My repeater won't allow many devices to connect

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My repeater won't allow many devices to connect
My repeater won't allow many devices to connect
2021-04-22 17:17:16
Model: TL-WA850RE  
Hardware Version:
Firmware Version:

Hello everyone. 

 

Long story short my repeater is set on wireless repeater mode. It won't allow more than 2 devices to be connected simultaneously. If I disconnect my phone then I can connect my laptop etc etc. This happens with every device that tries to connect. I have reset it to factory settings 20 times. Nothing changes. I just don't understand why this happens. 

 

Thanks in advance 

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Re:My repeater won't allow many devices to connect
2021-04-23 02:30:02

@Dimalvel 

 

Hello, may I know does your RE connect to router by Ethernet cable or by Wi-Fi? 

 

 

If you connect Modem --- RE rather than Router to RE. you may have this problem, as modem could only assign 1 IP address to a single device. 

 

May I know the model of your router and your network topology, what is the IP & gateway on the device which has Internet from RE? 

https://www.tp-link.com/support/faq/838/

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Re:My repeater won't allow many devices to connect
2021-04-23 07:43:13

@Solla-topee 

 

So the router is given by my ISP.  The RE is connected via WiFi. The default gateway for the router is 192.168.1.1

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Re:My repeater won't allow many devices to connect
2021-04-23 10:31:45 - last edited 2021-04-23 10:41:29

@Dimalvel Hello, thank your update

 

Here is the latest firmware for TL-WA850RE and make sure firmware is the latest first (need select hardware version firest)

https://www.tp-link.com/support/download/tl-wa850re/#Firmware

 

May I know did you set up a different SSID for RE from router's , if devices connected to router at the time, is there any problem? 

For "If I disconnect my phone then I can connect my laptop etc etc" what is the Error message if you try to add the 3rd device? 

 

What are the model & OS of the Wi-Fi clients?Can you login to RE and share us a photo of the client list at that time? 

 

 

> Do not use static IP on your client, but let them obtain IP address automatically to avoid IP conflict. 

> Please check if there is any advanced settings on router, like access control, whitelist on router. 

>May I know the model number of your router and your network topology? Many thanks~

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