Hi,

Using a 2820vn as the "main" unit, with a second 2820vn acting as a repeater.

All is setup following Draytek KB's, and works fine, BUT if the second unit is turned off / unplugged, the wifi totally disappears, no wifi clients can see / connect to the main unit - even after reboot etc.

The main unit is up, and wired connections (DHCP and fixed IP) still work fine.

Wifi will not come up again until I disable "repeater" mode on the main unit & restart it.

Any ideas why?

thx

Just to add; both units were totally clean, fresh new installs recently, are running the latest available firmware, and are doing the bare minimum of config / services......

Why is the Main unit in Repeater mode?
I would set the main unit with a normal WiFi configuration and ensure that units can connect to it and then set the second unit to act as the repeater?

..because it tells you to in the setup KB / FAQ.

If possible run a cable between them then just set the same SSID and passphrase on both, disable DHCP on the second one, and select different wireless channels (usually 1 and 6 or 6 and 11).