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Question: How well does this work as a repeater?
Document: It keeps dropping out. I was looking for a repeater. The ad says it can be used as a repeater well it did not work right for me.I watched youtube videos on it. Very disappointed in this product. The seller was very fast.
Repeater mode does not work yet but I will try it again after I install the TP-LINK WR740N router I bought at the same time. Client Mode was impressive. It worked just as well as the TP-LINK USB WIFI dongle.
Really small item, that does a big job. Straight out of the box, hooked up and worked. Done so ever since it arrived. Wish I had heard of this before I spent a lot more money on similar items that don't work as well. Thinking of getting another to use as a repeater.
I have setup many a wirless network, and associated peripherals. MANY. This thing is as finicky as they come. I've yet to get it to work consistently in repeater mode, it drops out a LOT. Documentation is lacking, and well, just can't say anything terrific about it. It IS small,  but even with firmware upgrades, and a lot of tweaking, I'm pretty disappointed in it.
I bought for the good review but it don't work well in repeater and bridge mode. It take me long time to figure it out. You have to go TP-Link web site to upgrade the firmware to fix the bug. And the tiny installation guide didn't tell you the static IP address when you connect it with a Ethernet cable, meanwhile they give you a wrong static IP address on the online user guide.
Problem solved! The question still remains if this would be possible in a hotel where they often &#34;lock down&#34; their wifi with a splash page. I don't know, but I'll be curious to try.I've only used it in repeater mode, so I can't speak to how well it works as a router, bridge, or in other modes, but it's small enough to fit in my laptop bag and bring to a hotel or to work should I ever need to.
(3) It seems able to function in client, access point, bridge, and repeater modes. Given how smoothly it works as a plug and play router, I would guess it works equally well on these other modes for Windows and Mac. If I get a workaround to make the bridge function work on Linux, I will update this review.All in all, I am impressed with how small this unit is and how easy it is the use. I wished that they also gave instructions for Linux.
So when I got home I figured "OK oh well, I'll re-purpose this thing as a repeater for my Uverse WiFi".
Straight out of the box, this clever little thing sets itself up as a repeater - it is completely plug-and-play. You can do all of the other stuff you should be able to do with a router as well, but as that was all I needed, I didn't go in to test and futz (to use the technical term).
(I tend to lose documentation that comes with the product -- lol! )I tested out the repeater mode as well - once when I was staying in a hotel with wireless access only I had to have my computer on the edge of the bed nearest the door in order to get a decent signal!
Answer: I am using it as a repeater to boost the signal on the other side of our house for tablet usage. It works well, but will note some things that I found out before it worked well:1. There is a bug in the firmware that requires contacting TP-LINK support to get their beta firmware update file. It is not available on their web site. They e-mailed it to me. The bug is significant, as a repeater, it stops broadcasting after several hours. Once I applied the patch it worked fine.2. Some Android tablets, like Samsung have some internal software or hardware issue that causes the signal to drop between the router and the repeater when moving closer to the next stronger signal. There is an Android app, called "Wifi Roaming Fix" that will automatically connect to the strongest signal. Works good, but not sure why the tablet manufacturers do not have a fix for that. I did not have this problem with Apple iPod or Windows laptop.