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RAX200
Hi,
i do have RAX200 its really has an amazing performance, my question is i want connect an extender like a mesh orbi, i just i dont know which one is the best options for my house becase the router is not enough for my big house i want something to cover the other area of my house, i was looking for Orbi mesh for (example) but its comming with a router.. so i got counfuesd how to extended my wifi coverage.
please advise.
You can literally run it like the one in my signature.
modem-----RAX200------Orbi-----orbi satellites.
Mine works great. I have the RAX for controlling everything as well as peak wireless speeds and then orbi for overall coverage. the orbi is setup in AP mode to prevent a double nat.
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You can extend it with something like the EX8000 or EAX80 mesh extenders. They work great but in my experience, they only work when you're using 1.
When you need more than 1, moving to a full mesh system like orbi is a better plan.
1 is not enough for example if i want to move to orbi, orbi does have 1 router while i do have RAX200 i dont want to replace it with Orbi router does the orbi system will works as wifi extender ?
You can literally run it like the one in my signature.
modem-----RAX200------Orbi-----orbi satellites.
Mine works great. I have the RAX for controlling everything as well as peak wireless speeds and then orbi for overall coverage. the orbi is setup in AP mode to prevent a double nat.
I would not recommend the RAX200. The wireless drops multiple times a day. The wifi completely disappears for a few minutes. There are also times when the performance is extremely slow. Overpriced paper weight. My r7000 is 100 times better. Netgear pushing out unproven hardware, making the consumer beta testers.
i got your points, but there is something you have to understand about the wireless dont keep it enable in smart mode as i got if your device not use to be compitable with smart mode it will keep disconnected 100 times per days becuase its not compitable to be stable in smart mode my devices is not stableable so i disable this mode and its now working perfectly stable and better than my olds router for sure, keep it up to date also.
Regards,
I dont use smart mode. I would have hoped the RAX200 could have handled all my devices but it handles them worse than my R7000
