Anyone know how to block an iPhone from switching wifi network on a iPad when it changes wifi?

[aces99]

Yep, that's the way I have my network set up. I have a modem and three routers. One router is connected to the modem (in router mode) and the other two routers are hardwired to the main router and I have both of them in bridge mode, all three are dual band with the same SSID.

If you had coverage with a single dual band router before, just connect your Asus, and leave that wonky extender disconnected. You can't just connect that extender to the Asus without resetting it back to default, and letting it reconfigure itself to the other router anyway, because it will have configured itself for the modem/router and likely won't work with the Asus, until reset. Any time you make a hardware change, everything downstream of that change should be reset to default, and any time you make a software/programming change, everything downstream should at least be rebooted in sequence. Some changes don't require it, but some do, and it's simple to reboot.

Ok good then I do know some about home networking because I have set a couple up that way and everything worked fine. Yes I get and always reset everything back to factory whenever I make any changes to know I am starting the changes from scratch. The only thing I am alittle confused about is if I rehook the ASUS dual band router back up to the modem the ASUS router still broadcasts a 2.4GHz wifi network and a 5G wifi network. I have went into the settings and changed the 2.4GHz and the 5G SSID's the same but I still had the same problem. It was like the iPad was still connecting to the 2.4GHz band and not the stronger 5G band. Unless I am still missing something. The only thing I didn't do last time was going into the ISP's modem/router and disabling the modem part like you suggested earlier. Also I will have to hook the ASUS router up to the ISP's modem wirelessly because the modem is in the basement and the router is upstairs.

 

[JamesMB]

Ok good then I do know some about home networking because I have set a couple up that way and everything worked fine. Yes I get and always reset everything back to factory whenever I make any changes to know I am starting the changes from scratch. The only thing I am alittle confused about is if I rehook the ASUS dual band router back up to the modem the ASUS router still broadcasts a 2.4GHz wifi network and a 5G wifi network. I have went into the settings and changed the 2.4GHz and the 5G SSID's the same but I still had the same problem.
That's because you still had two separate networks...They just had the same name....

It was like the iPad was still connecting to the 2.4GHz band and not the stronger 5G band. Unless I am still missing something. The only thing I didn't do last time was going into the ISP's modem/router and disabling the modem part like you suggested earlier.
Also I will have to hook the ASUS router up to the ISP's modem wirelessly because the modem is in the basement and the router is upstairs.
That won't work because when you disable the router part of the modem/router, you won't have a wireless network to connect to. That "modem" as you call it is really a modem/router combo...Think of it as two separate pieces of equipment in the same box. Disable the router part, and connect the Asus to the modem (per that link I sent you you), with ethernet, and that will become your new router and wireless network, and you will no longer be using the router or the 2.4 wireless network in the ISP eq.

 

[aces99]

Ok I gotcha. I remembered as soon as I posted my last reply that I can still hook it up hard wired because they have a ethernet cord going from the ISP modem/router and they have it backfed upstairs and into the extender. So I will just ditch the extender and replace it will the router and disable the router part on the modem. Hopefully that fixes the problem. The only thing I am worried about is I remember the Internet installer mentioning something about that you can't bridge the new Telus modems anymore. I hope what he was talking is different than what I am going to be going and won't have an affect.

 

[JamesMB]

Did you even bother reading that thread, that I searched for you? ...I'm done....

 

[aces99]

Yes I did and thanks for all the help. I am going to redo everything from scratch and hopefully it fixes the problem.

 

[JamesMB]

Yes I did and thanks for all the help. I am going to redo everything from scratch and see if that fixes the issue.

Then if you read that thread, you know that you are gonna have to connect the Asus to a certain "bridge" port. That means you have to physically access that modem...........................There aint no getting around it....good luck

 

[aces99]

Then if you read that thread, you know that you are gonna have to connect the Asus to a certain "bridge" port. That means you have to physically access that modem...........................There aint no getting around it....good luck

Yes I totally get the Ethernet cord on the modem will need to be moved. I just meant there is a ethernet cord running from the modem to the extender now.

 

[aces99]

aces99 is finally doing the happy dance, hoot hoot. I did exactly what you said and so far so good. I have done so much reading and trying different things I am starting to become a pro at this, lol. I strongly suggest anyone that is experiencing the same problem as I was to do exactly what jamesMB said and to follow it exactly. If you miss just one step it won't work. I think it also helps that my ASUS router has way better signal strength than the ISP's modem or extender. I think it should be able to give me good coverage throughout the upstairs house. One question I do have is the original ISP's modem is still sending out a wifi signal and is showing up in the list of wifi to choose from, is that supposed to be like that? I presume it is just want to make sure I didn't miss anything. Thanks so much for all the help. Beer is in me.

 

[aces99]

Delete. Duplicate post.