No problems during the week since I allocated fixed IP addresses for the 4 desktop PCs on our home network.   I'm going to do the same for our Samsung TV which also has connection issues that are resolved by cycling the power on the router.   Thanks very much for your help! ... View more

I've setup fixed IP Addresses for the Extender and 4 PCs. I'll post back here how it goes. ... View more

I just had to reboot the router to get an iPad to connect. The IP address of the Extender is now 192.168.1.124. Only the router lists 2 devices with that IP address.   ID Name IP Address MAC Address 11 192.168.1.124 D8-47-32-FA-72-9C 12 192.168.1.100 F0-FE-6B-F4-6B-29 13 192.168.1.124 DE-47-32-FA-72-9D   These are the 2 MAC addresses you just mentioned.   I'll compare the MAC addresses listed by the router and extender to see if I can answer your questions.   Giving the extender its own address as you've suggested seems like a good idea. I'll set that up. ... View more

The RE450 is configured as a Range Extender.   The extender status page is attached. DHCP Server is set to Auto (Off).   Network settings has Obtain an IP address automatically checked. It's currently 192.168.1.147 which I got from the Archer's Wireless client list and  is the address I just used to log on to it.   The extender didn't have the same time zone set as the router so I fixed that.   Do you reckon I should set address reservation for the extender and instruct it to use that address?   ... View more

Thanks again for all the directions. The TP-Link RE450 is configured as a Range Extender. I have the manuals.   TP-Link_Extender_2.4GHz isn't coming up in the list of WiFi networks on my iPad so I'll pull out my old laptop and connect to it via Ethernet cable. I'll go through your instructions later.   I would have used the Quick Installation Guide when I originally set it up. ... View more

The log doesn't mean much to me but I do see some "NAK"s in there. Looks like one is a request for an ip that is already reserved. I was only able to attach it as a png which isn't much use.   192.168.1.103 D8-47-32-FA-72-9C   has the name RE450. No idea what it is. To work out what some of the WiFi clients are I'd have to turn everything off and turn them back on one-by-one.   I'll follow the instructions for resetting the router to factory settings. I haven't changed any settings but it might help. ... View more

After my media disconnected HiFi computer had been on for a while, it came up with an IP Address conflict error. Checking the log indicated that the conflicting address is/was 192.168.1.142.   The router network map indicates no device with that IP address but I can ping it from my PC.   C:\Users\David>ping -a 192.168.1.142 Pinging 192-168-1-142.tpgi.com.au [192.168.1.142] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.142: bytes=32 time=112ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.168.1.142: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.168.1.142: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.168.1.142: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=255 Ping statistics for 192.168.1.142: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 112ms, Average = 32ms   If I do arp -a from my PC the list of IP addresses doesn't include 192.168.1.142.   C:\Users\David>arp -a Interface: 192.168.1.171 --- 0x8 Internet Address Physical Address Type 192.168.1.1 68-ff-7b-d2-d6-79 dynamic 192.168.1.102 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.103 de-47-32-fa-72-9d dynamic 192.168.1.104 50-eb-f6-2c-90-ad dynamic 192.168.1.105 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.106 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.107 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.108 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.110 98-ed-5c-a2-c0-cf dynamic 192.168.1.111 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.112 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.113 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.114 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.115 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.117 fc-34-97-bb-27-8b dynamic 192.168.1.129 c6-94-80-74-5c-38 dynamic 192.168.1.130 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.131 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.137 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.138 b6-97-b7-97-9d-18 dynamic 192.168.1.139 0c-c4-7a-4c-b3-b1 dynamic 192.168.1.141 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.143 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.145 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.146 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.147 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.148 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.149 d8-47-32-fa-72-9c dynamic 192.168.1.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static 224.0.0.22 01-00-5e-00-00-16 static 224.0.0.251 01-00-5e-00-00-fb static 224.0.0.252 01-00-5e-00-00-fc static 239.255.255.250 01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa static 255.255.255.255 ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff static ... View more

Thanks for the directions.   I started all 4 computers this morning. The HiFi computer was in a Media Disconnected state. The only way to get it re-connected is to reboot the router.   I checked the ethernet adaptor setup on each of the 4 computers and all are setup for Automatic. The router IP Address Pool is still default 100-199 and the lease time is still the default 1440.   I'll follow the remainder of your instructions but it's looking like I'll have to go with address reservation.   I have to wonder why this problem has developed recently to become a daily occurrence. There haven't been any changes to what's on the network recently.     ... View more

Hi. Thanks for replying.   The extender is a tp-link AC1750.   When I restart the router, all connected devices reconnect.   As far as I'm aware, the problem only appears when a PC is turned on. For example, my wife just got home and when she turned her PC on it was disconnected again. Last night it was the home theatre computer.   The desktop computers, 4 of them, are all hard-wired. Now I think about, it's only the hard-wired PCs that are having the problem.   I've no idea whether wireless devices are spread across the modem and the extender. The extender is right next to the LG TV we used to have a lot of network issues with. I set up everything on the lower band but I sometimes find our phones on the 5G network so I must have set that up too.   **. My HiFi computer was complaining about an IP address conflict (probably my wife's computer) and I did an ipconfig /release. It's headless so now I can't get onto it of course. Out with the spare monitor, mouse and keyboard. ... View more