Thorough as always, much appreciated :) R1D2 wrote Disabled MAXtream on main AP, set to fixed channel 100. Apply, save config, reboot. Enabled AP on bridge CPE. Apply, save config, reboot. Connected...

What I'm describing in the original first post of this topic is a TP-Link 'current' bridge mode on CPE#2 w/ AP enabled and a different SSID name which rebroadcasts from CPE#1 to the 'blind' CPE#3...

Hm...are you positive that bridge connects to AP w/ MAXtream ON? Take a look at the 'footnote' of this faq: http://www.tp-link.com/us/faq-694.html which i verified previously based on my experience...

As a half-baked remedy you could try setting up a ping watchdog rule on the repeater-CPE to ping the AP's IP and reboot when it fails to get 2-3 replies after 5 mins each (given that it probably...

R1D2 wrote Ok, I will try to reproduce with a CPE210 if the repeater test has finished, but just to be sure: are you really changing the BSSID (= MAC address) or the ESSID (= WiFi network name)? And...

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