P Nelson wrote: > Here is my set-up at home, two Radios and a Touch. Red Radio (LMS > reports 100% signal strength as it located on other side of the wall > from the router) is connected to my primary Arris NVG468MQ. Black Radio > (LMS reports 90-83% signal strength) and the Touch (LMS reports 100% > signal strength which is 2 feet away from the router) are connected to a > second access point using an older NetGear router. I do not have wifi > problems with the Black Radio or the Touch. I have replaced the Arris > provided by the internet provider, and the problem still occurs. > > The Red Radio will drop the Wifi connection either in standby or while > streaming music. Switching Red Radio to the secondary access point > results in a LMS reported signal strength of 68-73%, but it drops the > Wifi more frequently so the primary access point works better. If I > take Red to my office the problem disappears. If I move Black to where > Red is located the problem occurs on the Black radio. > > I suspect the problem is due to my neighbor installing a wifi extender > as the problem appeared about the time he installed the extender. We > coordinated on Wifi channels, so we are not using the same or > overlapping channels, but the problem still exists. Using a Wifi > analyzer I also see a mesh network that is using a wide band (channels > 2-10) that overlaps my primary router on channel 1, but the signal > strength is less than -85 dBm. > > When the red symbol appears, the Repair Network will not fix the > connection and trying to select my secondary access point network will > not work. I have to reboot to clear the problem. > > Thus based upon my experience, even with a very high signal strength the > problem will occur at least daily. If I move Red to other locations and > the signal strength weakens then the problem occurs more frequently. I > moved Red to my bedroom which is close to my neighbor and it would drop > within an hour or so. > > I hope this helps. If any other information would be helpful, please > let me know. If you need logs, then I will need some education on how > to do that. > > Paul
This is exactly my situation (also concerning the switching of radio locations...), thus probably exactly the same issue... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ frankd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52885 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109953 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
