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Time to update my system
Hi all, I would like a wired setup with a WiFi access point. I would like a wired router with all the bells and whistles of the xr700 or xrm500 with more ports and then a hard wired WiFi point put in ...
Why don't you get the xr500 and a switch (for more ports)? Then you could just add an orbi setup to it and run the orbi in access point mode.
I haven't seen/heard of any dumaOS systems that have mesh like orbi so far.
- The orbi set up would be no more than a very expensive switch.
The night hawk switch and night hawk extender would be my personal choice but that still leaves the problem of the hub to feed the AP and switches.
The 500 just doesn't have the ports and the 700 doesn't work with the ex7700. Either unit I would turn off the wifi as it is in a dead zone in the house (celotex partition walls) and use the extender as APAgain, external Gb switches are inexpensive to add on for additonal ports if needed.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/GS116v1.aspx
These come in 5 and 8 port if you need less ports.
