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Adding more than 1 extender (EX7700) stops Wifi connecting to Internet
I have a Nighthawk R7000 Router and 3 EX7700 Extenders. For several months I have had this set up working, with all 3 extenders connected via Ethernet in different rooms. With that set up all 3 Exten...
When you're setting them up, are you using the same ssid's for the extender and the router?
If so this will cause issues if the extenders are connecting to each other.
I usually only recommend having a single extender with the same ssid as the router. as you add more than 1, change the ssid's so they aren't connecting to each other and looping.
Thanks for the reply. I can try that (will have to wait till tomorrow).
My only concern is that I want a single Wifi network that devices (mobiles etc) can connect to seemlessly and I don't have to drop one weak connection to pick up another stronger signal. With multiple SSIDs won't they effectively be separate and require manual switching to move between them?
If that is a solution that's necesary, then I'm confused how I had it working before. My main Router SSID is 'The Matrix' and that's what I previously used on all 3 extenders succesfully. Either way I think it's a good idea to try it and see if it then 'works'. At the very least it will show what the problem is...if not, how I avoided it before
Thanks
If the extenders are far enough away from each other that they can't pick each others signal up, it works fine. its when there's a strong enough overlap and they start connecting to each other that you get issues. Maybe something changed in your environment or a firmware update optimized the power/wireless setup enough to cause them to pick each other up.
I ended up just resorting to having 1 extender on the same SSID and the others on different ones. That works fine with only downside being it's not truly seemless when using mobile devices around the house. Anything fixed I've connect to whichever SSID is closest. A bit annoying that I used to have a seemless single SSID across 3 extenders but not a terrible compromise and I just couldn't face messing around trying to get it to work anymore!