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ELI5 guest mesh network? (T3200 + 4 extenders)
We have a lot of guests coming and going and it would be great if we could have both a "permanent resident" SSID for the family, and "friends and guests" SSID for everyone else. But the 3200 router doesn't broadcast throughout the whole house. I assumed my 4 extenders would simply extend the range of the 2 SSIDs broadcast by the 3200. Unfortunately, the guest network is only available by connecting directly to the 3200 so the permanent residents enjoy the benefit of extended wifi signals throughout the house but the guests are stuck with a lame connection which frankly gets embarrassing. We've had speeds from as high as 160/160 to as low as 10/10. I thought it wasn't possible to plug a new router into one of the LAN ports of a router to extend the signal (something about double-NATing?) but one of the posts here described this as a possible solution. And people talk about Smart Steering. Seriously, it seems like I need to hire a third party network engineer to set this up. How complicated and expensive would it be to have a system that broadcasts the Family and Guest SSIDs throughout the house so that everyone has roughly the same quality signal? Thanks in advance for any advice which is greatly appreciated.3.1KViews0likes2CommentsCan't log into T3200M router - "192.168.1.254 uses an invalid security certificate" self-signed
This is a new one - when I try to log into my T3200M router I get security warnings like "192.168.1.254 uses an invalid security certificate" because it's "self-signed." (that's on FF) and with Chrome it's: "Attackers might be trying to steal your information from 192.168.1.254 (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards)." Chrome also says: "This server could not prove that it is 192.168.1.254; its security certificate is not trusted by your computer's operating system. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection." The reason I was trying to log in is because someone new was having problems connecting to wifi. Is it possible this new person has malware? Thanks, BSolved5.1KViews0likes2CommentsRe: Can I monitor which sites a child is accessing with T3200 router?
Thanks Nighthawk. My situation is more complex. The situation is a child accessing online content that is harmful to their mental health and they don't have the maturity to honour a promise not to visit those sites.27KViews0likes3CommentsCan I monitor which sites a child is accessing with T3200 router?
I've looked through the router settings and I can't see an ability to monitor which sites are being visited. I do see the Parental Controls but that only blocks sites a parent already knows about. Also, I have tried to block two websites across the whole network with Website Blocking but it doesn't work. ThanksSolved28KViews0likes9Comments