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Hakkacrakka
Apr 04, 2023Follower
Net gear c6300 add on…?
I have old ac1750 c6300 still works fairly well for what I need… however with more speed the more devices connected it drops. We had stabilized fairly well with wired devices 1 or 2 and a tplink de...
FURRYe38
Apr 04, 2023Guru - Experienced User
The modem is getting up in age as newer stuff has surpassed the C series modem. However one could configure the C6300 for modem only mode and connect up something externally for a wifi router system.
https://kb.netgear.com/27191/How-to-set-the-cable-modem-router-to-be-on-modem-only
Maybe a Nighthawk MESH system would be something to review:
https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/mesh/listing-filter/nighthawk/
Or you could run the C6300 in gateway mode with it's wifi disabled and configure an MK system for AP mode as well.
I found my MK63 on Amazon used for cheap. Works great after getting it updated with FW.