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XR500 with R8000 in AP Mode
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XR500 with R8000 in AP Mode
Hello.
I have been using an R8000 router for the past year and recently got my hands on the XR500. I have a 2 storey house with my ISP modem set to bridge mode and the netgear router on the main floor. Since I now have 2 really good routers, I was thinking I should put the XR500 on the main floor and the R8000 on the 2nd floor LAN connected. I guess I would put the R8000 into AP mode since the XR 500 has the good firmware. My question is if this makes sense, or should I just use the XR500 and sell the R8000? I'm wondering how the tri-band on the R8000 would work alongside the dual band on the XR500. Does it just do 2 bands in this case? I would typically try it myself but am away for work so checking to see if anyone has done this.
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Re: XR500 with R8000 in AP Mode
As to frequency bands, just make sure to use different channels between the XR500 and R8000.
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Re: XR500 with R8000 in AP Mode
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