EX8000 backhaul options

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lemmy999 wrote:

I have a dual band R7800 (AC2600) roouter.  I was considering purchasing an EX800 but had a couple of questions that I can't find the answer too.  

 

1.  I know if I had a tri band router then one of the 5GHz channels is used for backhaul and then I have full use of the other 5GHz and the 2.4Ghz channels.  But since I have a dual band router, how does it work?  Is the 5GHz not available to my devices or would that single 5Ghz channel be shared with backhaul and connections to devices?

 lemmy999 - Nighthawk Mesh works with dual-band and tri-band routers. The third band from EX8000 will always be dedicated to connect to the router so the extender does not need to cut its bandwidth in half. The router may however have to share the 5GHz between its connected devices and the extender backhaul. Even in this case, the performance should be significantly better than having a shared backhaul. 

2. I am pretty sure wired backhaul isn't possible with the EX8000 (which is dissapointing, especially since I have a dual band router), but I have read that a wired connection back to the router is an option in AP mode and that I can configure it to have the same SSID as the router.  So how would this differ from a mesh extension with the EX8000 in extender mode.  If I had a wireless device connected to the router would it seamlessly move to the EX8000 when I moved away from the router and behave like a mesh network?

 lemmy999 - In AP mode you can configure to have Same SSID and password as router and enjoy all benefits. Smart Roaming is supported and you also get three bands on your extender WiFi available in AP mode. 

 

Thanks.  

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