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Srl2007
Aspirant
Jul 28, 2020

Nighthawk RAX200 as APs across home

Brand new home built with Cat8 wiring to every level.  Can I put RAX200's on each floor and set them as APs and connect them with a netgear switch to create a wired mesh with the same SSID to cover the entire house?

 

3 kids and a ton of devices so the Orbi mesh networks keep getting bogged down.  Hoping the wired implementation will save us some backhaul bandwidth.

 

thank you!

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    Jul 28, 2020

    The only problem is its not a mesh system. You can use the same ssid but it won't roam like a mesh system would.

    You'd be better to look at the orbi AX system versus multiple RAX200's. 

    • Srl2007's avatar
      Srl2007
      Aspirant
      Jul 28, 2020

      1 - thank you for the info

      2 - what will the difference be compared to the orbi mesh systems?

       

      my existing orbi system bogs down due to nest cams, Apple TV's, etc - just trying to takes advantage of the wiring