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alcat
Luminary
Mar 09, 2018
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Extenders vs Mesh

Hello    I am looking for clarifiction on Extenders vs Mesh, specifically when the extenders are sharing the same SSID (I am using a Nighthawk X6S EX8000 and planning on extending this configuratio...
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    alcat
    Mar 09, 2018

    Thanks for the speedy reply. To summarise, mesh is more than a shared SSID. Mesh has additopnal technologies to make the hand off between satellites more effcient than traditional router/extenders.

     

    Are there any good white papers you can recommend? In or outside of Netgear?

     

    thanks! 

alcat's avatar
alcat
Luminary
Mar 09, 2018

Thanks for the speedy reply. To summarise, mesh is more than a shared SSID. Mesh has additopnal technologies to make the hand off between satellites more effcient than traditional router/extenders.

 

Are there any good white papers you can recommend? In or outside of Netgear?

 

thanks! 

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    alcat
    Luminary
    Mar 10, 2018

    thanks for the white paper and replies. 

    I decided to go with adding an additional extender (using same SSID) vs replacing with a Mesh network.

     

    thanks again