TP Link Wifi Extender setup problem

Orcvader said:
Is that by assigning the MAC addess to that IP on the router side?

Usually there's a leased time on DHCP server to assign that particular device a certain IP address, so that IP is reserved for that device for a certain amount of time.
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On the router there's a little tick box that says "always use this address" or words to that effect. I ticked that and then tested it a few times and it was given the same ip each time.

Looking at the extender's set up now, it's ip address is on the same subnet as the router etc whereas when it was set up just using the WPS button it wasn't and I think that was what caused the problem I was initially having whereby devices could connect but couldn't get any internet...
 
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Ah right, then yeah, it's identifying the device either via device name or MAC address and reserving that IP for it then. Not exactly my prefered way to assign static IPs though.

If you want you can try turning off DHCP again and change the gateway to the router's IP on the TP-Link, that way anything connected to the extender will be on the same network as the devices connected to the router.
 
Is it better to assign static IPs on the devices themselves usually then?

Hmmmm, that would be good, though I am reluctant to touch anything while it's still working...lol
 
If possible yes. That way if something was to happen with the router, devices will still be able to communicate with each other as they don't need to wait for the DHCP server to assign them an IP, they will already have one.
 
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