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So if I went to the extender settings and blocked the other extender, should it work OK?
not necessarily. I'm not 100% sure how the blocking works with those extenders but if it blocks it off ssid and not mac address, it could end up blocking the connection to the router.
Or if they end up daisy chaining (router-----extender------extender), what if the middle on has blocked the final step? Then it doesn't connect. Its usually why I recommend an actual mesh system or setting one of the extenders with its own ssid.
Re: Two Extenders with Nighthawk X10 - is it possible?
Is it possible? yes
will it work? maybe
Reason I say maybe is the mesh extenders can be finicky when using more than 1. Reason why is they aren't full mesh system with a router controlling them. They connect back to the primary router based off the ssid. If you're using 2 extenders with the onessid function, they can occassionally see each other and end up connecting to each other and not the router.
Many don't have issues with this. Some do.
When they do, then you simply change one of the extenders to use a different ssid so they dont' end up connected to each other.
for this reason, I usually recommend people who need more than 1 extender, to move to a full mesh system like orbi and not an extender mesh.
So if I went to the extender settings and blocked the other extender, should it work OK?
not necessarily. I'm not 100% sure how the blocking works with those extenders but if it blocks it off ssid and not mac address, it could end up blocking the connection to the router.
Or if they end up daisy chaining (router-----extender------extender), what if the middle on has blocked the final step? Then it doesn't connect. Its usually why I recommend an actual mesh system or setting one of the extenders with its own ssid.
