VR600 v1 as access point roaming issues
Hi there,
I am looking for a bit of help here.
I am using a VR600 router as access point to extend the wifi coverage in the house. Since I am aiming for almost seamless roaming I am using teh same SSID on the primary and secondary routers.
The configuration is as follows.
The primary router connecting to the ISP is Virgin Media Superhub 3. This provides the DHCP server and I modified the IR range available for the server to 192.168.0.10 through to 192.168.0.100. The IP of the router is the default 192.168.0.1.
The primary router connects via cat 5 cable to an Archer VR600 router at the back of the house. The connection is LAN to LAN.
The secondary router IP address is set to 192.168.0.101 and the DHCP server is disabled. The wifi SSID and password are the same as in SH3. Security is the same (WPA2-PSK). I set the channels to 11 and 48 for 2.4 and 5G, respectively. The primary router uses Channel Optimization, but it seems to be using channels 6 and 44.
The extended network seems to work great in a static situation. I.e. the kit which is stationary doesn't seem to drop connection. But not so the mobile kit. When moving a mobile phone (tried iphone, samsung and redmi) between the areas covered by primary (SH3) router to the area covered by the VR600, the connection drops and takes long time to re-establish. The mobiles would usually say something along Can't get IP address etc, depending on the actual mobile.
Interestingly the connection only drops when moving from the area covered by the primary to the secondary router. In the opposite direction it all works seamlessly.
I have tried changing settings on the secondary router, but to no avail. Considering that the problem was with obtaining IP address by the mobile kit, I set a reserved MAC/IP list in the SH3 to include the mobile phones. Again, no improvement. I tried using 5G or 2.4G only. Tried disabling alder protocols leaving N and AC only. Again the same issue.
I suspect the VR600 is at fault here, but I can figure out wat is wrong.
Coudl anyone advise?
Any help will be much aprecciated.