@Dinosaur1946 

You may need to have a second CPE to send the information back as the devices you are trying to provide Wi-Fi too may not have strong enough antennas to do that. Which is why the area needing Wi-Fi may be able to at least see the CPE.

Similar to the setup here: https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1226/

To see if the issue is distance related, take one of the devices and move it close to the CPE.

As far as configuring the CPE, since you already have a router you could probably set the CPE in Access Point mode: https://www.tp-link.com/au/support/faq/730/

@Tony 

Hi Tony

Many thanks for the time to reply.

Currently the Archer-17 is indoors in one building and the HS100 smart switches are scattered through

4 other buildings on a Historical Museum site.

The furthest HS100 on the Archer A7 is about 40 meters away and has been working perfectly.

Sometimes the response time stretches out a bit.

The reason for the CPE220 is to put it's coverage to cover another 6 buildings.

Also the CPE220 can tolerate the outdoors.

If distance is a problem then I can put a powerline repeater in the area.

Will try the setup over the next few days and let you know.

Regards

@Tony 

Hi All

Managed to get a few hours on site to test and ended up getting it running.

First Problem.

The Ethernet cable to the aerial had one core not making contact.

A cheap tester (one that flashes lights from 1 to 8) on either end

showed the problem.

The cable looked perfect when inspected with a magnifier, but ....

Settings LAN:

I set the mode to AP as  suggested (previously tried AP Router)

LAN Static IP

IP left as default (192.168.0.254)

Gateway set as Wifi Router IP: 192.168.0.1

Settings Wireless:

Region Test Mode (will have to see what best power setting is)

SSID same as Wifi Router

Security Mode same as Wifi Router

Password same as Wifi router.

I will now superimpose the 60 degree wifi beam on a map

and find the best location and rotation for the site.

Regards