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Scoyka's avatar
Scoyka
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Jan 14, 2023

Romania

Hi,
It is possible to connect two EAX80 extenders to a RAX200 router?
And if possible how should I do it? The connection can be wired or wireless, it doesn't bother me, the important thing is to know if it's possible ?

Thank you

Best regards

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 14, 2023

    Can you? Sure. 

    A lot depends on how you set them up though. If setup wrong, they can be unstable. 

    Reason why is if you set them up using wireless and in mesh (single ssid) mode, then can end up connecting to each other and not back to the main router. Causes all kinds of issues. 

    So if you use wireless mesh they shouldn't be able to see each others ssids. 

    If they can, one of them needs to have a separate ssid (disabled mesh). 

     

    Or you can hardwire them in and run them in AP mode. that'd work as well. But AP mode disables the smart roaming features of them. So devices tend to be a little "stickier" and not roam as efficiently. 

     

    Or you could do one wireless and one wired. 

    Plenty of options. 

     

    You just need to make sure that they aren't daisy chained in wireless

    Daisy: router----->extender------>extender

     

    You want star.

    Star: Extender<--------router----------->router

     

    And again, far enough apart the extenders can't see each others ssid's (if in wireless extender mode)

     

    If you're not using the single ssid function on the RAX (separate ssid's), its even simpler as you can have one of the EAX's connected to each of t he 5ghz bands.