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  1. HatfieldChris

    A NAS, two CT8 and a mobile router

    I have now found and unpacked the one CT8 that we have with us at the moment (the other is still at the old house) and the NAS units. The CT8 is now a wifi extender to the BT Mini Hub (cellular data) and has the printer and NAS plugged into the ethernet ports. And it works. Not the...
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    A NAS, two CT8 and a mobile router

    Thank you, it looks useful. I am rather nervous of doing that for what is only a temporary situation though. Wimp me!
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    A NAS, two CT8 and a mobile router

    Alas, the Media Bridge mode only appears to work with the other CT8 set up as a router. Can this be done if I already have a mobile router (that cannot be used as a modem only)?
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    A NAS, two CT8 and a mobile router

    Thaanks. The link to the other thread is very useful, and I now understand Media Bridge mode! I can see that it is what I need, and my CT8s can do that. Though because they have a second 5GHz channel dedicated to backhaul in mesh mode they are perhaps a little better than awful? Thank you gain
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    A NAS, two CT8 and a mobile router

    Thanks for the reply. That is how the NAS boxes are connected at the moment - the modem is connected to a C8 router via ethernet, and the NAS boxes connected via ethernet to the C8 router. Alas, the mobile router that we will have to rely on for a while when we move house does not have...
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    A NAS, two CT8 and a mobile router

    We currently have a broadband modem connected to two Asus CT8 units set up as a mesh. There are a couple of NAS boxes attached via ethernet cable to one of the CT8s. We are moving house, and there will not be broadband there immediately. We do have a mobile broadband router (ex BT) that is...
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