Hi,
I recently bought a Wifi Extender (TP-Link - TL-WA850RE) and 5 Port Desktop Switch (TP-Link TL-SF1005D) to get coverage in my granny flat, next to my folk's place. They have the modem in their house, and the WiFi doesn't reach my flat so I figured I'd use the desktop switch to get a wired connection into my room, and then also plug the Wifi Extender into that with a LAN cable to have WiFi access throughout the flat (plugging it mid-way between my parents place and mine doesn't give adequate coverage at all). Everything seemed to be working fine until I plugged in the WiFi booster which suddenly crippled the internet almost entirely. I pinged google.com with it plugged in, and I get about 75% packet loss and almost no browser pages open. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong - the guy at the store said something about settings but I didn't take notes
I tried to find a solution, and looked at http://192.168.1.1/, but am not sure what to look for. With the extender plugged in, the internet is so non-functional that that page won't even load. Unplugging the extender allows the wired connection to work again perfectly. I hope I explained that well enough! Thanks in advance for any ideas or solutions
Not sure what other info to provide but hopefully this is relevant:
Modem: MWEB TG589vn v3 (technicolor?)
Extender: TP-Link - TL WA850RE
LAN Port: TP-Link TL-SF1005D
I recently bought a Wifi Extender (TP-Link - TL-WA850RE) and 5 Port Desktop Switch (TP-Link TL-SF1005D) to get coverage in my granny flat, next to my folk's place. They have the modem in their house, and the WiFi doesn't reach my flat so I figured I'd use the desktop switch to get a wired connection into my room, and then also plug the Wifi Extender into that with a LAN cable to have WiFi access throughout the flat (plugging it mid-way between my parents place and mine doesn't give adequate coverage at all). Everything seemed to be working fine until I plugged in the WiFi booster which suddenly crippled the internet almost entirely. I pinged google.com with it plugged in, and I get about 75% packet loss and almost no browser pages open. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong - the guy at the store said something about settings but I didn't take notes
I tried to find a solution, and looked at http://192.168.1.1/, but am not sure what to look for. With the extender plugged in, the internet is so non-functional that that page won't even load. Unplugging the extender allows the wired connection to work again perfectly. I hope I explained that well enough! Thanks in advance for any ideas or solutions
Not sure what other info to provide but hopefully this is relevant:
Modem: MWEB TG589vn v3 (technicolor?)
Extender: TP-Link - TL WA850RE
LAN Port: TP-Link TL-SF1005D