Phone will only connect to wifi through extender

[ricrog]

Since changing from BT to EE Smart Hub a few weeks ago, my Redmi Note 7 Phone will only connect to it through my Wifi Extender. Everything else in the house-laptops, phones, printer, TV boxes all connect directly with no problem. My phone connects to other wifi sites with no problems. If I make phone forget the hub SSID and then attempt to sign in using the password, the phone just shows 'saved' next to the SSID. If I'm signed in to the extender and try to change to the hub SSID, nothing happens at all.

[XRaySpeX]

"WPA-WPA2-Personal" is quite insecure. That phone ought to work securely with "WPA2-Personal".

[ricrog]

So why does phone work on other networks which are presumably WPA2-Personal? Is there something else I should check?

[XRaySpeX]

Cuz WPA2-Personal is good & secure. In the post you are replying to I'm warning you against WPA-WPA2-Personal & telling you to use WPA2-Personal.

[JimM11]

@ricrog From GSM arena below is your old phone spec, its all your choice but do heed the wireless security warning and make your decisions.

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WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Bluetooth	5.0, A2DP, LE
Positioning	GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC	No
Infrared port	Yes
Radio	FM radio, recording
USB	USB Type-C 2.0