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detweiler
Jan 20, 2026Aspirant
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...
plemans
Jan 20, 2026Guru - Experienced User
If you can't hardwire it in with ethernet, might check out a powerline adapter or a MoCa adpter (ethernet over coax).
Just another option.
What actual router is it from spectrum? Some of their newer ones are getting the options for adding satellites.