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BillE7448
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Aug 07, 2019

Creating a MESH Network with Nighthawk R7800 Router

I am currently using an R7800 Nighthawk X4S router with a Netgear AC1200 Dual Band range extender. I would like to create a better more reliable network using MESH. If I keep my R7800, can I add on t...
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Christian_R
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Aug 14, 2019

Hey BillE7448 - You can certainly run two EX7700's. In the post linked below, our superuser, TheEther provides valuable information on using two extenders. 

 

https://community.netgear.com/t5/WiFi-Range-Extenders-Nighthawk/Can-you-use-2-wifi-extenders-at-the-same-time/td-p/1071091

 

You can certainly run an Orbi as well if you currently have an Orbi router + satellite. Though, the Orbi router will need to be in access point (AP) mode. 

 

~Christian