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ironmanco
Tutor
Oct 07, 2018

EX8000 or similar mesh extender w/wired backhaul and single SSID

I have an R8000 and would like to set up mesh extension with multiple extenders (see below) with wired backhaul.   Questions:   1) Can the R8000 be part of the mesh network also providing wif...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 07, 2018
knighstalker wrote:

I know you can setup the EX8000 in AP mode but the MESH (One WiFi name) feature is disabled.

You can still set the AP's network name to match your router.

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knighstalker
Aspirant
Nov 07, 2018

Great, but will they seemlessly transfer you as you go from one device zone to another? Also would there be any issues where the zones overlap?