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blinky1041
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Jan 13, 2013

WN2000RPTv2 Connected devices

I use a new WN200RPTv2 to extend my apartment building's unsecured wifi network. To provide a degree of access control, I am using it as a bridge to a WGR614v7 with security enabled. For the extende...
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blinky1041
Aspirant
Jan 20, 2013
Jmiz,

Thanks for the reply. I very much wish I'd known about that device before I purchased the range extender (already had the router from a previous setup). I'd like to make the WN2000RPT and WGR614 work, if possible, to avoid spending additional funds.

Can you shed any light on to why so many connected devices are showing up on the extender's connected devices list? If the extender is not broadcasting a wireless signal and is hardwired only to my router, why is there more than one device shown connected to it?

Thanks again.