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alcat
Luminary
May 10, 2019

Using MESH and non-MESH devices in same network?

I want to add an extender to an existing non-MESH network.

 

My current configuration has a router and two extenders listed below

Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router R8000
Nighthawk X6S AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi Extender EX8000
Nighthawk X4S AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi Extender EX7500

 

Which, if any, of the MESH extenders are compatible with my configuration?
I am not ready to do a complete replacement of my current configuration I just need to add one more extender.
It is becoming difficult to find non-MESH extenders in stores.

 

Will either the AC3000-Nighthawk X6S Tri-Band WiFi Mesh Extender EX8000 or AC2200-Nighthawk X4S Tri-Band WiFi Mesh Extender
Model: EX7500 work with my current non-MESH configuration?

 

Any other advice or experience you have with mixed MESH and non-MESH configurations is welcomed.

 

Thank you in advance for your responce.

 

Al

 

Installation
Nighthawk Mesh

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  • alcat's avatar
    alcat
    Luminary
    May 14, 2019

    Here is an odd behavior

     

    I added an Nighthawk X6 AC2200 Tri-Band WiFi Extender EX7700 Mesh Extender

     

    My new configuration is now one router and three extenders

     

    Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band WiFi Router R8000
    Nighthawk X6S AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi Extender EX8000
    Nighthawk X4S AC3000 Tri-Band WiFi Extender EX7500

    Nighthawk X6 AC2200 Tri-Band WiFi Extender EX7700 Mesh Extender

     

    Good news - from a usability perspective everything is working as expected. No more dead spot in our basement. We are very happy with performance.

     

    Odd news - from an Admin perspective something is whacked. I can list the extenders with the mywifi url. I can manage 2 of the 3 extenders (ex8000 and ex7500) from anywhere in the house regardless of which extender I connect to.However I cannot manage (log in as Admin to ex7700) unless the computer logging in as admin is on the ex7700 extender. 

     

    Example ... 

    if I am downstairs connected to ex7700 I can log into any of the three extenders as admin via mywifiext. Does not matter if I use Mac, ios or windows to log in

     

    if I am upstairs connected to ex8000 or ex7500 I can see all three extenders listed in mywifiex however when I clicked on ex7700 I timeout waiting for the admin page to load.

     

    So bottom line all is working as expected except I must be connected to the extender ex7700 if I want to do any administration on ex7700

     Any clue what can be causing this? This is not preventing  end-user usability but from an admin perspective it is driving me nuts.

     

    thanks