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WAX206 poor 2.4GHz performance
I'm getting very variable and poor ping times to my ESP32 and ESP8266 devices connected to the WAX206. It doesn't seem to matter how close the devices are. This is in an apartment building with lots ...
You kind of hit on your problem with the fact that you live in an apartment.
2.4ghz is much more sensitive to interference and has less available channels to use. When a device is broadcasting on 2.4ghz, the other devices on that same channel can't broadcast. You even put that the wax206 you have in an area with less interference, doesn't have an issue.
More than likely the reason it works well for a very short time when changing the channel is that most 2.4ghz routers tend to be set on auto. You'll get that brief period where the router is changing channels that its stops connecting and then works really fast for a bit as the other devices in the complex pickup that it switched. Then it drops back to longer pings as they go back to broadcasting.
Apartment complexes are horrible for 2.4ghz signals. I ran into that same issue a lot until I moved into a detached home. Even then I have some higher ping/latencies because I can still pickup quite a few 2.4ghz signals.
simeoncran wrote:
I'm getting very variable and poor ping times to my ESP32 and ESP8266 devices connected to the WAX206.
The WAX206 is a WiFi 6 Wireless Access Point, not one of the General WiFi Routers (Non-Nighthawk and Non-Orbi) covered in this section.
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
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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