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Ive an Ax12 Rax200 - want to add an extender. AX6000, AX8, EAX80 or RBK850?
Afternoon all, some advise please if i may, ive found one other thread on here about an rax200 asking about an extender but is not the same as this question. Should this of been asked already, ...
AX6000 is a speed.
The one's I'd recommend?
for AC devices: I'd recommend the tribands that have a dedicated backhaul. EX7500, EX7700, EX8000, RBS40v (has an extender mode)
For AX: EAX15, EAX20, EAX80 There isn't a triband extender (that I've seen) with a dedicated backhaul like the AC devices.
They're all mesh devices (in extender mode) so you should be able to roam without issues on all of them.
The EAX devices are AX but it doesn't mean they'll be the fastest. For example, the EX8000 uses a dedicated 1733mbps backhaul versus the EAX devices don't have a dedicated backhaul. so they have to share bandwidth between backhaul/fronthaul and that drops their speeds. Plus the EAX15/20 use a 1200mbps 5ghz link.
So the EX8000 would more than likely be faster than them (i haven't tested so can't 100% confirm).
- Thank you for comprehensive info.
See what your saying.
I went with two orbi ax6000 addon satellites
Though cannot get them to play nice with the nighthawk ax12 rax200. It seems the orbi requires the orbi modem and will not act as extenders for the nighthawk.- I’ve just purchased now 3x EAX80 extenders which hopefully will play nice with the nighthawk.
Shame as I think the orbis would have been better. I also like the look of the orbi that can nicely sit in a hallway. Where’s as the eax80 looks like a piece of hardware in the wrong location. But can not seem to get the orbi satellites to work with the nighthawk without the orbi modem. Though you really would have thought it should be a smooth transition and be able to do so...? Thanksthe orbi does need a orbi router controlling it. They are great devices and are designed to function as mesh. But it is a whole system
- Hi
Can you give me some more info please.
I’ve got the orbi rbk81 modem now with the satellites. How do I put it behind my night hawk and get it to work together. Is the orbi plugged into the pan port of the night hawk? Or does it need to to go to the modem and night hawk from the orbi lan. ThanksYou're trying to go?
Modem--->RAX200----->Orbi RBK850?
Is that correct?
If so, put the orbi system in access point mode to prevent a double nat.
The RAX200 won't "integrate" into the system as part of the mesh but it will work as a seperate ssid/network you can use. I usually use mine for IoT devices and for peak performance streaming (because it'll have faster peak speads when you're close to it)