TL-WA855RE extender issues

TL-WA855RE extender issues

TL-WA855RE extender issues
TL-WA855RE extender issues
Friday
Model: TL-WA855RE  
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I've put up a wifi security camera at the front of the house, the wifi router is at the back and only just reaches the camera making wifi connection unstable - I purchased the TL-WA855RE just for the camera - went through the setup process using the tether app - both lights are solid blue - the extender wifi with the EXT added to the wifi name appears on my mobile phone - the camera however continually failed to login to the extender wifi - as soon as I switched it back to the main router wifi the camera connected to the wifi instantly.

I though maybe the extender is in access mode - tried to log into the extender via the app and it fails at every attempt - also tried to login via my PC using IP address in the setup instructions - this also fails - the app will find the extender but fails to login.

Does the TL-WA855RE have 2 modes - access and wifi - is this automatic or do I have to set it via the app. Please help

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Re:TL-WA855RE extender issues
Friday

  @retailer 

 

Was able to log into the repeater at http://tplinkrepeater.net using my phone - phone wifi was set to the repeater wifi - going through the repeater settings found mode was set to repeater not access, then logged off. Seems like the repeater is working as I was then able to checkout a few things on Ebay, however still could not log into repeater via the tether app, so the app is useless to me.

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Re:TL-WA855RE extender issues
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  @retailer 

 

5 attempts to install camera using the extender wifi and I had 5 fails - retry camera install using main wifi router and camera installs at first attempt camera will not connect to extender wifi.

 

How do I fix this ? at present the extender is useless.

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