Is you have an extender in the mix which in my years of networking has always meant callbacks and worse. The only fix I've seen is the new MESH NETWORKS. These extenders, at least to what I and other networkers see are not reliable.
Try it without the extenders.
I'm looking for someone who can tell me the best way I should have my home network setup.
Hardware:
- Spectrum internet, with their Router/Modem (Technicolor TC8715D). WiFi is OFF, DHCP is ON
- Nighthawk R7800 set to AP mode (connected to Spectrum Modem via Cat5e). WiFi is ON, DHCP is OFF
- Nighthawk E8000 Extender in a different room, connecting to R7800 wirelessly
Basically my goal is that everything connects to one of the Nighthawk routers, and all traffic gets routed through the Spectrum to the internet. But I am getting occasional drops, or inability to connect at all, and I suspect it's a DHCP problem.
Questions:
- Which device should I have running DHCP? Is my current setup wrong?
- If I change it to have the Nighthawk run DHCP, how do I connect it to the Spectrum device?
- What else could I be missing?
The biggest problem seems to be with mobile devices - iPads and iPhones will connect perfectly fine for days on end, but then all of a sudden I can't seem to get them connected at all, OR, it takes literally 10-15 minutes to get connected.

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