Makaveli
Very Senior Member
If it was the firmware, everyone running it would have the same problem.
This 1000%
There is no mention in the changelog of a wireless driver change.
If it was the firmware, everyone running it would have the same problem.
You must have a setting in the 2.4GHz control panel professional settings that is interfering with your devices. Check that you have universal beamforming, airtime fairness and Roaming assistant set to disable.
Thanks to you all for (any) help!
Try this:Thank you very much for your suggestions. I had a look in the professional tab and universal beamforming and explicit beamforming were enabled so I disabled them. The rest are already disabled.
With those changes, my Kindle seems to connect easier and it's showing 2 wifi bars, marginally better than before when it couldn't see the SSID or it'd connect with 1 bar and drop out.
With the PS4, it also seems to see the SSID easier and is able to obtain an IP address. But it's reporting my internet connection as failed and I can't proceed with the connection test.
Edit: Did another PS4 test and it doesn't see my SSID nor get an IP. I don't understand why the 2.4ghz is so weak. I can see my neighbors' SSIDs and I can't see mine in the same room.
Is there anything else I should look out for? Here's my professional tab for 2.4ghz:
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I ran the AC86U's site survey and it looks like the 2.4ghz signal strength is strong:
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The AC86 for certain individuals has a record of WiFi instability issues. If you are happy with all the router's other features and it is working then I suggest you try factory reset and then not use the WiFi disable feature and be satisfied that most everything else is working.
You probably don't want to RMA the router as there is a good chance the router that ASUS sends you in exchange will have more problems than your current router.
Are you f****** kidding me?! I sold my 2 other routers and got AC86U in hope, that I am buying one of the best AC routers there is... And now you tell me that? Oh boy, me and my luck...
First one I bought had an issue. Returned it and got new one. No issues.....even bought another after that.I've owned my RT-AC86U since march 2018 and have never had wifi instability issues.
I've owned my RT-AC86U since march 2018 and have never had wifi instability issues.
That is the case for many AC86 owners but I have gone through five RMAs trying to get a stable unit.
only problem is the very strong ch7 slightly overlapping. Whoever uses it should change to 6!
The problem is once you get into RMA purgatory ASUS keeps sending out what they consider a refurbished router without adequate testing. To find the stability issues people report, you need to do more than just turn the router on and see if the LEDs light up. The worst exchange router from ASUS came to me with no working 2.4 Ghz radio out of the box.You are the RT-AC86U killer. Go to an astrologist, see if you two are compatible.
They don't seem to test the routers
I'm stubborn and have the time
If the router craps out I'll just throw it away. I have no time to deal with all this.
I noticed you newer acknowledged trying to change the channel.. Did you try it?@Mutzli , @Grisu thank you for your suggestions again.
I've tried all of them and unfortunately my 2.4ghz is still bad. It seems very random or the connection is too tenuous. The PS4 is seeing the SSID. It randomly gets an IP sometimes, and other times not. Very rarely, it'll get an internet connection and then fail at PlayStation Network Sign-In. Just one time, it managed to test uploasd speed but failed the download speed test. And it's going through the steps in the test at a crawl, clearly the tests are timing out, this used to zip through quickly.
This is really really bad, I've never encountered this before and don't know how else to troubleshoot.
Edit: I'm attaching a syslog. In the mean time I think I'll do a factory reset and try again.
I noticed you newer acknowledged trying to change the channel.. Did you try it?
And I do mean ALL of them.
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