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PeterJA's avatar
PeterJA
Aspirant
May 16, 2017

AC1900 D7000 wifi loss using TP Link extenders

Hi, I have successfully installed the D7000 and appear to have no problem with internet connection.  However, I have connected it to TP link extender network and the wifi works and then unexpectedl...
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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
May 19, 2017

Hello PeterJa

 

Have you tried to reserve the IP address of the extender? also have you tried a different ethernet cord?

 

DarrenM

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    PeterJA
    Aspirant
    May 20, 2017

    Many thanks for your response. Have tried a Cat 6 cable with nochange. Not sure how to reserve an IP address.

    It appears that the Netgear router regularly does not issue out IP addresses to devices. Is that fixable on the router or do I need to bin it ?