the extender was for my PC as it was just out of range of the router, after several attempts of trying to connect my phone and my studio lights, it didn't work, so I ultimately had to use the hotspot to then run my lights and my phone properly without disconnecting issues.
this worked perfectly fine from august last year, where my hotspot could be on at all times on my PC so I could get Wi-Fi on my phone and I could remotely control my studio lights, but since about 4 days ago, I can no longer do this. when I activate the hotspot, it just passes the connection through and disconnects my PC, causing it to act as a router, only supplying wifi and not actually using it