Adding an Extender has Impacted My Phone's WiFi Calling but Nothing Else
Hello,
As the title suggests, I recently added a TP-Link RE715X extender, which matches the brand of my router; this was to provide superior speeds to my devices in the basement of our home where I work. I'm using a wireless connection from the router to the extender, and the extender is then hardwired to the two devices in the area where I work that previously did not receive solid connection speeds via wireless connections, even though my phone previously did in the very same room.
In any event, the extender seems to have resolved the problem I was having with two devices, but it's also inadvertently created a new problem that I was not previously having: the WiFi calling feature, which I had enabled before and after the extender was added, now has sporadic performance at best. Sometimes, I can't make calls using WiFi calling, and numerous times, someone has tried to call me but my phone goes straight to voicemail without ringing. When this happens, disabling and re-enabling WiFi on my phone seems to resolve it, but it does not prevent it from happening again in the future. I've tried power cycling my router and the extender numerous times without any sort of noticeable difference. When this happens, my phone has a full WiFi connection, and everything else on it, such as apps, browsing the internet, etc. works without issue; it's just the WiFi calling feature that's impacted.
To confirm the extender is what brought about this change, I disabled WiFi calling on my phone, and I no longer experienced this issue over a week or so. Almost as soon as I turned it back on, the problem resurfaced. I'd really like to be able to continue using WiFi calling without this happening, as I could prior to adding the extender, for the stability in the event I'm not getting great 5G reception in my house, so I'd really prefer not to have to leave that off. Finally, both my router and extender have been updated to the latest firmware. Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this issue? Thanks in advance.