Morac
Senior Member
Since the most recent update (RT-AC88U) I've had all kinds of issues with WiFi devices at range, most specifically on the 2.4ghz band.
5ghz was also very strong throughout (ring doorbell was on this band originally) but that band now becomes unusable unless I'm more or less on top of it.
Same router with the same problem. Though my 2.4 Ghz band has always been lousy do to overcrowding, my 5 Ghz band used to be great no matter what the channel. Now I need to use 48 or lower because the router has problem "hearing" devices on 5 Ghz. The devices themselves have no problem "hearing" the router, but the router shows one bar of signal strength.
This doesn't seem to affect most devices, but my iPad can no longer connect on those higher channels unless I'm within a few feet of the router. Strangely once I connect I can wander away and it will stay connected, sometimes even at full speed. I can't find any rhyme or reason, but rebooting the router seems to help.
Up until flashing 380.65.2, I never had a problem with 5 Ghz set to "Auto". Maybe I was lucky and it was always using lower channels, but that seems unlikely considering I've toggled Auto off a number of times and it always picks 142 or higher.
Nothing else has changed recently.