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Nighthawk X6 extender question - can you use two?
Hi, I’m using a Nighthawk X6 extender to extend the wifi in my house, but I need to extend it further. My router is at one end of the house and then the current extender is in the middle of the house...
Can you do it? Yes.
But what I'd do is try to move the router.
Go
extender<-------router------->extender
Try to move the router to the middle with the extenders setup with a star configuration and not daisy chained. It'll be more stable. Otherwise, you can end up with the extenders connecting to each other if the router's signal drops or has any issues.
plemans Except these Mesh Extenders are actually designed specifically to be able to daisy chain and go extender to extender like a typical "mesh" system...
Retired_Member wrote:
plemans Except these Mesh Extenders are actually designed specifically to be able to daisy chain and go extender to extender like a typical "mesh" system...
Glad you corrected me. I'm happy to learn that I've wasted years of time on here helping out and being proficient with extenders.
That seemed...necessary. Glad I wasted my time pointing it out to help other people. I am the IT manager of a manufacturing and engineering company. I've held this position for 18 years. I think I'm pretty proficient with networking, myself, what with it being my career and all...