Tried to add a tp-link extender to my tp-link router and now can’t get on wifi
Tried to add a tp-link extender to my tp-link router and now can’t get on wifi
Archer A6 router just purchased 3 months ago new.
extender is AC 1750
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I used the Quick Set Up guide instructions method two for my PC and the extender only linked with one band so I pushed the wps button on the router again as the directions say to do and then it wouldn't link at all. So I tried the first method by using my web browser on my computer. As I was doing that, the screen locked up and shut down the computer.
Luckily my computer restarted but my router lights for Wi-Fi will not come back up.
I don't know if I inadvertently changed my Router SSID number in my panic to get my computer up and running again. How do I check that?
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LVNV wrote
As I was doing that, the screen locked up and shut down the computer.Luckily my computer restarted but my router lights for Wi-Fi will not come back up.
Did you get a Blue Screen on the PC (assume Windows)? If so and then it shutdown, some programs did something it shouldn't have? Could be your network adapter driver?
It is possible you router was OPEN in the Browser might have corrupted the router firmware, unlikely, but I guess possible?
The router lights are independant from anything else, certainly the wireless light.
Can you access the router again with a browser? If so, ensure the wireless SSID's are ENABLED. If you can not open the router with a browser, do the next step.
To check under Windows to see if the Router IP Address has changed, open a CMD prompt (Windows Key + R and enter CMD) and enter IPCONFIG. In the displayed data, look or 'Default Gateway' as this is the router IP Address. Usually 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1.
Use the data in that field as the URL in the browser, should work then.
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LVNV wrote
Now when I search my devices, the router doesn’t appear. I was going to just reinstall it but 🤷🏻♀️ Should I just go get a new router and take back the new extender?
Well, with no specitic information I can't even hazard a guess other than getting another router and extender probably isn't going to work either.
Very SPECIFIC information would help greatly. Remember, 'we' can't see what you see. So explain everything that you see, try, or do, to help us understand.
Search? How?
" Locking Message swirled ", if one Windows, I don't know what this is/was?
" I panicked trying to get it back on. With very little computer skills, the only way I could get it to reboot was to allow it to go back to original reconfigurations??? " What did you see and what was the exact screen saying?
I sort of suspect your Network Card is dead or not enabled? What DEBUG have you tried?
Again, be specific.
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IrvSp wrote
LVNV wrote
Now when I search my devices, the router doesn’t appear. I was going to just reinstall it but 🤷🏻♀️ Should I just go get a new router and take back the new extender?
Well, with no specitic information I can't even hazard a guess other than getting another router and extender probably isn't going to work either.
Very SPECIFIC information would help greatly. Remember, 'we' can't see what you see. So explain everything that you see, try, or do, to help us understand.
Search? How?
" Locking Message swirled ", if one Windows, I don't know what this is/was?
" I panicked trying to get it back on. With very little computer skills, the only way I could get it to reboot was to allow it to go back to original reconfigurations??? " What did you see and what was the exact screen saying?
I sort of suspect your Network Card is dead or not enabled? What DEBUG have you tried?
Again, be specific.
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