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WAX214 unstable : reboot when connecting devices
I can't a stable operation with Access Point WAX214. It's connected to a GC108P switch and perfectly powered. I create a new SSID (WPA2/WPA3) and reached to connected a Macbook. It work...
Workaround supply by Netgear Support : "Group Key Update Interval" to 0. Now Mixed-mode is perfectly stable.
But that's not a secure way. I did not try other values, don't want to spend my time to test.
An old problem that I discover then on forums (not only with iOS devices). Weird.
By the way my iOS where in 14.4 (firstly in 14.3).
I managed too to crash the AP with an Android doing a Speetest before workaround
keyser75 wrote:Workaround supply by Netgear Support : "Group Key Update Interval" to 0. Now Mixed-mode is perfectly stable.
But that's not a secure way.
Correct security consideration. Be aware that various simple wireless clients (wireless repeaters, extenders, IoT, ...) fail with the group key update <> 0 the moment the update will take place.
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