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cbradley55
Aspirant
Jun 15, 2020

Creating one wifi network with mesh and nighthawk

Hello. I have a RAX120 in my large home (first floor), but it seems slow in the basement and second floor. I added the MK62 placing the router in the basement and satellite upstairs. They are all wir...
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Christian_R
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jun 18, 2020

Hi cbradley55, 

 

I'll check in with the team on this inquiry. In the meantime, would you mind letting me know if you have the 2 SSIDs named the same?

 

Thanks,

Christian 

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cbradley55
Aspirant
Jun 23, 2020

Hello. I spoke to Netgear support and they gave me two options: change my RAX120 to an access point ot get another Mesh satellite. I chose the latter, since it would waste the RAX's capabilities. They said the Mesh is more powerful as a standalone, and so far I have coverage everywhere in my large home. The RAX120 seemed faster to me, but just couldn't reach the farthest parts of my house. I plan on giving the router to the kids, sinced they are into games anyway. If I had a router that wasn't as good, I would have changed it to an access point. But thanks for looking into my situation!