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Chris9's avatar
Chris9
Aspirant
Dec 27, 2022

AX1800

Is it possible to use the AX1800 with a Fritzbox 7530AX mesh router, using the Fritzbox as one node and having the AX1800 in a different room to extend the signal?

Thanks

5 Replies

  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 27, 2022
    Chris9 wrote:

    Is it possible to use the AX1800 

    Which one? AX1800 is not a reliable guide to model number. Many devices come with an AX tag, but it is essentially a label that Netgear, and other brands, attach to hardware to describe wifi speeds.

     

    Look at the label on the device for the model number.

     

    ....using the Fritzbox as one node and having the AX1800 in a different room to extend the signal?

     

    Possibly putting this unknown AX1800 into wireless access point mode. But you probably won't get a combined Mesh network.

     

    Manuals are always a good place to start.

    Visit the support pages:

    Support | NETGEAR

    Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.

    Look for the model number on the label on the device.

    You may have done that already. I can't tell from your message.

    I mention it because Netgear gave up on supplying paper manuals and CD versions some years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 27, 2022

    What actual AX1800 device is it? 

    If its an extender, probably***

    If its a router, then you can but you'd need to hardwire it in in access point mode. it won't integrate into the mesh but you could use it. 

     

    ***You might check with fritzbox because their mesh setup tends to be a little proprietary and sometimes its easier/faster/more stable to go with one of their mesh extenders versus trying to use a 3rd party. 

    • Chris9's avatar
      Chris9
      Aspirant
      Dec 27, 2022

      The AX1800 is the Netgear EAX20 Wifi Mesh extender

      The Fritzbox is my router.

      So, can I have the EAX20 in another part of the house and create one mesh network using the mesh router and mesh extender?

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru - Experienced User
        Dec 27, 2022
        Chris9 wrote:

         

        So, can I have the EAX20 in another part of the house and create one mesh network using the mesh router and mesh extender?

        plemans has already started with an answer to that.

         

        Mesh is a two-way process. It depends on routers and satellites talking to one another. Asking a Netgear satellite to play nicely with a Fritzbox router may be a bridge too far.

         

        As plemans suggests, you might like to start by talking to the Fritzbox people about how their routers work with satellites. Satellites are secondary. The router determines what the Mesh system can do.