Tl-wa830re
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Tl-wa830re
Region : UnitedKingdom
Model : TL-WA830RE
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version : 3.12.17 Build 111108 Rel.31187n
ISP : Xilo
I have to say this is the most unreliable wireless product I have owned. Abosutely terrible!!
We are on our second one now, after being advised to return the first one to amazon for an exchange. Sadly, the same problem exists, which kind of suggests the problem is with the design of the hardware or the software of this router itself!!
So... the problems:
1- Windows Network or Homegroup sharing. This is a no go. If you are trying to connect a computer that connects wirelessly to the range extender, to a computer that is connected to the inital router, it does not work and if it does it transfers files (before breaking connection after a few mins) at a few kpbs!!!
2- The range extender often looses connectivity to the internet. When roaming on my phone and my phone connects to the extender instead of the original router, there is sometimes no internet.
I am a very computer savvy person and have tried everything, but I am at my wits end now. The wireless router/modem i am connected to is the TD-W8961ND and there are no network share problems if all clients are connected directly through this. The problem only appears when connecting to a client or the other way round with the range extender in the equation.
So what can I do to troubleshoot this that I haven't already done?
- Changed Channels.
- Powered Cycled both devices.
- Reset both devices to default and reconfigured
- Set the access point IP manually on the range extender.
At the moment i have it set up so the dhcp server is inactive on the range extender and my router is serving ip address for those clients.
Is there anything more I can do?
I wish it was just simply plug and play like they advertise...or maybe tp-link just didn't test with windows sharing?
Model : TL-WA830RE
Hardware Version : V1
Firmware Version : 3.12.17 Build 111108 Rel.31187n
ISP : Xilo
I have to say this is the most unreliable wireless product I have owned. Abosutely terrible!!
We are on our second one now, after being advised to return the first one to amazon for an exchange. Sadly, the same problem exists, which kind of suggests the problem is with the design of the hardware or the software of this router itself!!
So... the problems:
1- Windows Network or Homegroup sharing. This is a no go. If you are trying to connect a computer that connects wirelessly to the range extender, to a computer that is connected to the inital router, it does not work and if it does it transfers files (before breaking connection after a few mins) at a few kpbs!!!
2- The range extender often looses connectivity to the internet. When roaming on my phone and my phone connects to the extender instead of the original router, there is sometimes no internet.
I am a very computer savvy person and have tried everything, but I am at my wits end now. The wireless router/modem i am connected to is the TD-W8961ND and there are no network share problems if all clients are connected directly through this. The problem only appears when connecting to a client or the other way round with the range extender in the equation.
So what can I do to troubleshoot this that I haven't already done?
- Changed Channels.
- Powered Cycled both devices.
- Reset both devices to default and reconfigured
- Set the access point IP manually on the range extender.
At the moment i have it set up so the dhcp server is inactive on the range extender and my router is serving ip address for those clients.
Is there anything more I can do?
I wish it was just simply plug and play like they advertise...or maybe tp-link just didn't test with windows sharing?