Hi Ive recently moved into a New Build property & had a garden office built out the back garden. I have a 360mb D/L speed in the house which is great but I need to get some of that down to the office. The main router is in the airing cupboard in the centre of the house, I have an EX8000 extender downstairs as close to the office as possible and then another EX8000 in the office (I could also place it in the garage which sits in front of the office if need be) but the issue I have is that that extender in the office is just connecting to the main router and not the extender so essentially im trying to daisy chain "Home Router > Ex8000 > Ex8000> Office"But whats actually happening would look more like this "Ex8000 > Home < Ex8000" I know this daisy chain effect can be done as ive read on the forum the question is HOW... im a complete newb when it comes to this stuff.

Easiest way? Seperate out your ssid's. Have a different name for each extender's ssid so when you're setting up the connection, it knows specifically which device to connection to. Otherwise if the ssid's are the same, it can switch around.

So hardwire into the extender with a computer. go to mywifiext.net. log into the extender. From there you can change the ssid. Here's an acticle from your support site.https://kb.netgear.com/000045826/How-do-I-change-the-WiFi-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-Mesh-WiFi-Range-Extender and here's the support site with manuals, firmware, troubleshooting, FAQ for the EX8000https://www.netgear.com/support/product/EX8000.aspx

I have a macbook Pro so unable to connect directly with Ethernet if thats what you were suggesting - I know I can purchase an adapter but im looking for something quick & I wanted to utliise the mesh system that the EX8000 has which was the whole point of purchasing it. I cant see why I cant just daisy chain it if there was a guide on how to do so?

You're other option is to login to your router, find out the ip address of the extender from the attached devices page, and use that address to login to the gui. I'd have to agree it is the whole point of mesh. But there's a difference from a true mesh system like Orbi and adding a single extender like the EX8000.The problem that you're having is because you're trying to daisy chain using the one ssid function with extenders. Daisy chaining with the ex8000 would require that the futhest away extender only be able to pick up the extended signal and not the signal from the router. To get to the point of a true mesh system and not just adding extenders would be a system like orbi that is designed to handle it. You can search the forums. There have been ex8000's daisy chained but it requires certain requirements. Its not set and forget like a full mesh setup. https://community.netgear.com/t5/WiFi-Range-Extenders-Nighthawk/Adding-second-EX8000-extender/m-p/1615923

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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 13, 2019
Easiest way? Seperate out your ssid's. Have a different name for each extender's ssid so when you're setting up the connection, it knows specifically which device to connection to. Otherwise if the ssid's are the same, it can switch around.
- Luke_Ash
  Aspirant
  Sep 14, 2019
  Yes, but HOW is this done?
  - plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Sep 14, 2019
    So hardwire into the extender with a computer. go to mywifiext.net. log into the extender. From there you can change the ssid. Here's an acticle from your support site.
    https://kb.netgear.com/000045826/How-do-I-change-the-WiFi-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-Mesh-WiFi-Range-Extender
    
    and here's the support site with manuals, firmware, troubleshooting, FAQ for the EX8000
    https://www.netgear.com/support/product/EX8000.aspx

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