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I want to use it as extender, How to setup WDS R8000 Nighthawk X6 AC3200
I have wifi dongle, it's jioFi. I want to extend it's wifi range by using my netgear router as extender, How do I set up WDS on my netgear router ? model is R8000 — Nighthawk X6 AC3200
The R8000 doesn't have an extender mode with the standard firmware.
You could always look at installing 3rd party firmware that might have extender mode (like dd-wrt/myopenrouter) but you always take the chance of bricking the router.
plemans Can we Restore old firmware ? in case router breaks by newly installed firmware
You'd have to check whatever 3rd party firmware you try.
that's the risk you take if you choose to go that route.
Or you could try selling the router and so you could buy an extender.