Upgrade your WiFi to First Class

NETGEAR^® Nighthawk^® AX8 8-Stream Mesh Extender (EAX80) supports the latest generation WiFi 6 (802.11ax) standard. This powerful Nighthawk Mesh Extender is built for the future of WiFi delivering maximum capacity, maximum speed, and more coverage. Enjoy a better-connected home experience and extend faster WiFi to the farthest corner of your home with blazing fast speeds up to 6Gbps. With 8-streams WiFi, more spatial streams provide more available bandwidth and less congestion for all the devices in the WiFi network.

Ideal for large homes with up to 6 bedrooms, you can extend powerful WiFi to every corner and take advantage of the fastest broadband speeds available to get the speeds you pay for. Easily set up your extender and get more out of your WiFi with the Nighthawk App. Upgrade to Nighthawk AX8 WiFi 6 Extender to experience the fastest WiFi speeds with up to 4-times greater network capacity than WiFi 5 allowing you to connect more and more devices to your WiFi today and in the future.

Easily Create a Mesh WiFi 6 System with your Existing Router

Expand coverage of your Existing Router using your current WiFi name and password. This unique desktop design has four powerful internal antennas that extend WiFi signals to where your router WiFi cannot reach. Nighthawk AX8 Mesh Extender is backward compatible with previous WiFi generations (11b/g/n/a/ac) and will work with all your existing internet-connected devices.

8-STREAM WIFI - NETWORK EFFICIENCY AND FASTER SPEEDS

Ultimate Speed and Range without Bandwidth Drop

Your upgraded WiFi experience will deliver smooth streaming of ultra HD content on your new smart TV, music for your WiFi-connected speakers, and fast online gameplay throughout your home.

ONE WIFI NAME

No More Switching WiFi Network Names

Nighthawk AX8 Extender creates a seamless network throughout your home by using the same WiFi network name (SSID) as your router. Your WiFi devices like the smartphones and laptops will remain connected to the same network name without disconnect and reconnect as you move around your house and yard.

SMART ROAMING

Seamless Coverage for Your Mobile Devices

Smart Roaming intelligently connects your mobile devices to the optimal WiFi for 4K streaming, surfing and more. Now you can enjoy uninterrupted streaming on YouTube or Netflix, even as you move around the house.

Smart Roaming is designed for devices that support the 802.11k standard.

FOUR GIGABIT ETHERNET PORTS USB

CONNECT MORE

A desktop extender like EAX80 is a great choice if you need more Ethernet ports to connect more network-ready wired devices and USB storage options. Use the extender's four (4) Gigabit Ethernet ports to connect wired devices like Smart TVs and game consoles.

ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE AND COVERAGE

Nighthawk Router Nighthawk Mesh Extender

Love your Nighthawk router? Now you can easily build your own powerful Nighthawk Mesh network.

Enjoy all the advanced router features that a Nighthawk has to offer and easily build your own powerful WiFi Mesh System. The Nighthawk AX8 is compatible with any WiFi router but delivers the best mesh performance with the Nighthawk^® WiFi 6 routers.

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