The router is not rebooting, that's why lights stay on, just the radios switch off for a couple of mins. Could be an error in the scheduling code. I have had 3 days out of my 5ghz.What I still didn't figure out, is when the AiMesh node drops I'm only able to see/track the main router 2.4Ghz/5Ghz signals on my Wi-Fi analyser.
The 2.4Ghz/5Ghz Wi-Fi signal from the AiMesh simply vanish I'm not able to track it, but the AiMesh router is still with the Wi-Fi lights on like its working perfect.
After 1 minute or 2 I'm able to see both signals again on Wi-Fi analyser and it gets working again.
It is indeed a strange behavior!
I don't have that problem on my main router using latest Merlin firmware (client runs DD WRT). I put my Router in 80 MHz width mode and channel 161. Using a wifi Analyzer for Android, I can see it's clear in my apartment building, which is great because it gives me the fastest speeds. You definitely want to keep it in 80Ghz width mode if you can, but you can change channels as needed, just keep it in the hundreds to maintain speed. Signal is rock solid.PRpitohead, thanks for the feedback.
One thing that still bugs me, is why does the 2.4Ghz/5Ghz radio signal vanish from the air only on the AiMesh node.
Okay, it can lose the handshake connection, but shouldn't the radio signal continue to transmit? The lights are still on so the router is not restarting.
I don't have and I don't find any explanation for this behavior.
You can also try messing around with Advanced Settings>Wireless>Professional>Multicast Rate. By default, it is on Auto. Maybe start on 54, then go down and test. For me, it breaks below 36.PRpitohead, thanks for the feedback.
One thing that still bugs me, is why does the 2.4Ghz/5Ghz radio signal vanish from the air only on the AiMesh node.
Okay, it can lose the handshake connection, but shouldn't the radio signal continue to transmit? The lights are still on so the router is not restarting.
I don't have and I don't find any explanation for this behavior.
I rebooted the main mesh and it reset to "Router" instead of AI Mesh. So, moving to a TP-Link M5 Mesh setup. I have installed at least a dozen of these and all clients are happy. No time to putz with the AC668U.Seems a common problem with some AC68U in mesh setup. I have just sent one back for refund as it couldn't stay up. Last timing was 20 hours but before that 6 days. Now testing a later model which seems more stable.
Does not matter if the reserved IP address is inside or outside of the DHCP pool.I also assigned a fixed IP to the node but never bother to change the DHCP pool range; I now changed the pool range to make sure it is outside my fixed IP range...
Also switched to wired backhaul to see if it makes any difference
As for downgrading the firmware o 384.19, no can do for me since I need the guest network feature to work on main router AND node and AFAIK, that is not supported on 384.X versions... Banger also reported that it did not solve the drop issue for him. Average temperatures are 80C for my main router (AC86u) and 74C for node (AC68u), don't know if I should be concerned by that or not...
I'm just tuning in to all this and trying to understand if this is my issue or not. I have (2) TR-AC1900P (basically the same HW) on Version 3.0.0.4.386.41634 with clean, but basic config.
I was doing some testing with the AIMesh node at about 35 feet and showing full signal. 5G performs very well, but it seems that clients connected to 2.4 on the AIMesh node will disconnect after only a few minutes and connect to the primary device some 45 feet away.
I'm not sure if this is a symptom of this issue (ie dead node so it finds the primary) or if it is something else.
How can I determine if the nodes are disconnecting vs a client\node issue?
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