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M6 PRO Wifi Signal Dropping Out
We have a M6 Pro Nighthawk modem which has been great & worked very well the past couple of years. The Nighthawk is connected directly to power with no battery fitted & has a couple of wifi camera...
What l mean is, although your router was working fine before. However, now since your device has been updated with a new firmware, which is normal to iron out a few bugs or problems. You said it hasn't been the same since the update. I don't how many 2.4Ghz cameras your using, that is connected to your router. Basically, the router itself has it's "limitation of how much data it can provide as in throughput", via 2.4Ghz Wifi CCtv camera connection. You'll be better off using ethernet CCtv IP cameras connected via a ethernet switch, in other words hardwired device connections.
You'll be better off using ethernet CCtv IP cameras connected via a ethernet switch, in other words hardwired device connections.
Just to clarify this - are you suggesting switching to an NVR solution that is on-premise?
If Autoben is using a cloud-hosted service, then the internet bandwidth requirements are the same for WiFi as they are for PoE cameras.
Not exactly, -Just to clarify this - are you suggesting switching to an NVR solution that is on-premise? NO!
I think user Autoben, might be using a "simplified Wi-Fi setup", with multiple WiFi cameras maybe 1 or 2 or more cameras connected to his mobile router, via Wi-Fi connection, running at 2.4Ghz only.
I think user Autoben, might be using a "simplified Wi-Fi setup", with multiple WiFi cameras maybe 1 or 2 or more cameras connected to his mobile router, via Wi-Fi connection, running at 2.4Ghz only.
An on-premise NVR with PoE cameras would reduce both the mobile data and wifi bandwidth requirements, but simply switching to ethernet with PoE wouldn't affect mobile bandwidth use at all (assuming there is a cloud service in the mix).
Most of these wifi cameras don't use that much WiFi bandwidth - typically in the 1-2 mbps range when streaming, but maybe assume 5 mbps for some margin. I don't think that would be an issue for the M6 PRO
Autoben - can you tell us what cameras you have (and how many), and whether or not they are connected to the vendor's cloud service (Arlo, Eufy, Ring, etc)? Also when you say the wifi signal disappears, are you saying it literally disappears for all your devices?
The wifi signal disappearing suddenly (as if the unit was going into standby) sounds like it might be a bug or a hardware failure. While ethernet might be a workaround, I'd suggest checking to see if the ethernet connection drops when the wifi connection does.
Autoben wrote,
The Nighthawk is connected directly to power with no battery fitted & has a couple of wifi cameras running off them at 2.4g.
However in the past week (since the latest firmware update 25/10) it now works for a couple of hours & then stops transmitting a wifi signal, like its gone into standby mode... Yes Wifi standby is switch to Never.
We are located in Australia & the modem is recieving Telstra 5G signal on the dashboard, however not transmitting wifi to the devices connected. There are 4 devices showing as connected to the Wifi.
So the question is, what is causing the Wi-Fi connectivity issue, while working connected to the mobile router online, during for a period of time. It then cuts off.