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Poor coverage and signal strength with AP WAX214
Dear Community I recently bought the AP WAX-216 for private use to improve the WLAN coverage in my appartment plus to get WiFi6 (AX) support. Setup: I use the AP with PoE powered by a Cisco R...
dear all,
any updates on this issue?
I do have exactly the same problems as discribed by ScottyBeam. In addition I have the situation that the signal strength seems to vary a lot within a few minutes. Even in a room (10to15m) without any obstacles the signal changes from poor to acceptable and back (staying at the same spot, same device, nobody moving...). I also have the problem described by another user with the RF power function. After updating the firmware to 2.something I can not change the power settings any more. Before the update at least the signal strength stayed similar after using the RF Signal functions (20dB)
it is my fist Netgear device and I bought it because I believed I will buy really good stuff. my old AP covered my whole house. now I cant cover one level any more! I am really disappointed and need help!
regards martin
After some chats with the support without any improvement of the situation, I decided to return the device... Bought now an AP from another brand and works definitely better, also allows to set the power transmission accordingly.
I think, Netgear is producing devices mainly for end users and that's why they have decided to remove any advanced settings, instead their "logic" decides certain settings... So this AP is certainly not a device for advanced users or businesses where you want to change settings to your own need...to be fair, my new AP was also double price...
I think, Netgear is producing devices mainly for end users and that's why they have decided to remove any advanced settings, instead their "logic" decides certain settings... So this AP is certainly not a device for advanced users or businesses where you want to change settings to your own need...to be fair, my new AP was also double price...
ScottyBeam wrote:
I think, Netgear is producing devices mainly for end users and that's why they have decided to remove any advanced settings, instead their "logic" decides certain settings... So this AP is certainly not a device for advanced users or businesses where you want to change settings to your own need...to be fair, my new AP was also double price...Not a generic Netgear thing, you could have choosen the WAX610 (similar platfrom like the WAX214) for about the same amount of money, and there are much more controls available...
Of course, I'm with you on the automatic power feature - permitting it's working in the way I would imagine - thus I try to bring this to Netgear's attention again.
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