can secondary router be attached to Deco?
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Hi! How can I implement this topology?
My friend is a very light internet user, so I give him internet through a LAN cable.
This worked fine with my old router and his Archer A5, but when I upgraded to Deco M4R:
- Initially I saw in the deco management app that his Archer A5 connected, and then his phone connected (I'm not sure they used this internet since we went away for a while)
- Now (2 weeks later) the Archer A5 (and another router I tried) don't get an IP from the Deco, and even say that the LAN cable is disconnected
- But the LAN cable is ok since if I attach a laptop in place of the Archer A5, it gets internet
So, is there a way to configure the Deco or Archer A5 to work in this topology?
I tried setting the Archer as "Access Point" instead of wireless router, with no success.
- PS1: I don't want to put the Archer before the Decos (as per https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1842/) since Archer doesn't have Gigabit Ethernet, so it will limit the speed
- PS2: how can I tag someone? I tried "@terziyski can you help a compatriot? :-)" but that doesn't become a blue link to that user...
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> why the D-Link (at friend's house) worked fine for a week, but now it cannot connect
The D-Link now reconnected again.
The Archer has never connected reliably.
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Try "client mode" on dlink or archer, and keep deco as your network needs it to be (router or AP it is the same) : two APs cannot naturally communicate with each other unless being set in WDS bridge mode (not a feature of DECO) or being part of a mesh setup (not a feature of dlink and Archer). Your deco is an AP, your dlink or your archer are also AP. there's no client here : so no connection. A client is required to connect to an AP.
All APs detects each others and in the best case each one of them jumps to a different channel. It's even worst than what you expect.
It's like trying to match two electrical female plugs : all you'll get will be sparks if you fiddle with them.
it carries mains where you want to but you need a male plug and a female plug to use it. Wi-Fi is quite the same.
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