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jailbee
Aspirant
Feb 04, 2019

Range extender connection issues

Hi   I am having ongoing WiFi connectivity issues when a device connects to the extender it will not  Subsequently hand-off from the extender  to the main router. (TPLINK WP841) when it leaves ...
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Christian_R
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Feb 07, 2019

Hi jailbee - Have you tried setting up the extender with the same SSID as the router to see if the issue persists? Wireless clients won't hand-off as easy without the same SSID.

 

~Christian 

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    jailbee
    Aspirant
    Feb 13, 2019

    Thanks for the advice - good call.

     

    unfortunately, I have tried that and as far as I Can tell the hand off was unsuccessful, although I could not tell which router / repeater I was connected to once they had the same SSID. Although the devices connect to the router there was no internet connection.

     

    i continue having to reset the router....so frustrating 

     

    thanks agsin