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jayceross
Oct 11, 2022Aspirant
Nighthawk rax70- add mesh
I have a RAX70 router- and wondering if adding an EAX80 or EAX20- would make it a "mesh" network-
michaelkenward
Oct 14, 2022Guru - Experienced User
jayceross wrote:
I have a RAX70 router- and wondering if adding an EAX80 or EAX20- would make it a "mesh" network-
According to the Netgear literature, the EAX80 is an "AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender". The EAX20 is an "AX1800 4-Stream WiFi Mesh Extender".
So, the EAX80 and RAX70 are both AX8 WiFi 6 devices.
To me that says possibly "yes". But for informed feedback from someone who has used the kit you might do well to seek help in the section where people chew over extenders.
WiFi Range Extenders & Nighthawk Mesh - NETGEAR Communities
You might like to search there for messages related to your question.
In the meantime you could visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for the hardware.
You may have done this already. I can't tell from your message.
I mention it because Netgear stopped supplying printed manuals and CD versions some years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.