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Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Ginger1963 — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:11:41 GMT

Does anyone know how to daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders?

I’m trying to extend our wifi coverage to the summerhouse at the far end of the garden. I’ve positioned one extender in the kitchen window and that is working fine, pale blue light and shows a good connection on the EE app.

I’ve put another extender in the summerhouse but that lights up orange. When I check on the EE app it looks like the summerhouse extender is connecting directly to the hub rather than through the extender in the kitchen which should be transmitting a much stronger signal.

My understanding was that you could daisy chain the EE wifi extenders in this fashion, it is one of the reasons we switched to EE. But maybe what I read is wrong?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Ginger Steve

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Gerry988 — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 08:49:53 GMT

I have the same question. Can the Smart WIFI PLUS satellites be daisy chained? Yes, or No. Please. 🙏

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Ewan15 — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 08:17:27 GMT

@Ginger1963 Have you tried walking towards the summer house with your mobile phone to see where the signal drops away?

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

plt5330 — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:53:03 GMT

Same question with Smart Wifi Pro. Bizzarely I can get the last unit to connect to the send point when in the same room but when I take it to its destination it refuses to connect even though an Orbi based system happily works over exactly the same route.

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Ks666 — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:55:15 GMT

Your question is one I have been asking EE about , I have the same problem . I have moved a booster into kitchen yet my summer house one still connects to the main router . I do not believe they can daisy chain . I have a second engineer out at my house next week and if he cannot get it to daisy chain then I will be cancelling the contract with them . I had BTwhole home system before they moved me to EE and I got a perfect signal in summerhouse with the whole home system . I have been told different stories by different engineers and customer service staff about what works and what doesn’t . Will let you know what happens when I get another engineer visit next week . Good luck

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

XRaySpeX — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 19:08:06 GMT

@Ks666 : Can't you continue using the BT Whole Home?

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Ks666 — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 20:08:59 GMT

No I can’t as they told me it isn’t compatible with new router but before I moved over they told me it was . I tried it but it kept losing signal . All these issues with EE are a joke . Had no problems with BT in the four years I was with them and I have had nothing but problems since they moved me to EE

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

XRaySpeX — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 22:41:26 GMT

I understood it was compatible. It's the BT Complete WiFi that isn't.

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Ks666 — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 22:48:13 GMT

Yes that’s what they told me before I moved over . But when I connected BT whole home to the EE router it works for so long then loses signal and you have to reboot router to fix it every few days . A complete joke

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Hellwin — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:36:59 GMT

I keep trying to explain this when speaking to an ee person. They have just sent a new booster to replace the current one in case it is faulty(new one does exactly the same, no surprise there)! The bt ones worked on daisy chain but all the ee boosters try to connect back to hub. I’m looking at cancelling or buying boosters that will daisy chain as ee connection won’t work across the house

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Peter_W — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:01:27 GMT

Hey there @Hellwin.

Welcome to the EE Community 😊

I've had a check on this one, and there isn't a formal way to daisy chain the Smart WiFi extenders.

Once you initially pair these to your Hub though, if you move it away and the strongest signal is another one of the extenders, it can then link with this and work in a daisy chain manner.

You're likely to experience a fair bit more latency if you were to try this though, and it's not ever something we'd recommend or guarantee as the best way forwards.

Peter

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Ks666 — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:15:10 GMT

Well maybe EE should stop telling people you can daisy chain them before they move them from BT , worst mistake I ever made moving over to EE , can’t wait until my new contract expires and I can leave EE and go somewhere else where I can daisy chain my system and get it working the way it used to with the old bt DISC system . EE just telling people what they want to hear to get them moved across to EE , shocking customer service ,
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Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Welshdoc — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 07:58:32 GMT

Just switched over to EE from BT.

This is truley annoying and goes against the information in the EE set up process which states to place the extender half way between your weak point and either the hub or another extender.

I remember when BT Whole Home was first introduced (their white discs), the ability to daisy chain came with an update, so I now live in hope that one day my extender that can't decide between orange or aqua stabilises after an update!

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

crs3 — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:09:39 GMT

I have the same problem, but entirely within the house. The house is an old bungalow with thick stone walls in the shape of a 'U'. The hub is in one arm of the 'U', and the TV is in the other. I need a decent signal for streaming to the TV.

I have placed one extender in the connecting part of the house (the bottom of the 'U' if you will), and that is paired successfully with the hub. I then tried what you recommended with other extender, but it failed to connect.

So what is the best way forward? And have EE any plans to make daisy-chaining possible? In other words, how are EE going to make good their pledge to provide strong WiFi all over the house?

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

JimM11 — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:24:17 GMT

@crs3 Have you tried moving the Extender to a different position to see if it gets a strong enough signal to reach where you need it.

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Hellwin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:58:04 GMT

This is similar to my problem, EE just keep trying to send more boosters which all want to connect with main hub 😡 thinking of buying a daisy chain booster pack from Amazon and cancelling the £8 subscription for EE boosters as it won’t work in our sandstone house

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Louise0 — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 10:22:54 GMT

Frustratingly I have the opposite problem. I have one extender which keeps daisy chaining to another extender and won’t pair to the hub!

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

JimM11 — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 10:40:45 GMT

@Louise0 Have you allowed the Extenders to get any FW updates from keeping them close to the EE Router!

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

Wardy1touch — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:57:13 GMT

I ran an armoured Ethernet cable from the router to the to the bottom of my garden, cheap enough and works a treat or may work going over one of the boosters?

Re: Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

tnj — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:12:13 GMT

Mine seems to daisy chain but I am only running it on 5 & 6 Ghz as I have turned the 2.4Ghz network off as it will not support my 90 2.4Ghz devices. I have a separate TP Link 2.4Ghz network for them.

I have attached the screenshot of the extenders and hub as seen on the hub manager (which may take some time to show here).