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detweiler
Aspirant
Jan 20, 2026

X6 AC3200 R8000 as a Wi-Fi mesh extender

I've been trying to set up my Nighthawk router as a mesh extender for some time now, well ever since Frontier went from the Arris router to the eero router. Definitely no joy there.  I have jumped s...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 20, 2026

The R8000 series router only supports AP mode. Does have any support for a wireless repeater or extender mode. For AP mode, you would have to ethernet connect the R8000 to a host router and put it in a remote location for AP mode.