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EX8000 backhaul options
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 on...
Thx for sharing your experience.
StanP50 wrote:
If your router in only dual band, then you'll most likely only want to set it up as an extender not an AP.
Generally speaking, if you have gigabit ethernet at the extender's location, you should always set it up as an AP. There is no downside in doing that.
Except if you set it up as an AP then you lose the mesh capability IIRC. In other words, if you have an R8000 and extend it with a EX8000, and you set the EX8000 up in AP mode, then I believe you can't have it mesh between the R8000 and EX8000. I'm looking to do something similar by running multiple EX8000 with a single R8000 all broadcasting the same SSID and able to hand off to each other...AND backhaul to the E8000 via ethernet.
From what I understand you do not lose mesh functionality if you wire the EX8000 to the router and set it in AP mode with the same SSID. My friend has a duel band router wired to the EX8000 with the same SSID and he gets mesh functionality. That was actually my original quesiton and the responses and my friends experience seem to suggest you can.