Have Linksys extender now. When I take a tablet across the house it gets confused and I have to rejoin the network. Will that happen with this too?
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Once your wireless device connects to a Wifi network, it will save the network profile within the device. It should automatically connect to whichever network is stronger, depending on your location within the network.
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I haven't experienced that specific issue myself. My area is much smaller so most of the time if I start getting slower signal I have to manually switch to the stronger network.
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It has never happened to me with this particular unit but, I did have connectivity issue with other Amped Wireless units.
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I've never had that problem. Did not have to rejoin except if I had the device powered down then, once in a while I had to reset. I have since gone to the new Amped High Power WI-FI Range Extender it has 800 mW of power and the price at amazon was reasonable so replaced my old Amped Wireless Extender with it. It works much better with less setup hassle!
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Have no idea but you need to update .Icouldn't update on the page where it shows your devices.then I saw it on my network sharing center and it updated from there.The only reason I missed with because i upgrade to a faster speed.So you have to do a lot of reading on the netgear website to understand what is going on or other wise don;t miss with it if it is working ok
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I found it better to use a different ssid. This way your devices in the farthest reaches if your house are guaranteed to use the repeater and not accidently connect to the router. I have no issues with laptops and phones seamlessly transitioning.
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Hi Matthew. If you disable the router's DHCP server, it will function as a plain wireless access point and you will have to plug it to an existing router so that devices will be able to get online to the WRT1900AC. You will get the same result if configure the router as a wireless bridge. http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=41965db5d1074957b8033a388583dafc_Configuring_the_Linksys_WRT1900AC_as_a_Wireless_Bridge.xml&pid=80&respid=0&snid=1&dispid=0&cpage=search
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If set up properly, the extender works well, extending the range and maintaining the same speed as the router. My problem has been IP conflicts between the router and extender. So long as my wi-fi devises connect to the extender and not the router, I am fine and speeds are maintained, including streaming video to devises far from the router through the extender.
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Yes, have the tablet search for local connections. ..if . It didn't pick your home WiFi up before. ..it should after the search/refresh
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No it is just a WiFi bridge and 1GB Ethernet switch, not a wifi extender. Pretty reliable though.
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In theory you should be able to do this; however, I'm not having much luck in keeping it stable. I can get the second extender configured and I can log on with my laptop/iPad/iPhone once, but when I disconnect I can't get it to re-connect. I've updated to the latest firmware. I have swapped the roles of the extenders and in a single extender environment they work fine, but when I try to add the second extender I can't get a reliable connection. I'm going to continue to work on this as I'm certain it should work; however, at this time I would have to say it does not work. Update: I got this working. My mistake was trying to name both extenders the same. Once I changed the names to be unique it works great.
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I'd first unplug it and plug it back into the outlet. When we had problems this cleared it up -- consider it a reboot. If this doesn't work try another outlet. Not all outlets are the same (there may be a problem with the outlet itself). If the problem still persists it could be a signal problem -- for me, that means that it can't get the signal from your router to extend it. Otherwise, I'm stumped.
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What kind of wireless router are you using? The extender works best if you place it in a location where you are getting a good wireless signal from your router.
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Please visit this how to.... I haven't had an issue with several models of linksys but haven't tried your model. http://m.wikihow.com/Connect-One-Router-to-Another-to-Expand-a-Network
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I'm sorry, I can't help you ... I purchased mine to be able to have WiFi access when I rearranged the furniture in my room and couldn't have direct access to my internet cable. I haven't had any problems with it.
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It uses the same network name. If you are closer to your main router and the signal is stronger there it will use the main router. If you wonder off across the country and the extender has a better signal to your router then it will switch to it. I have my extender out in my workshop 100' from my main router and I can carry my laptop from my house out to the workshop without loosing the signal. You use the same security code as you use for the main router. i have a Bi-quad antenna connected to one antenna pointed at my house and the antenna that came with it on the other. I get excellent signal strength and the same upload and download speeds as being connected to the main router.
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I am still unable to bridge this device so I can receive the internet over my television. Now Amazon is advising me that my product comments will be removed because it is the product and not the seller who created the problem. The seller sold me a unit at top price that was out of date. Be careful and I pray that you can get your system to work, mine will NOT.... Good luck
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The extender should be somewhere in between the device you are trying to connect and the router. It'll essentially double the range of your WiFi ( if placed in the right place) But it will slow down its speed tremendously.
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If you wish you can re-enable the security. First set it on the extender and then on the router.I found that the Hawking Technology extender, also sold by Amazon, is easier to set up and is more stable than the Linksys WRE54G. I bought it for my second home this summer and it works so good I am replacing the Linksys unit at my first home.
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Firmware like this is usually tested well enough to prevent what you are seeing. Go back to the previous version though. I doubt that you could have actually broken the router with the firmware update.