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Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Leading the New Era of 11 PAGE 1 of WiFi 6 NETGEAR® Nighthawk® 8-Stream WiFi Mesh Extender (EAX80) supports the latest generation Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard. This powerful Nighthawk Mesh Extender works with your home with blazing-fast speeds up to create a powerful whole home mesh WiFi. Enjoy a better connected home experience and extend faster WiFi to the farthest corner of your existing WiFi to 6Gbps.
Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Leading the New Era of 11 PAGE 1 of WiFi 6 NETGEAR® Nighthawk® 8-Stream WiFi Mesh Extender (EAX80) supports the latest generation Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard. This powerful Nighthawk Mesh Extender works with your home with blazing-fast speeds up to create a powerful whole home mesh WiFi. Enjoy a better connected home experience and extend faster WiFi to the farthest corner of your existing WiFi to 6Gbps.
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...or more WiFi devices. Range Experience reliable and stronger WiFi coverage indoors and outdoors for all devices with the uninterrupted 4K/8K streaming, gaming, and the smart home experience. With innovative technologies, such as Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple-Access (OFDMA)§, 4x4... Multi-User MIMO, and intelligent scheduling, WiFi 6 delivers a huge boost in speed and total capacity. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender WiFi 6-Ready for Today and Tomorrow's Smart Home Introducing WiFi 6-the latest generation of your home even where...
...or more WiFi devices. Range Experience reliable and stronger WiFi coverage indoors and outdoors for all devices with the uninterrupted 4K/8K streaming, gaming, and the smart home experience. With innovative technologies, such as Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple-Access (OFDMA)§, 4x4... Multi-User MIMO, and intelligent scheduling, WiFi 6 delivers a huge boost in speed and total capacity. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender WiFi 6-Ready for Today and Tomorrow's Smart Home Introducing WiFi 6-the latest generation of your home even where...
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... WiFi Name & Smart Roaming Extend coverage of your home even where your router. Gigabit Internet provides smoother ultra HD/4K streaming & gaming-wired or wireless. The 160MHz Channel Support provides Gigabit WiFi connectivity speeds for Gigabit Internet Service & Beyond Extend ... automatically connects your outdoor wireless security cameras or the garage. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender 8 Stream WiFi 6-4X Better Performance Eight WiFi spatial streams - Up to 6Gbps Ultra-fast WiFi Speeds AX6000 WiFi with combined speeds up to...
... WiFi Name & Smart Roaming Extend coverage of your home even where your router. Gigabit Internet provides smoother ultra HD/4K streaming & gaming-wired or wireless. The 160MHz Channel Support provides Gigabit WiFi connectivity speeds for Gigabit Internet Service & Beyond Extend ... automatically connects your outdoor wireless security cameras or the garage. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender 8 Stream WiFi 6-4X Better Performance Eight WiFi spatial streams - Up to 6Gbps Ultra-fast WiFi Speeds AX6000 WiFi with combined speeds up to...
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...rush hour. MORE WIFI FOR MORE DEVICES-OFDMA allows efficient data transmission up to 8 devices at the same time§ UP TO 4 SIMULTANEOUS WIFI STREAMS-4-stream MU-MIMO‡ enables up to four (4) 1x1 devices to 10x faster than USB 2.0 4 GIGABIT PORTS-Connect more wired devices for faster file... transfer and uninterrupted connections Capacity Get better performance for all your smart home devices even when your devices. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Speed Get ultra-fast wireless speeds for best WiFi performance PAGE 4 of 11
...rush hour. MORE WIFI FOR MORE DEVICES-OFDMA allows efficient data transmission up to 8 devices at the same time§ UP TO 4 SIMULTANEOUS WIFI STREAMS-4-stream MU-MIMO‡ enables up to four (4) 1x1 devices to 10x faster than USB 2.0 4 GIGABIT PORTS-Connect more wired devices for faster file... transfer and uninterrupted connections Capacity Get better performance for all your smart home devices even when your devices. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Speed Get ultra-fast wireless speeds for best WiFi performance PAGE 4 of 11
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... USB port READYSHARE® PRINT-Wirelessly access & share a USB printer Reliable Connections There's nothing more reliable WiFi connectivity. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Sharing With NETGEAR, sharing across your network to ensure your privacy & family is simple & easy, so you can connect quickly & make sure installation and management...
