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Connecting access point to EX7000 extender
Hello, I'm running an EX7000 as a wireless extender (due to placement of my router in the basement). I have one area of my house that doesn't get a wifi signal with the EX7000, and by chance ther...
plemans Thanks so much for your feedback. Unfortunately, I don't have any PCs/Laptops that have an ethernet port, so I can't exactly test as you described. Also, the TP-Link only has one ethernet port, which is obviously being used for the incoming signal. I do have a reasonable degree of confidence that the signal coming into the TP-Link is OK, because I previously had a printer networked through this ethernet line which was working fine. I guess this doesn't fully answer the question of whether it is communicating with the internet, but at least it was receiving an IP address. I'm certain that the TP-link is set up as an AP.
plemans I guess I'm wondering if it is even feasible from a theoretical standpoint to daisychain the TP-link off of the EX7000 running as an extender. Is it possible for the DHCP server on the router to manage this? I contacted TP-LINK tech support and they said it's not possible, but they were also trying to sell me an expensive mesh system.
Theoretically you should. I've connected a unmanaged switch to an extender and ran multiple device off it.
