@David-TP 
I regret buying a TP-Link product again. This a bare minimum security feature. I purchased RE305 to extend an existing shared wifi network in my apartment and using the same host password is surely a no go for me. Do you have any plan to extend this to RE305. Otherwise, I consider returning the product.

  @David-TP  I have the TP-Link AC1900 WiFi ExtenderTP-Link AC1900 WiFi Extender. I need it to have a unique password. I have devices in the extended area that cannot have special characters in the password. My network it extends to does and needs special characters. Any chance for a firmware update soon? 

  @David-TP 

Is there any plans to update this feature for the RE550 Range Extender?  If not, I need to return it and get one that already has the feature.

I just bought a AXE5400 WIFI 6E Tri band Range Extender.

I have installed it and it's working but I want to add a password as it shows "same as main network"

What should I change it to??

Here are the screen shots

  @DM815RangeExt 

Hi,

Are you saying that when you select one of the "Security" options like "WPA2-PSK" or "WPA/WPA2-Personal" etc, then there is no entry field shown into which you could enter a password?

Please verify that the actual model name of the range extender you have is "RE815XE V1.x".
 

Also, have you already checked whether the password entry field exists when you do it via the regular web interface, like shown in the first post of this forum thread?

  @woozle 

Thanks...I choose  WPA/WPA2-Personal  and it did ask for a password..so that's fixed.  Thanks

Now the extender connects and disconnect freuently....like every 30 seconds???  I put it on automatic reconnect so it will reconnect.  No idea what to do next.

Any ideas?

  @DM815RangeExt 

So, everything worked fine when you had the AXE5400 set to "Same as main network", but after you set it to "WPA/WPA2-Personal" the AXE5400 started disconnecting your phone every 30 seconds?
Can you please test if the extender goes back to normal when you revert it to the setting "Same as main network"?

Did your phone ask you to enter a new password when you tried to connect to the "hotspot_EXT_DM" after you changed the password on the extender?

By the way, since you have a modern smartphone you might want to set Security to "WPA2/WPA3-Personal", since "WPA/WPA2-Personal" is mainly meant to be used for backwards compatibility with really old wireless devices.
 

  @David-TP 

I've got a TL-WA850RE_V7 that is upgraded to the beta firmware but I am still not able to change the password to be anything different than my main network password. Even my web UI looks different than the one pictured in the original post. Can you please advise? My web UI does not have the "Status", "Wireless", "Network" etc options down the left, it instead looks like this:

Funny thing is, I'm positive I was able to use a different password with this extender when I first bought it years ago and now it's not letting me. I also have a RE550 and can't change it's password either, but it's not on the list in the original post.

  @woozle