers on a network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with local address problems. Among other things, the other router can misdirect addresses that the Netgear router usually handles, such as routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1.
This explains some of the other drawbacks.
What is Double NAT? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Unless you have specific reasons for using two routers – to create two independent networks for example – it is often easier to use just one router and to set up the second router as a wifi access point (AP) wired to the first router. Netgear advises this, as does just about every site you will visit.
It isn't clear to me if you want to create two separate network or just to extend the wifi. If the latter, then using one of these routers as an AP should work.
As you have the MK63 system, you have a router and two satellites. The easiest experiment would be to remove the RAX70 from the network and see if the MK system gives you enough wifi coverage. Those satellites should be able to cover all but the biggest property.
Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Check the section in the manual Set up the router as a WiFi access point
Or read this:
How do I change my NETGEAR router to AP mode? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
If you need the RAX70 to spread the wifi, it supports bridge mode with a wireless connection to the main router. (Check the manual.) That is a more complicated and not all routers have that option. You would have to use the MR60 as the router with the RAX70.
I am very green so keep any explanations to easy layman terms please!!
The least brain straining solution would be to see if the MK63 can fill the bill, leaving the RAX70 on a shelf somewhere, gathering dust.