question for the network gurus

[Soundguy]

Setup Google acct and got ring

Wow, another email address to manage...

 

[kco]

Network. As in the DSL modem and the extender have different passwords.

PS, what does droid use for a browser? Chrome right? (Google etc)

I used the wrong terminology for the passwords. I should have asked about the WIFI password(not network, which is Windows, etc often use as terminology for their login passwords). I think the WIFI passwords (or key, or passphrase) should be the same for the main router (is it a DSL modem/router in one unit?) and the extender, and the encryption method(WPA, WPA2, etc) should be the same. I may be wrong on that.

Our Asus tablets use their own (Asus) browsers and our Samsung phones use their own (Samsung) browser. However, I believe Chrome is on them both since Google owns Android and Chrome. I prefer Dolphin, then Chrome for Android and don't use the manufacturers' browsers.

 

[dan ny escarpment]

Eliminate all the complexity by extending your in-house point of presence to a central location. Presumably and typically DSL comes in on twisted pair "phone" wiring, depending on how your house is wired, you could use a different existing phone jack in a more central location to connect, or add a new jack from the existing point the service enters by pulling a new wire through basement or attic etc (as/if possible), cost would be negligible but effort to wire may not be simple. Once you do that, eliminate the additional device, and/ or get a better wifi router in the new location. Complexity is the enemy of stability and ease of support and use, and the up front time of getting a better location enabled will pay off over time.

 

[MossRoad]

Soundguy, I have the same problem with my Android tablet and phone at a site I go to for meetings every few months. I think it uses range extenders as you describe. I have often found it will not surf and I have been able to fix it by "Forgetting" the network and trying again. I have not trouble-shot it at all because it is a retreat centre where we are to disconnect from the outside world as much as possible. But I do check for messages from home each day in case there is something I need to do.

This makes the most sense to try first. If there are 8 other devices that work well on the thing, chances are the problem is with the 9th device that won't work. That's where you should troubleshoot. Tell it to forget all the wireless networks it knows, then have it find and join the extender network first and see if that works.

 

[Soundguy]

Our house is long and narrow except for a great room with a vaulted ceiling dividing the house, we have tried the router and DSL modem combo device in both sides of the house and neither reaches full around. The great room has no phone jacks, I have no basement, and the crawl space is limited to ducting due to the vaulted ceiling, making retrofit dicey. The extender seemed to solve all the problems save for this one droid tablet

 

[buckeyefarmer]

hum, I bought an amped wireless extender and couldn't get it to work with my asus laptop. I think mine was defective and returned it.

 

[oosik]

Iam pleased to say that I know just enough about this "area" to really gum up the works. I tried to improve cell phone incoming/outgoing signals and got things so balled up - -. My son, a computer engineer, begged me to call him next time I got a wild hair and let him help me thru the "process". He held his temper - I think - only because he was working out the bugs I had created.

 

[Shift4200]

hum, I bought an amped wireless extender and couldn't get it to work with my asus laptop. I think mine was defective and returned it.

I've never had luck with range extenders. I find I get better results with using good quality routers. ASUS makes one of the best right now, pricey, but fast and has great range.

-J

 

[Soundguy]

Having had the tablet home again yet, may bee Monday I can update.

 

[zzvyb6]

Can you run the range extender as a plain router ? My Uverse access point (2wire 460) has a built in wireless router but its only G speed. I plugged an Ethernet cable between it and a Netgear WNR1000 (b/g/n speed; $5 at a garage sale). This allows me to put the Netgear in a central house location. I used the furnace ducting to run the cable. Now we have N speed wireless all over the house via the Netgear. The 2Wire network wireless is idle. This way, we don't sacrifice wireless speeds because of all the hand-shaking.

Worked so well I ran another Netgear ($3 at an estate sale) out to the middle of the hay field where power was availbale. Now I have N speed wireless 600' out at the barn. I'm now am looking at wireless IP cameras that will hook up nicely to the outside router. No need for any more cables.

Have you checked to see if DHCP is turned off on the range extender and that WMM is enabled and that the 20/40 MHz channels can coexist?