What is Access Point Mode?
I just purchased a Deco X55 to enhance my Comcast home network. I have the Comcast XB8 router, and want to keep it as my main router. My understanding is that Acess Point mode “extends the wireless coverage of your existing network”. To me that means that all the Deco units are "repeaters" and the Comcast router manages the network.
That is not happening. When I set it up, I created a new network so it will not conflict with my existing network. I expected that it will not use its new SSID, but rather use the one of the Comcast router.
I do have a mesh network from Comcast, that opeartes that way, and in another location, one from AT&T that opeartes that way. I am not happy with the Comcast one because it has no ethernet backhaul, so I wanted to replace it with Deco.
TP-Link support tells me that Acees Point works differently - it creates and uses its own network, and cannot work with an existing network. This is in contradiction to their own definition of Access Point.
Can anybody help me understand what is going on?
Thanks.