Best Set Up Range Extenders - Chromecasts & Firesticks & Sonos
Hi,
First time poster. I'm the proud owner of a couple of RE200's and an Archer 1200 router. I've switched my Virgin Superhub 3 to Router mode due to it not playing nicely with Sonos / Hue / Tado / Phones / Laptops / Chromecasts / Firesticks. All is much better now, it had literally ground to the halt an needed rebooting hourly.
However, it isn't perfect. Sonos controller / YouTube on phones / firestick / Chromecast - all occaisionally drop the signal. I'm posting on here - because I'd like to know the best set-up. For example - I've got the same SSID throughout the house. I figure I need this in order to be able to control chromecast with my phone - they have to be on the same network right? I read on another post the first thing to do is set up a separate SSID ... I'd like to know why? and what drawbacks this might have?
I've also noticed that the chromecast and firestick appear multiple times in the attached device lists ... 4 times each, with subtly different mac addresses, all very close to each other. They also connect to the router, and to the range extender. (obvs the extender is closer to the tv, and the one I want it to use.) I tried blocking the devices with the router, thinking this would force connecting to the Extender - however, this blocked it entirely. Should I care what the device connects to?
Any advice appreciated, thanks in advance.