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dlimanov
Jun 19, 2025Aspirant
CAX80 vs CBK752 for Xfinity
As title says, I’m in an unfortunate location where only Xfinity Internet is available with up to 1.2Gbps service being the highest offering. I currently run CAX30 with an EAX80 extender for our sing...
dlimanov
Jun 20, 2025Aspirant
single level, usual Sheetrock with crappy insulation in between rooms.
perhaps hard-wiring an extender is a better option, i do have a long CAT6 i can use. do i need to do anything special to convert the extender from “extending” mode and into AP?
plemans
Jun 20, 2025Guru - Experienced User
You'll have to rerun setup or the setup wizard and use "access point mode' during setup and not extender.