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joker2008
Aspirant
Oct 27, 2018

Configuration Question on Nighthawk EX8000

Good Afternoon All,

     Just purchased a Nighthawk EX8000 extender. The firmware is on the latest revision as I just updated it today as I was configuring it. I have a question about a possible setup I am thinking of doing.

 

I have Verizon Fios 1gb up and down and the Quantum Gateway is located in my basement. I do not want to move I have things there that are hardwired. On my first floor I have a CAT5 port which goes to my second second floor. My question is can I and would  there be any benefit to putting a Nighthawk on the first floor and then plugging it into the cat5 drop on my first floor pulling it out the second floor via the drop and having a second Nighthawk so that i could plug somethings into the second hardwire. One is this possible?

Two does the Nighthawk on the first floor have to be in Access point or can it stay in extender mode and if I have to put into Access Point mode can I still use the backhaul channel in order not to halve bandwidth? I figure the two nighthawks would give the best coverage in the house and allow me as I stated to connect somethings into the second nighthawk via hardline

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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 27, 2018

    You could use 2 EX8000s.  The one on the first floor would need to be in extender mode.  If you use the existing ethernet drop to connect the two EX8000s, the one on the second floor would be in AP mode.

    • joker2008's avatar
      joker2008
      Aspirant
      Oct 27, 2018

      Thanks appreciate it.

       

      With that I could still use backhaul on both so no halving right?

       

      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru - Experienced User
        Oct 27, 2018
        joker2008 wrote:

         

        With that I could still use backhaul on both so no halving right?

         

        Backhaul from the second floor to the first is over ethernet.  Backhaul from the first to the router is WiFi.

         

        If you can run a second cable from the basement to the first floor, then you could set up both extenders in AP mode, and both would use ethernet backhaul.

         

        joker2008 wrote:

        would it be the port on the far left or right

         

        Any of them will work.

    • joker2008's avatar
      joker2008
      Aspirant
      Oct 27, 2018

      Also sorry almost forgot would it be the port on the far left or right as netgear doesnt have anything labelled on the ports.