Networking gurus - Best method to delay network extenders on power reboot after outage

[MossRoad]

Looks good but in further research I found Supply House, which I use frequently, sells a Delay on make timer for < $10.
So I'll say problem solved.

Yes, we could build up a box with wires and outlets and such and install that and it would work great.

I don't know your abilities, so I concentrated on a plug and play (pun intended) solution.

Show us the box when it's done.

 

[LittleBill21]

personally you have a network problem, extender's don't "steal" anything. the boot up sequence should not matter at all

 

[Oaktree]

personally you have a network problem, extender's don't "steal" anything. the boot up sequence should not matter at all

I was wondering the same thing. A wifi extender shouldn't prevent the main router from connecting to the internet.

 

[MossRoad]

personally you have a network problem, extender's don't "steal" anything. the boot up sequence should not matter at all

Your use of the word "steal" is the first time in this conversation.

He said "grabs the signal".

Unless all of the devices are permanently hard-coded, boot up sequence will matter, as whoever comes up first might be considered the main router by the ISP.

 

[/pine]

FWIW...Anytime there is more than one router on the same network...The DHCP servers should be disabled on all but the primary router...this may or may not apply...

 

[newbury]

Your use of the word "steal" is the first time in this conversation.

He said "grabs the signal".

Unless all of the devices are permanently hard-coded, boot up sequence will matter, as whoever comes up first might be considered the main router by the ISP.

Yup

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Some users may find that after the power outage or router’s rebooting, even after router’s internet is back and up running, client devices still get IP address from powerline extender, and cannot connect to the internet.

apparently they came out with a patch, which I have not installed yet.

 

[MossRoad]

apparently they came out with a patch, which I have not installed yet.

I'm sorry. We do not offer technical support on that model unless all current updates and patches are installed. Please perform the update, and call back again when that is complete. Thank you.
Goodbye.

(ever get that message? )