Future Consideration Daisy chain OneMesh WiFi extender
Hello all,
I have a OneMesh router with two OneMesh extenders set up in my home. The problem is that one of the extenders is too far from the main router and I need to daisy chain it with an extender that is placed midway. The setup works fine when I configure that extender in question, but works only for a while, then it decides to switch its main network back to the main router; the signal is very weak to maintain a good connection and hence I want it to stay connected to the extender in the middle. Is there a way to configure the extender to connect to that particular MAC address; the quick setup shows me both networks (they both have the same name) and I choose the correct signal (better signal and the right MAC address) but then defaults to the router's MAC after some time and looses the connection.
Main router → extender 1 → extender 2
instead of
main router → extender 1 & 2
I recognize that the speed might take a hit but its a sacrifice I am willing to take in favor of the signal strength and continuity. My broadband speed is low anyway so a slower lan speed won't be an issue.
please advise.
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@Clive_A my bad. Reword: I only @you cuz I thought you can help / would be interested to help. Obviously that's a mistake.
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I'm in the same situation. Just bought 3 RE700X extenders, only to find out that they all connect to my router and not to each other. Jesus Christ! This is not how an OneMesh network supposed to work. If the router is not placed in the middle of the extenders, then good luck making the onemesh work.
Also, I just found this on their official onemesh page:
"Q4: How to set up a mesh network when there are more than two repeaters joining into the network?
A4: Generally we suggest connecting all the repeaters to the router for better performance. Customers can also connect one repeater to another repeater which already gets connected to the router, however we don’t recommend you to add more than two repeaters to one single link chain in consideration of the Wi-Fi quality."
Link - https://www.tp-link.com/us/onemesh/
So this is a lie or? The extenders in an onemesh network don't connect to each other...
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