TP-Link IoT Network on mesh extender
So I just bought an RE300 dual band mesh extender to replace my old N300.
Unfortunately despite checking my C7 router supported one mesh it turned out I needed v5 hardware & mine was v4 :(
No problem, it was 6 years old & C80 on sale @ Amazon so set that up & slightly better speeds but the mesh network now worked.
I noticed the C80 had an IoT network setting so activated that & started setting up various switches etc. Except when I got to the end of the house with the new extender the IoT network was gone!
It appears that for some reason the extender's not replicating the IoT network even after restarting both the extender & the router. Pretty annoying as I then had to reset the devices I'd already added, as there's not much point having only some devices on a separate IoT network :(
Am I missing something obvious or will a mesh network only work for one network ID?
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Jumping on the bandwagon here as well. @tplink what's the deal? An IOT serving half of house doesn't really do much. I can't believe an 'industry leader' isn't including full mesh support across SSIDs using top of the line hardware like the GE800 and RE655BE. UPDATE THE FIRMWARE (pretty please)!
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@nfrt I agree this is bad I have a BE24000 as main router and a BE550Pro router and RE655BE extender both set up as extenders with wired backhauls and all my iot devices are trying to connect to the main router! i have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out why the iot network and guest network dont work on the extenders!!!! this is very bad indeed, I have alot invested in this equipement and wiring. I hope TP-Link fixes this fast.....
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