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Rockman
May 30, 2023Aspirant
Can a Nighthawk R7000 or MR6500 be used as the base router in a seamless mesh system
Hi, AT&T offers two Nighthawk hotspots, the M6(R7000) and the M6 Pro(MR6500). The mesh wifi systems I have looked at all seem to include their own router and don't recommend using it downstream of ...
- May 31, 2023
You can't use them as the base router as they're not mesh devices.
But you can use a mesh system and use the hotspot as the gateway.
You'd simply put the hotspot in passthrough mode and have the mesh system connected to it.
plemans
May 31, 2023Guru - Experienced User
You can't use them as the base router as they're not mesh devices.
But you can use a mesh system and use the hotspot as the gateway.
You'd simply put the hotspot in passthrough mode and have the mesh system connected to it.
Rockman
May 31, 2023Aspirant
Thank you for that information; I'm not up to speed on the latest technologies.
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