Mesh network w/ another vendor's extender
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I set up a Netgear EAX80 mesh extender (it was a gift). It appears to have logged onto my network and I think is acting as a mesh device. But it's hard to tell. I can log directly onto it, and it does have a way of showing connected client list. But on the AX55 Pro site, the Netgear EAX80 shows up as a client, not as a mesh device. Is this an issue? Do I care? I thought EasyMesh was supposed to be non-proprietary/vendor agnostic. Please advise. TYIA.
Hi Joe,
I had engaged with our QA engineer on this as 3rd part EasyMesh was unfamiliar to me. This is what he said:
So yes you do appear to have an EasyMesh network but it looks as if the EAX80 is a client on one of the nodes, and not a node itself. My suggestion at least from this point is to check with Netgear, if they have any specific steps for that extender to be put in EasyMesh mode. I know that our extenders have a specific process, This video video shows adding a sattilie node. When adding a node please choose Other and see if the EAX80 shows up, you may need to reset it ti default, or possibly log in and enable a mesh option.
