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Kadencnc
Jun 21, 2023Aspirant
Turn Nighawk router to Extender mode
Im going to buy a raxe300 to replace my old rax70, Wonder how to turn my rax70 to extender mode? So I dun need to throw it in the bin. Can any one help please. I been checking on user manual while i ...
plemans
Jun 21, 2023Guru - Experienced User
It doesn't have an extender mode.
You can hardwire it in and use it in access point mode.
Would work great for that if you have an ethernet run to connect it to
- KadencncJun 21, 2023Aspirant
thanks for your reply plemans .
i think i found the solution from here
i think bridge mode is what works like an extender?!
- plemansJun 21, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Close but not quite. Bridge mode doesn't repeat the signal for other devices to connect to.
Its a wireless bridge between router--router
- KadencncJun 21, 2023Aspirant
plemans thanks again,
yea you are right, just found an other post saying the different probably i still need to buy an extender sighhh,
btw may i know (ignore coverage since not really big house) any internet speed (with wifi) different between these two extender, since their price are huge difference, which one do you suggest me to go with?
Netgear
EAX20 and EAX80
my current download speed with lan cable can go as high as 1000Mbps
many many thanks