Device manager connection from a repeater or smart router is not explicitly showed

[Bernard]

Hello,

I have in my office a Wifi repeater.
The connection is displayed as follow

• Router => Lan => Repeater (the device)

When I use this repeater to connect to the network, the device is sowed as connection to the Lan and not to the repeater.
For example if I connect with my iPhone it shows:

• Router => Lan => Repeater
• Router => Lan => MyIphone

In my opinion it should have shown me the repeater as a node where other devices connect (can be optional to spare space):

• Router => Lan => Repeater => MyIphone
• Router => Lan => Repeater => Colleague Android
• Router => Lan => Repeater => Wireless printer
• ...

Bernard

[Bert]

The reason for this is that the router does not know if you use a repeater or LAN connection. It detects the interface of the repeater that is why it's shown as LAN.

 

You need a mesh system or a system with controller for that to work properly. Or possibly a netgear repeater with the smart connect option.

 

The router only knows if it's wifi when the device connects through their own interface.

[Netduma Fraser]

Perfect explanation above!

[Bernard]

Thank you Bert for your clear explanation. 🙏

Well sometimes "Perfect explanation" just s..k. 😂😂😂😂😂