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RadDudesman
Jan 10, 2020Tutor
Netgear AC1900 Unable to connect
Hi I recently purchased an AC1900 Wi-Fi extender. All was working well, devices could connect and without any intervention and there were no issues. I added an AC1900 Wi-Fi Mesh Extender and things ...
- Jan 10, 2020
If you're running 1 router and 2 wireless mesh extenders you can try just setting the ssid for one of the extenders with a unique ssid. That way the router and one extender talk to each other. the other extender shouldn't get caught in a loop if you're running that route.
plemans
Jan 10, 2020Guru - Experienced User
If you're running 1 router and 2 wireless mesh extenders you can try just setting the ssid for one of the extenders with a unique ssid. That way the router and one extender talk to each other. the other extender shouldn't get caught in a loop if you're running that route.
RadDudesman
Jan 12, 2020Tutor
plemans wrote:If you're running 1 router and 2 wireless mesh extenders you can try just setting the ssid for one of the extenders with a unique ssid. That way the router and one extender talk to each other. the other extender shouldn't get caught in a loop if you're running that route.
I took most of your advice, I gave each extender it's own SSID. It's a bit messier but I can make sure everything is connecting to where it should be and my original issue seems to have gone away. Looks like it could have been an issue with the mesh :s
Thanks for your help!