GL-AR750 Network Modes

Routers
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Understood.

Couple of points based on your new comments:

  1. With one AR750 as a router and the second as an extender, the router will handle everything like DCHP so regardless of if a device attaches to the router or extender it will still be on the same subnet (default 192.198.8.1), so yes there will be no issue talking to each other
  2. My only recommendation re SSID would be to try manually changing the SSID on the extender to the same name and “suck it and see” :slight_smile:
  3. Regardless of if they are the same or different SSID, some clients MAY have issues swapping from one device to the other but whichever they attach to they’ll all be on the same subnet so be able to communicate
  4. If your units attaching to the extender are generally stationary then maybe better to have a different SSID and connect those closest to the extender to the extender SSID.
  5. Depending on your layout it may be advantegous to actually REDUCE the wifi strength so that the signal difference between the router and extender is more defined making “hopping” requirements for more mobile devices more distinct.
  6. Keep in mind the bandwidth implications of repeating and WLAN on the same band and the 50% loss due to “dual purpose”
  7. Look for the “ultimate” extender position, the balance between clients attaching to the extender and still getting a good “repeated” signal from the origin router.

Hope this helps :slight_smile:

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