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Constant Speed Issues
First, thank you, Netgear, for the confusing branding. Logged into my system's UI, the main unit is an MR80, the satellites MS80 -- Searching by either of those results in no hits. But sure enough, t...
So rebooting fixes the issues?
How frequently does it happen?
What gateway do you have from Verizon (they're notorious for combo gateways with built-in router)
Yes, rebooting fixes the issue.
Happens maybe every 5 - 7 days.
Not using Verizon's gear.
ONT in the garage, ethernet run to my pfSense firewall (no Wi-Fi included). Units are configured in Wireless Access mode on their own VLAN.
Rneal1973 wrote:
Yes, rebooting fixes the issue.
Happens maybe every 5 - 7 days.
Not using Verizon's gear.
ONT in the garage, ethernet run to my pfSense firewall (no Wi-Fi included). Units are configured in Wireless Access mode on their own VLAN.
That just made it more complicated. So you have a verizon ONT that is ran to your PFSense firewall. the firewall has its own routing configured. Then from the firewall, you have vlans thatsplit out to separate units that one of the units is running the MK83 system on. And just the MK system is having issues? Are the other units having issues?
All the units are on the same VLAN. FWIW, the VLANs and routing were in place well before this issue started occurring. Specifically, Wi-Fi connected devices are having issues. If I turn off mobile data on my phone & run a speed test, the same results. Because at first, I thought maybe the issue was with my wireless NIC on my desktop, but all Wi-Fi devices behave the same. Wired devices remain blazing fast.
I think the next time this occurs, I'll change to the 2.4Ghz band on my desktop and see if the issue persists.
Is the MK system in AP mode? Otherwise, you're in a double nat. I've not used PFSense in years so not sure if it has a DMZ you can set for the MK system so its not in the double nat.
It gets a little tougher to troubleshoot when there's more things between the router and the gateway as pfsense could be doing its own thing that's causing issues. It wouldn't be the first time an update caused issues. Not saying that is the case, but I always follow the KISS (keep it simple stupid) when troubleshooting networking gear as strange things can cause issues.
If anything 2.4ghz slower. Its a slow network that can broadcast further than 5ghz. And its sensitive to interference.