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Here's what we have.
Virgin media router (standard super hub router on their website) which has 5g and 2g wifi, it's currently set up as 2 different wireless connections but this comes from the same router. We'd like this to be one connection which seamlessly changes but can't seem to find a way. This isn't the major issue but one we'd like dealt with so suggestions are welcome on what settings we may need to change.
The 2g WiFi is getting around 50/60mbps speed on speedtest. The 5g gets 150mbps WiFi on speediest
We have a standard cat5 cable coming from the router to the lounge which goes into a switch box (tp link tlsg108).
We now are trying to connect a new access point (tp link tlwa901nd) as a repeater and are having issues.
If I have the AP sat in the hall it can only find the 2g WiFi, not the 5g, which it connects to fine and the 2g extends as though it's one long WiFi range. The speedtest drops to 14mbps at best. Any ideas why this might be?
If I then move the device after this point into the lounge and connect it via cat5 cable from the switch we have issues. The net goes from the 2g wifi, we can connect regardless of location but we have limited connection. The net also goes even for cable connections that are connected to the switch. I'm not sure if the net goes for devices connected directly to the router as I can't test that.
the same happens if I do a full reset of the AP and go through the setup wizard, as soon as I set it up with the password etc we lose net connection.
Any thoughts on what might be going wrong here?
Virgin media router (standard super hub router on their website) which has 5g and 2g wifi, it's currently set up as 2 different wireless connections but this comes from the same router. We'd like this to be one connection which seamlessly changes but can't seem to find a way. This isn't the major issue but one we'd like dealt with so suggestions are welcome on what settings we may need to change.
The 2g WiFi is getting around 50/60mbps speed on speedtest. The 5g gets 150mbps WiFi on speediest
We have a standard cat5 cable coming from the router to the lounge which goes into a switch box (tp link tlsg108).
We now are trying to connect a new access point (tp link tlwa901nd) as a repeater and are having issues.
If I have the AP sat in the hall it can only find the 2g WiFi, not the 5g, which it connects to fine and the 2g extends as though it's one long WiFi range. The speedtest drops to 14mbps at best. Any ideas why this might be?
If I then move the device after this point into the lounge and connect it via cat5 cable from the switch we have issues. The net goes from the 2g wifi, we can connect regardless of location but we have limited connection. The net also goes even for cable connections that are connected to the switch. I'm not sure if the net goes for devices connected directly to the router as I can't test that.
the same happens if I do a full reset of the AP and go through the setup wizard, as soon as I set it up with the password etc we lose net connection.
Any thoughts on what might be going wrong here?