@Zohan2000 

Hi,

The RE205 V4 supports "OneMesh" and "EasyMesh".

Therefore, for the RE205 V4 to be able to create a Mesh network the Wi-Fi router (i.e. main Wi-Fi network) also needs to support OneMesh or EasyMesh, like many modern TP-Link Archer routers do.

So, to be able to give you a better answer we would first need to know the make and model of the Wi-Fi router your RE205 is currently connected to.

  @woozle ill add that to the main post now but the router im using is the TP-Link archer VR2100v v1

bump, post kept getting put under review

  @Zohan2000 

The VR2100v should support OneMesh.

Can you please doublecheck that the "One Mesh" menu exists in your firmware version? (like shown in the screenshot)

Also, some firmware versions have an ON/OFF toggle switch in the OneMesh menu. In case it exists, then make sure it is switched on.

  @woozle yes it is enabled in the router settings

  @Zohan2000 

Do you have the RE205 connected to the VR2100v by Ethernet cable or wirelessly? I may have misinterpreted your original post.

If you meant you want to connect the RE205 V4 to the VR2100v by cable (which the RE205 V4 supports with the recently released firmware version 1.0.50), then this will only work with one of the router models shown in the list in the following thread. https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/593722

  @woozle at the moment its setup in range extender mode connected wirelessly to the main router, want to connect it by an ethernet cable and use that while having mesh active but i cant seem to get that to happen

  @woozle well that is unfortunate, ill make another post to help solve the issue im having to keep things clean