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Device lockup (Orange light) on home WiFi
I've been trying to troubleshoot a problem I'm having with a secondhand EX6100. I bought the device from a friend that had been using it without problems, but when I reset it and connect it to my net...
I have found a solution. I noticed some of the other devices on my network (notably mobile phones), would need to have their wifi disabled/enabled to fix connection issues every now and then. So I started to suspect there might be something wrong with my router's wifi. I ended up installing DD-WRT custom firmware to my router (WNDR4500v1), and tried the Wifi Extender once again. It's been several days now, and I haven't had a single issue with any device on my network, not only that, but the connection is more reliable and faster; I have many more configuration options on the DD-WRT firmware, and at first it can be a little confusing to configure, but it's working flawlessly now. So it seems that there is a problem with the standard firmware of my router and wifi that causes other devices to drop-out or in the extender's case, lockup.