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JayJayKay
Aug 31, 2020Follower
CAX-80 with R8000 acting as an extender/repeater?
Currently have the R8000 and EX8000 and have been relatively pleased with the combo (with the exception of having to power cycle my EX8000 every once in a while to re-establish connection to the rout...
plemans
Aug 31, 2020Guru - Experienced User
The R8000 doesn't have extender/repeater mode. But you could run an ethernet cable, use powerline, or use a moca adapter to hardwire it in and run it in access point mode.
I've got my EX8000 running off my CAX80 right now for testing purposes. Its worked well for me and been pretty simple to use.