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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.
detweiler
Jan 20, 2026Aspirant
The model number on the installed wi-fi 7 router is SBE1V1K or SBE1V1R. If by satellite you mean their extender pods, yeah... I tried one for about a couple of three weeks and it really didn't improve the throughput or make any noticeable difference because the devices in the dark side of the house were still showing a noticeable degradation of service