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My extender will not re-connect after a service outage. My service is through my phone provider via DSL. It is a remote location. Only way to get it to re-connect is to power cycle the thing. I'm...
When you get it connected, what does it show under the extenders status page for connection back to the router?
did you set it up using wps? or the installation assistant?
I used the installation assistant. I am thinking something is not configured correctly otherwise it would reconnect on it's own after a service disruption on my main router. Unfortunately it's an offsite location (lake house) and I am 75 miles away. I can power cycle the thing and it will connect but I'm not always there.
Not ideal but a smart switch that you could plug the extend into to cycle the power on/off on the extender for when you're not there.
Not sure why its not auto-connecting after a power going down. sometimes its the router starts up before the modem/extender and causes connection issues initially
I'm thinking I like your idea of a smart switch to remotely power cycle the wifi extender when it hangs up. My setup is such that a smart switch or smart plug would have enough signal to connect it to my main router enabling me to access it when needed to cycle the wifi adapter plugged into it. Thanks for the idea.