TP-Link WiFi Repeater Network Not Found but Connected

Question

Hello and Happy New Year,  I hope I'm in the right section.  I have several questions and I'm quite lost as this is the first time I'm dealing with this. In my uncle's house, there is a Freebox Revolution, a TP-Link router, and 3 RE650 repeaters. The Wi-Fi network from the Freebox is working fine!  When I connect to the TP-Link RE650 repeater, I am connected but I have no network. I have not mistyped the password. When I open a web page, it does not load. I repeat that it works with the direct Wi-Fi from the Freebox. Do you have any ideas or leads to give me?  Of course, I have restarted the repeaters that I connected to the 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks. By the way, which network is better between the two? 2.4GHz or 5GHz?  Correct me if I'm wrong about the process: the TP-Link router should connect to the Freebox Wi-Fi, then the repeaters connect to the TP-Link router, and the devices connect to the repeater. Is that how it works?  There are 3 TP-Link repeaters, same brand, same model. Do I need to connect each device to all the repeaters at least once so that it connects by itself, or is one connection to one repeater enough for it to connect to all the repeaters?  The house is in an L-shape, making it difficult to connect a repeater to the TP-Link router. Can I connect the distant repeater to a second repeater that is nearby? In terms of reliability and bandwidth, will there be any issues?  How many devices can I connect per repeater? I read 4, which seems low to me.   Does the Wi-Fi password of the repeater need to be the same as the password of the router? I would like to change it without changing the rest.  What is the role of the TP-Link router since the Freebox is also a router?  There are 3 TP-Link devices in the house; should they all have the same name?  On the Mafreebox site or the Freebox app, it is possible to see the devices connected to the Freebox. If a device connects to the repeater, will it be visible in the Freebox app or on the mafreebox.freebox.fr site? Or will we only see the routers?   I have plenty of questions; thank you for your help.

jee pee · Answer

Hello,  Why a router? It's not for us to answer ;-)  Maybe because the router's wifi is better than that of the Freebox?  The router should be connected with a cable to the Freebox. Is it configured in router mode (then it creates a second local network) or in bridge mode (it's the Freebox that performs the DHCP function and assigns IPs)?  Do the repeaters broadcast the wifi network of the Freebox or that of the router?  A repeater must be located between the main transmitter and a user device, halfway between the two, and always within the reception area of the transmitter; otherwise, it will not receive any wifi.  We should check the IP you have when connected to the repeater and the characteristics of the connection. Use the command line mode and the command ipconfig/all to retrieve those values, and do the same while connected to the Freebox wifi network.  Best regards

yg_be · Answer

Hello, these different devices can be used in various ways. What is the model of the TP-Link router? You do not mention any cabling, nor the distances between the components. Everything you can connect by cable will give a much better result than a Wi-Fi connection.  It is the connected devices that will choose which network to use (2.4GHz or 5GHz).  I think it is better for each Wi-Fi network to have a different name, this will allow you to choose which one to connect to.

stell-91 · Answer

It is the TP Link RE650 https://www.tp-link.com/fr/home-networking/range-extender/re650/ The TP Link router is connected via Ethernet cable to the Freebox Server and the repeater is connected by Wi-Fi to the router. The repeater is not a powerline adapter.  The distance between the first repeater and the router is acceptable (3m)  Devices will choose which network to use (2.4GHz or 5GHz). I don't think so because the Freebox has 2 Wi-Fi cards; when searching for Wi-Fi, there are two available networks (2.4 GHz and 5GHz). If I choose 2.4GHz, I only get 2.4GHz. After some research, 5GHz is preferred for heavy connections (video games, etc.)  Can you connect a repeater to another repeater if it is far from the router (15m)?

stell-91 · Answer

CONNECTIVITY DETAILS  There are 3 TP-Link RE650 extenders https://www.tp-link.com/fr/home-networking/range-extender/re650/ The TP-Link router is connected via Ethernet cable to the Freebox Server, and the extender connects wirelessly to the router. The extender is not powerline (CPL).

stell-91 · Answer

Re The TP-Link Wa901nd router is connected via Ethernet cable to the Freebox server. Should the router be connected to the phone socket?  I can't find this information.  Thank you

brupala · Answer

Hi, what a mess (excuse my choice of words, but I can't think of a more appropriate one) ... Why pile up so many useless devices when you don't have a single functioning one (you didn't mention anything that works)? Is this compulsive buying? If you really want to buy something (you and uncle), invest in something serious, a real mesh Wi-Fi system would probably be suitable. What seems to be built requires a certain skill in managing Wi-Fi networks which doesn’t seem to exist in your circle. A repeater 3m away from the base it’s repeating is useless, for sure; it needs to be placed further away once it's paired and ideally on a different network name. Otherwise, the questions are: the 5 GHz network is better than the 2.4 GHz network, yes, if your PC card is 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5); otherwise, with 802.11n, it’s hardly interesting unless the 2.4 GHz channels are already well saturated by neighbors. If you’re not connecting to the internet via the TPlink router network (which is necessarily different from that of the box), there's no point in trying further with the repeaters, which are certainly paired with the router. Afterwards, if there’s a router behind the Freebox, the app will only see the router, not the devices connected to it, indeed. I have the impression that all this needs to be redone from scratch, preferably with other equipment, like the mesh Wi-Fi mentioned above. Has it ever worked like this or not?  -- and ... There you go!

stell-91 · Answer

With the idea of a Wifi Mesh, I intend to create a network like this, but I don't have much information on VLAN configuration. https://le-routeur-wifi.com/freebox-routeur-tiers-et-services/ When I saw the Wifi setup of his house, I immediately told him that it was a big mess (Wifi box + wifi router + 3 wifi extenders), the mesh wifi will allow me to have one Wi-Fi and turn off the box's Wi-Fi. And since we haven't configured VLAN100, I just told you to connect the Free player to the Freebox Server. So, the player is no longer on the same network as the rest.... Let's be honest, for 80% of people, this is sufficient. Few have Plex or Kodi servers at home and use the player to read the media stored on them. But if you are part of the remaining 20%, there is a simple and inexpensive solution if you don't have the courage to configure a VLAN100 on your router. I think I will activate the DMZ of the Freebox Revolution earlier than switching the box to bridge mode, but I don't quite know what this configuration corresponds to. Is it a manipulation done on the Freebox in the portal or on the TP Link or Netgear router that I would have chosen? I can't find a tutorial that is clear enough? Thank you for your help.

TP-Link WiFi Repeater Network Not Found but Connected

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