TP Link 281 can't join existing WIFI
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TP Link 281 can't join existing WIFI
Region : UnitedKingdom
Model : TL-WPA281
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version :
ISP : Virgin
Really hoping someone can help, as I am a bit lost!
I have broadband with Virgin, and have one of their 'Superhubs' with WIFI. The wifi signal isn't great, and doesn't cover the whole house.
I bought a TLPA251 kit, and connected a powerline extension from the Superhub to another socket. This works fine.
I then added a TLPA281 Wireless kit to a different room.
Despite the massively confusing instructions, I've made some headway. The socket works, so I connect via a network cable. However, I just can't get the PA281 to take on the identity of the existing WIFI network. I've resorted to setting up a seperate WIFI point (SSID?), and have to swop between the 2.
Is there any way to just have the PA281 as a booster to the existing network, so I don't have to swop manually, it will just stay on the 'boosted' original wifi? And if so, how?!?
It seems to me that this is what was advertised, but I must be missing something really obvious
Thanks in advance
Model : TL-WPA281
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version :
ISP : Virgin
Really hoping someone can help, as I am a bit lost!
I have broadband with Virgin, and have one of their 'Superhubs' with WIFI. The wifi signal isn't great, and doesn't cover the whole house.
I bought a TLPA251 kit, and connected a powerline extension from the Superhub to another socket. This works fine.
I then added a TLPA281 Wireless kit to a different room.
Despite the massively confusing instructions, I've made some headway. The socket works, so I connect via a network cable. However, I just can't get the PA281 to take on the identity of the existing WIFI network. I've resorted to setting up a seperate WIFI point (SSID?), and have to swop between the 2.
Is there any way to just have the PA281 as a booster to the existing network, so I don't have to swop manually, it will just stay on the 'boosted' original wifi? And if so, how?!?
It seems to me that this is what was advertised, but I must be missing something really obvious
Thanks in advance
