The extender basically connects to each band and pushes the signal further. Had to do it twice as I've split the 2.4 & 5 GHz networks on my router (purely so I can I decide what connects to each). Oh and the wife likes a more aesthetically pleasing non view of the router ha haĮven though we had coverage all over the house, we were suffering a bit for reliability in the furthest points from the router.Īnyway setup was simple using the WPS function. Fast forward a few years after purchase of said router and there's kids involved, so running cables from the router or socket isn't an option.
Tp link ac1200 keeps disconnecting tv#
My aftermarket router (Asus ac66u) is sat behind the TV in the living room, where the master socket is. I wish TP-Link were paying more attention to what devices they are making.
I couldn't understand and resolve the issue, so I decided to return this device back. It seemed to work fine, but who know for how long until it creates that open network once again.Īnother main drawback of this device is that the ethernet port is not Gigabit, so the AC1200 speed that it markets will never be realized, the max it will give you (as I tested it) is 97Mbps download, far lower that what you should expect with AC1200. Second, it was creating issues for me, so once I removed the device.
First, in AP mode, where it uses the wire, it doesn't support OneMesh.
Anyway, after much fiddling around, I realized, I had to go back into my main router (Archer C7) settings and remove this device from the OneMesh connected device list. While trying to connect it via AP mode (after already trying to create the OneMesh as I mentioned above) it would create another "Open" wireless network named 'HT_AP1' and I couldn't seem to turn it off, I also updated the firmware to the latest version but no use. The AP connectivity was very weird on this device. I am going to take a guess and say it's because of the congestion or the fact that the wireless backhaul was trying to us one of the channels (2.4G) as the other one had a weak signal. Another issue I had, when I did set it up in the wireless backhaul mesh mode was that both the speeds of my main router and this AP were really slow for some reason. I have a TP-Link Archer C7 (V5), which supports mesh, but I wasn't able to use it properly as I mentioned above. So if it has a wireless backhaul this means, it will catch a bad signal and will be limited by the speed of that signal thus I won't be getting good speeds that I can get otherwise using proper devices. This is a huge drawback for me, considering that I'd rather put the AP in the further corner of my home where I get very low signals. The OneMesh on this (and unfortunately most other brands as well) support Mesh with wireless backhaul only, meaning that even though this device has an ethernet port, you won't be able to enjoy the speeds you like because it won't work in mesh. where it uses the wired connectivity and extends that further. it catches wireless signal and extends it (this is the only mode where OneMesh is supported) and the second mode is AP mode i.e. This device comes with 2 operation modes, one is extender i.e. You would buy this product for 2 reasons, 1) you heard it supports OneMesh or 2) you want to use it as an AP and extend the wireless coverage in your home.