advice needed on Wifi range extender please
Advice needed please ref TP-LINK model TL-WA830RE Wireless N Range Extender.
Hi gents hopefully someone will be able to point the way for me to use the above range extender. Its well within range of my house wireless router, a TP link model TL-MR3420. It was set up at close range then moved to an area that is 40 metres up the garden. It appeared to accept the connection between itself and the house router on pressing the QSS button.
My catch is it will not work as a range extender in set-up it only works as an entry point. It does not find the house router on a frequency scan. It picks up about 6 local routerss on WiFi. Should I be pressing the QSS button at this point? If I use the drop down list on set up it allows the setting up of the WA830RE as an entry point. However in this mode it says 'the program is asking for password.' thats YouTube, Yahoo Mail, whatever. We put in the admin/admin (its not fully set up) press OK and get the request for the password again. This is in Windows 7 and XP on two different lap tops. The WiFi signal in the area of the repeater is reduced and not usable on laptops and hand phones. At present its turned off so we can get full WiFi coverage
Any thoughts most welcome. I am on the plane to job site soon so not on pprune till pm, Thursday 10 October. Cheers. PB