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gbnovo
Apr 11, 2021Aspirant
nighthawk AC 2200 EX7300
I live in France and have an Orange router. I wanted to extend wifi to all rooms and added 5 nighthawk AC 2200 EX7300 extenders. Have just read on site that you cannot "daisy chain" the extenders. H...
gbnovo
Apr 11, 2021Aspirant
Thank you for reply. My router is in the basement. I do have an ethernet connection to the ground and first floor. Could I connect a mesh extender to each then add an extender to each for better coverage losing less speed.
plemans
Apr 11, 2021Guru - Experienced User
When the extenders are hardwired in, they are setup as access points. They don't support mesh mode when ran in access points.
So can you hardwire in 2x of them and run them as access points and then connect an extender to each in mesh mode?
sure. but you'll have the access points on different wifi channels (or should)