... USB port READYSHARE® PRINT-Wirelessly access & share a USB printer Reliable Connections There's nothing more reliable WiFi connectivity. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Sharing With NETGEAR, sharing across your network to ensure your privacy & family is simple & easy, so you can connect quickly & make sure installation and management...
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Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Create a Mesh WiFi 6 System using the WiFi you already have Your existing WiFi > Nighthawk AX8 WiFi 6 Extender Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) Using the uplink and downlink OFDMA§ feature of WiFi 6, the WiFi traffic is managed much more ...
Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Create a Mesh WiFi 6 System using the WiFi you already have Your existing WiFi > Nighthawk AX8 WiFi 6 Extender Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) Using the uplink and downlink OFDMA§ feature of WiFi 6, the WiFi traffic is managed much more ...
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... devices simultaneously Traditional WiFi MU-MIMO WiFi PAGE 7 of 11 That means faster downloads and smoother streaming for your devices. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Gigabit WiFi to Mobile Devices Support for 160MHz channel allows the Nighthawk AX8 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender to stream at a time Data sent to multiple devices simultaneously.
... devices simultaneously Traditional WiFi MU-MIMO WiFi PAGE 7 of 11 That means faster downloads and smoother streaming for your devices. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Gigabit WiFi to Mobile Devices Support for 160MHz channel allows the Nighthawk AX8 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender to stream at a time Data sent to multiple devices simultaneously.
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Once set up , you can install your extender in just minutes • Get it at nighthawk-app.com PAGE 8 of your WiFi. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Nighthawk App The NETGEAR Nighthawk® App makes it easy to manage your network. • Network Management-Easily monitor and manage your home network • Quick Setup-Get connected in a few steps-just connect your mobile device to the network and the app will walk you through the rest. With the app, you can use the intuitive dashboard to set up your extender and get more out of 11
Once set up , you can install your extender in just minutes • Get it at nighthawk-app.com PAGE 8 of your WiFi. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Nighthawk App The NETGEAR Nighthawk® App makes it easy to manage your network. • Network Management-Easily monitor and manage your home network • Quick Setup-Get connected in a few steps-just connect your mobile device to the network and the app will walk you through the rest. With the app, you can use the intuitive dashboard to set up your extender and get more out of 11
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Connection Diagram Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Reset One 3.0 USB port 1G Four Gigabit Ethernet LAN Ports to connect more wired devices Power On/Off PAGE 9 of 11
Connection Diagram Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Reset One 3.0 USB port 1G Four Gigabit Ethernet LAN Ports to connect more wired devices Power On/Off PAGE 9 of 11
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...all current WiFi devices and is created simultaneously.§ • Up to 4 Simultaneous WiFi Streams- 4-stream MU-MIMO enables up to 4.8Gbps - Visit http://community.netgear.com System Requirements • 2.4 and/or 5GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax WiFi router or...complimentary technical support following purchase from a NETGEAR authorized reseller • Join the NETGEAR Community Forum. Band 1: 1.2Gbps @2.4GHz - 1024-QAM - Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Package Contents • Nighthawk® AX8 8-Stream WiFi Mesh Extender (EAX80) •...
...all current WiFi devices and is created simultaneously.§ • Up to 4 Simultaneous WiFi Streams- 4-stream MU-MIMO enables up to 4.8Gbps - Visit http://community.netgear.com System Requirements • 2.4 and/or 5GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax WiFi router or...complimentary technical support following purchase from a NETGEAR authorized reseller • Join the NETGEAR Community Forum. Band 1: 1.2Gbps @2.4GHz - 1024-QAM - Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Package Contents • Nighthawk® AX8 8-Stream WiFi Mesh Extender (EAX80) •...
