Some range extenders may base their connection on the AP's wifi MAC address so as to not connect to themselves if they rebroadcast the same SSID. So you would need to reconfigure the extenders for the new router's wifi MAC address unless you have an advanced router where you can change that MAC address. Also note that if you changed the model, it could be that the old router model supported WDS automatically but that the new one does not, and the extender expects the router to support it.
I also agree with Bill - we tell customers that we do not support or recommend range extenders; we will install hardwire for an additional AP at reasonable cost. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 6:11 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > If a customer leases a router from us, but in addition has range > extenders, and we replace the router, what needs to match in order for the > range extenders to work without any manual steps? > > > > Is it sufficient to match the old SSID and WPA key? I would have thought > so, but customer says no go. > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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