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TP-LINK Repeater Setup

cloud_dog · 2013-01-22 22:14:08

Hi I bought a TL-WR702N to act as a repeater as the signal in the kitchen / dining room area can be weak. So, got it out of the box and plugged it in to the power and conneccted to it by wifi from my laptop ready to configure it as a repeater but..... after I have logged in to the admin screens I can click on a couple of…

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cloud_dog Posts: 6,365 Forumite

25 January 2013 at 1:49PM

Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »

If you have 2 ethernet patch cables connect your laptop to the router with one nad the TP-Link to the router with the other.

You should be able to configure the TP-Link that way.

Thanks. I don't think the TP-Link instructions are that clear / obvious for someone who doesn't work on networks.

Its all good now... where there was nothing, now there is plenty (of signal).

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