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... to change without limitation building materials and wireless interference. NETGEAR, the NETGEAR Logo, ReadySHARE, and Nighthawk are subject to differences in the U.S. and other trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Google Play and the Google Play logo are... network traffic, building material and construction, and network overhead, result in the U.S. and other countries. NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender This product comes with an AC1200 WiFi Range Extender. ††Performance...
... to change without limitation building materials and wireless interference. NETGEAR, the NETGEAR Logo, ReadySHARE, and Nighthawk are subject to differences in the U.S. and other trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. Google Play and the Google Play logo are... network traffic, building material and construction, and network overhead, result in the U.S. and other countries. NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E. Data Sheet | EAX80 Nighthawk® AX8/8-Stream AX6000 WiFi 6 Mesh Extender This product comes with an AC1200 WiFi Range Extender. ††Performance...
User Manual
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User Manual Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Model EAX80 September 2019 202-11975-01 NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E. Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134, USA
User Manual Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Model EAX80 September 2019 202-11975-01 NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E. Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134, USA
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... trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR and the NETGEAR Logo are used for purchasing this NETGEAR product. See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply. 2 You can visit https://www.netgear.com/support/ to register your product, get help access the latest downloads and user manuals, and join our community. Trademarks ©NETGEAR, Inc. Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi...
... trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR and the NETGEAR Logo are used for purchasing this NETGEAR product. See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply. 2 You can visit https://www.netgear.com/support/ to register your product, get help access the latest downloads and user manuals, and join our community. Trademarks ©NETGEAR, Inc. Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi...
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Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Set up the extender to use a static IP address 36 Configure a router with advanced MAC settings to work with your extender 37 ...
Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Set up the extender to use a static IP address 36 Configure a router with advanced MAC settings to work with your extender 37 ...
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Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Cannot Join a WiFi Network and Receive an Error Message.......70 Cannot Access mywifiext.net 71 Chapter 8 Supplemental Information Factory Default Settings 74 Technical and Environmental Specifications 75 5
Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Cannot Join a WiFi Network and Receive an Error Message.......70 Cannot Access mywifiext.net 71 Chapter 8 Supplemental Information Factory Default Settings 74 Technical and Environmental Specifications 75 5
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Figure 1. Extender package contents Overview 7 User Manual Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Unpack Your Extender Your package contains an extender and power adapter.
Figure 1. Extender package contents Overview 7 User Manual Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Unpack Your Extender Your package contains an extender and power adapter.
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Figure 2. Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender LEDs The following table describes the LEDs. The extender is booting, or the extender is powered off. Poor connection. • Off. Router ...
Figure 2. Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender LEDs The following table describes the LEDs. The extender is booting, or the extender is powered off. Poor connection. • Off. Router ...
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...; Off. LED descriptions (Continued) LED 2.4 GHz LED Description • Solid white. An Ethernet device is off . The extender's 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is operating. • Off. Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Table 1.
...; Off. LED descriptions (Continued) LED 2.4 GHz LED Description • Solid white. An Ethernet device is off . The extender's 2.4 GHz WiFi radio is operating. • Off. Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Table 1.
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... in the product package to the extender. Use this button resets the extender. Back panel The back panel contains the following components: • Reset button. Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Back Panel The back panel of the extender provides ports, buttons, and a DC power connector. Figure 3.
... in the product package to the extender. Use this button resets the extender. Back panel The back panel contains the following components: • Reset button. Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender Back Panel The back panel of the extender provides ports, buttons, and a DC power connector. Figure 3.
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...; 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wireless router or gateway • Compatible web browser: - Overview 11 User Manual The extender broadcasts its network name (SSID). Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender System Requirements You need the following to a network. • The extender acts as an access point for WiFi devices. Safari 5.1 or higher...
...; 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wireless router or gateway • Compatible web browser: - Overview 11 User Manual The extender broadcasts its network name (SSID). Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender System Requirements You need the following to a network. • The extender acts as an access point for WiFi devices. Safari 5.1 or higher...