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Stylinguy
Aspirant
Jan 12, 2021

EAX80

I have the EAX80 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender. When I first got it, I had in the list of WiFi on my phone, 2g_ext & 5G_ext. I no longer see those to choose from. I have a fire stick wired into the extender which is working fine, but not getting the 2G_ext & 5G_ext in WiFi list. Please help!

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    Jan 12, 2021

    do you have it setup in mesh mode? (onewifi)
    If so, it uses the same ssid as the router so it won't show up as a seperate network. 

    • Stylinguy's avatar
      Stylinguy
      Aspirant
      Jan 12, 2021
      I have no clue! Lol. I don’t know much about routers & extenders to even know how that could have changed. I actually just got a new router also. The Nighthawk RAX200 tri band. But I haven’t seen the _ext in my phones WiFi list for a while now. Do you know how you can change between it being set to mesh? Is it better just having it set to mesh?? Meaning, will it still use whatever is closest or strongest signal?
      • plemans's avatar
        plemans
        Guru
        Jan 12, 2021

        I prefer mesh mode as its simpler. Devices will band steer between 2.4ghz and the 5ghz band and switch from extender back to the router as needed. 

        If you just got the RAX200, did you have to reinstall the EAX80? 

        Did you set it up using wps? If so, the default setup is using mesh/onessid. 

        You can log into the RAX's attached devices page and get the ip address or view if the extender is attached.