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Heyyoburg
Mar 18, 2022Follower
Help with connecting Nighthawk as a Wi-Fi extender
Hi all! I recently dusted off my old Nighthawk router as I switched to a new system a few years back. I went through the Netgear guide to see how I could connect it as an extender to my Non-Netg...
plemans
Mar 19, 2022Guru - Experienced User
the R8000 doesn't have an extender or repeater mode. Just an access point mode.
so you'd need to hardwire it in in some fashion. Whether that be using powerline, ethernet, or moca adapters.