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Is it possible to use my old Nighthawk R7000P as a Mesh router?
I am new to networking but this old dog is learning. I just purchased an ORBI system for my new home and look forward to setting it up soon. I purchased a Nighthawk R7000P AC2300 a few years ago for...
Parfox wrote:
I take it that none of the satellites will use the R7000P as their hub?
I don't know what you mean by that, but if you have a satellite with a LAN port, you can put the R7000P into wireless access point mode and use the wifi and Ethernet from that.
But it will not be a mesh system and will have its own SSID and password.
Thank you for your time and response.
I take it that none of the satellites will use the R7000P as their hub?
Parfox wrote:
I take it that none of the satellites will use the R7000P as their hub?
I don't know what you mean by that, but if you have a satellite with a LAN port, you can put the R7000P into wireless access point mode and use the wifi and Ethernet from that.
But it will not be a mesh system and will have its own SSID and password.
Thank you for your time and info.
I see now that the only ways to extend the range of this router's wifi is to use an extender or set it up in a bridge mode with another router.