help with TL-WR941HP no advance setting and extender connection drop
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hi everyone ! first of all sorry for my bad English. anyway i just bought TL-WR941HP a few hours ago.
just so no confusion I have a multiple router here at home
my setting goes like:
ISP Modem -------> brand x router 1 set as Access Point (wired) --------->brand x router 2 set as range extender (wireless) ----------> router 3 TL-WR941HP range extender (wireless also the one i just bought)
router 1 & 2 is same brand and model. not sure if its allowed to mention other brand here so i rather not risk it.
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so I set my TL-WR941HP as a range extender and i was able to finish the setup. saved and rebooted. then unplugged and moved the TL-WR941HP to another location. plugged it in (signal from host is quite good on that location) and after booting i was able to connect with my android phone. but the problem is connection kinda getting interupted. I mean im still connected to TL-WR941HP but for some reason its access to the internet is getting interupted. i was sending a message on facebook with fb messenger and for some reason message stopped sending (no check on circle) this happened several times. so i switched back to the host router and there was no problem. I had to leave for awhile so when I got back I tried to connect again to the TL-WR941HP but its saying "connection time out" this time. now as I am composing this it is connected to my PC (wired) with out any problem but as soon as I remove the cable. it starts getting time out or lossing internet connection.
here is the screenshot of my chat awhile ago.
one thing I noticed is that there is no advance tab or advance operation mode next to quick setup and setting where i can manually configure my router. is this a hidden feature? ive been checking the youtube video on this site about the i also checked the online manual but it was no help. it just said go/click on advance. it doesn't say how to access it. 
any idea how I can go to advance operation ? when I click the advance setting on the left side of the menu it just shows this
thanks for the reply Kevin_Z
I used it as a range extender now directly to my ISP modem.
1.it was working great for awhile then suddelny connection drops and RE led blinking. i had to reset the tplink modem. connection drops about after an hour or so. happend twice already. then when I try to connect to it again on my android i can see the ssid name but when i click it it says network (name here) unavaliable or not found.
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4. im connected to it now here on pc via wired and its working fine for now.
i tried it again yesterday. I connected the TPlink router to my main router as range extender (wireless) around 8am and it was working fine the entire time until i went to bed around 10pm. when I woke up i tried connecting to it on my android phone again and now its saying "Establishing a connection to "router name" timed out please. try again later"
LED light RE, Wifi, and PWR lights are all on. no blinking lights.
hi Kevin. Im positive i have not touched any other setting like wireless schedule, parental control or other stuff like dhcp lease time and if I did it would have been restored to default because i did a reset. (the small reset button)
It is hard to connect the my computer to the router when it stopped working in the morning. because it is a desktop PC on the 2nd floor and the router is on the 1st floor I also dont have a cable that long. also the problem got worse now it was disconnecting every 1-3hours. BUT awhile ago I did contact the local destributor they told me to update firmware and see if the there will still be a problem after we updated the firmware he helped me a little with the setting just to be sure i didn't make any mistake or accidentally turned on something i should be turining on (or off) then we hang up the phone. 30mins later the same problem again. so i reset the router again and after 15minutes (more or
less) same problem again.
yes i tried to disable and re enable wireless on my smart phone and tried to forget the network.
the weird thing is Everytime I restart the tp link router it always ask me again for password when every i try to reconnect from it.
i tried other device like laptop, smart tv and another android phone (my sister's phone) all same issue.
I bought this on September 23, 2019 in Philippines. Store name is Dynaquest Philippines.
Anyway I already returned the item because I was able to talk to Philteq Enterprises Incorporate costumer support and they said to return it to where i bought it so they can check it out. they said the worse case scenario is compatibility issue.