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murdof
Jan 09, 2023Tutor
WAX206 - Shelly not able to keep state
I'm having issue with 2xWAX206 that I bought and using as APs. I have about 80 Shelly and smart wifi devices and while I have a cheap AX1800 Xiaomi that can handle all of them on 2.4 GHz - I can't g...
- Jan 09, 2023
It turns out I had to change authentication to WPA2-Personal
WPA3 wasn't backwards compatible.
I also moved 2.4 GHz WiFi network to Wireless 1 instead of 2.
In case anyone else faces similar problems.
Latency / pinging all seems to work ok now...
michaelkenward
Jan 09, 2023Guru - Experienced User
murdof wrote:
I'm having issue with 2xWAX206 that I bought and using as APs.
While many questions about routers are generic and could be answered anywhere, some things need specialist knowledge.
You might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your device, in the appropriate section for your hardware. That's probably here:
Business Wireless - NETGEAR Communities
You might like to search there for messages related to your problem.
I will ask the Netgear moderator to move your message.
In the meantime you could visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware. Look at the label on the device for the model number.
Check for various troubleshooting tips.
You may have done this already. I can't tell from your message.
I mention it because Netgear stopped supplying printed manuals and CD versions some years ago and people sometimes miss the downloads.
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