Daisy chain EE Smart wifi Plus extenders

[Ginger1963]

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

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[Peter_W]

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

[Ks666]

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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[Welshdoc]

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!

[crs3]

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?

[JimM11]

@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.

[Hellwin]

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