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RonWL
Oct 20, 2022Tutor
Nighthawk upgrade to Orbi
I currently have an R9000 router and three EX8000 extenders. Just purchased an Orbi 960 router with two of its extenders. Here are some questions: I will have a spot where my existing third exten...
- Oct 21, 2022
1. If you're not needing "the fastest" speeds in the garage you want coverage, I'd just keep the EX8000. Its a pretty rock solid extender and works great with its dedicated wireless backhaul. The R9000 doesn't have an extender mode so you'd have to hardwire it in and run it in AP mode for it to work
2. There isn't a way to import the settings. The hardware is different and trying to coble together a backup/import setup is only likely to cause issues. I'd take a screen snip of your current static addresses and just use that.