sharper
Active Member
I recently purchased a couple of TP re300 extenders.
My router, on the same floor, is a Virgin hub running in modem mode attached to an ASUS RT-AC68U AC1900.
My network is mainly hardwired with a NAS, two Cameras and normal TV kit, Sonos Arc etc
I went for extenders as a "quick fix"
rather than getting involved with more cables which is a pain for me due to poor physical mobility.
The extenders are driving me bloody crazy.
I've decided to concentrate on the kitchen extender before I attempt to sort the hall/Ring one.
I have set them up several times using TP's Tether app. The latest attempt was a new setup renaming 2.4 & 5.0 for the Kitchen previously I left the network name as the same as my router, I know not advisable thus the renaming. All went well as usual until a few hours later I couldn't connect the iPad or iPhone etc to the newly set up extender......they see the wifi names but when I attempt login/use it, it comes up with 'No internet connection' in orange.
THEN we had a power cut 24 hours ago. I've everything other than these two extenders back up and running and I've decided to ask for some tips/help.
Thanks in advance.
- to extend from the hall to the Ring doorbell on the front door.
- to extend the coverage of our kitchen, especially for my Wife's* Alexa plus (*important !!)
My router, on the same floor, is a Virgin hub running in modem mode attached to an ASUS RT-AC68U AC1900.
My network is mainly hardwired with a NAS, two Cameras and normal TV kit, Sonos Arc etc
I went for extenders as a "quick fix"

The extenders are driving me bloody crazy.
I've decided to concentrate on the kitchen extender before I attempt to sort the hall/Ring one.
I have set them up several times using TP's Tether app. The latest attempt was a new setup renaming 2.4 & 5.0 for the Kitchen previously I left the network name as the same as my router, I know not advisable thus the renaming. All went well as usual until a few hours later I couldn't connect the iPad or iPhone etc to the newly set up extender......they see the wifi names but when I attempt login/use it, it comes up with 'No internet connection' in orange.
THEN we had a power cut 24 hours ago. I've everything other than these two extenders back up and running and I've decided to ask for some tips/help.
Thanks in advance.
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