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GeorgeCRD
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Jun 10, 2020
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Two Extenders with Nighthawk X10 - is it possible?

I have Nighhawk X10 router and one extender Nighthawk X4S.

I am thinking about adding aonther X4S - is this possible and will it work?  

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Jun 11, 2020
    GeorgeCRD wrote:

    Thanks for the response, it sounds logical.

    So if I went to the extender settings and blocked the other extender, should it work OK? 

    not necessarily. I'm not 100% sure how the blocking works with those extenders but if it blocks it off ssid and not mac address, it could end up blocking the connection to the router. 

    Or if they end up daisy chaining (router-----extender------extender), what if the middle on has blocked the final step? Then it doesn't connect. Its usually why I recommend an actual mesh system or setting one of the extenders with its own ssid. 

     

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 11, 2020

    Is it possible? yes

    will it work? maybe

    Reason I say maybe is the mesh extenders can be finicky when using more than 1. Reason why is they aren't full mesh system with a router controlling them. They connect back to the primary router based off the ssid. If you're using 2 extenders with the onessid function, they can occassionally see each other and end up connecting to each other and not the router. 

    Many don't have issues with this. Some do. 

    When they do, then you simply change one of the extenders to use a different ssid so they dont' end up connected to each other. 

     

    for this reason, I usually recommend people who need more than 1 extender, to move to a full mesh system like orbi and not an extender mesh. 

    • GeorgeCRD's avatar
      GeorgeCRD
      Tutor
      Jun 11, 2020

      Thanks for the response, it sounds logical.

      So if I went to the extender settings and blocked the other extender, should it work OK? 

      • plemans's avatar
        plemans
        Guru - Experienced User
        Jun 11, 2020
        GeorgeCRD wrote:

        Thanks for the response, it sounds logical.

        So if I went to the extender settings and blocked the other extender, should it work OK? 

        not necessarily. I'm not 100% sure how the blocking works with those extenders but if it blocks it off ssid and not mac address, it could end up blocking the connection to the router. 

        Or if they end up daisy chaining (router-----extender------extender), what if the middle on has blocked the final step? Then it doesn't connect. Its usually why I recommend an actual mesh system or setting one of the extenders with its own ssid.