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pawan2003
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Mar 24, 2020
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Intermittent disconnection of wifi after upgrading firmware to 2.5.1.8

Hi All! Ever since I upgraded my firmware to version 2.5.18, my wifi seems to disconnect frequently. This is particularly felt while using apple products. Also, my phone and ipad tend to connect dir...
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    Retired_Member
    Mar 24, 2020
    pawan2003 wrote:

    Hi All!

    Ever since I upgraded my firmware to version 2.5.18, my wifi seems to disconnect frequently. This is particularly felt while using apple products. Also, my phone and ipad tend to connect directly to the router instead of the satellite located close by.

     2.5.18 has issues....get rid of it

     

    Why did you upgrade?

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pawan2003
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Apr 01, 2020

Thanks! I downgraded the firmware to 2.3.5.30 and the network stabilized.

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Retired_Member
Apr 01, 2020
pawan2003 wrote:

Thanks! I downgraded the firmware to 2.3.5.30 and the network stabilized.

Nice work.

 

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