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Tspeed
May 23, 2018Tutor
Connection problems RBK50 and Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4 (Acer)
I'm running my RBK50 for about one week but having issues just with one laptop. It is my Win10 Acer with the Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4 Chipset. If I get the laptop connected (which is not very often),...
FURRYe38
May 28, 2018Guru - Experienced User
What wireless security modes are you using? Try WPA and TPIK only and test. Then try WPA2 and AES only.
Try setting manual channel 1,6 or 11 on 2.4ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz.
Any wifi neighbors near by? if so, how many?
I would disable Daisy Chain as it's not needed. You can enable Beamforming and test as well.
- TspeedJun 25, 2018Tutor
Thanks everyone for your help and advice. I could find a solution after a while.
The Wifi driver was very old (last update from Acer in 2015). So I checked with a Ubuntu Live DVD and the problem was gone! As the vendor won't update the driver anymore, I checked on similar modells for a newer driver and found one from 2017. After updating the driver, the issue was solved!
From my point of view if the driver is too old, it doesn't fit with the newer Wifi Router chipsets...
- FURRYe38Jun 25, 2018Guru - Experienced User
That would be a problem. Glad you got it working.
Enjoy.