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bjhoag
Apr 15, 2020Star
Nighthawk Mesh Wifi 6 Router MR60 losing connection to 2.4 devices
I have a Nighthawk Mesh MR60 with the Satelite. About once a day, it loses connection to all the 2.4 devices on my network. It remains connected to the 5.0 devices. I have to reboot the router and...
tommyjli
Aug 24, 2020Aspirant
I installed the v1.0.6.102 the day after it came out. My MK62 system is on a WIRED backhaul with the system in Wireless AP model only (DHCP duties all stay with my main Router, a Netgear R7800 which remains incredibly stable despite it's age).
I purchased this Mesh system in Hong Kong last month to solve my client roaming issues, and it has.... however my wifi clients often report this connection has no internet connectivity!
The instability of this system is surprising given Netgears experience. Reaching out to Christian_R
tommyjli
Aug 26, 2020Aspirant
Following mrbeams post, i decided to make 1 change: Set my 2.4ghz channel from Auto to a fixed channel (e.g. 2) and it seems to have stabilized. Also I have no had any wifi clients complain about "your Wifi connection has no internet connection".
Note:My 5ghz band was always set on a specific channel, but had only set my 2.4ghz on Auto
This was the only change I made and it's been about 40 hours so far and no one in the house has complained. I have about 7 devices (cameras, doorlocks and a printer) on 2.4ghz while the rest of the 12 devices or so are on 5ghz.
Crossing my fingers, no more instability
- WildernessGuyAug 26, 2020Aspirant
Hi Tommyjli,
thank you for the suggestion, and I will try it, but I have observed dropped connections with my 5Ghz connection, not my 2.4 Ghz connection. Of course, it is conceivable that a memory leak in the 2.4 GHz, which some of my devices utilize, also affects the 5Ghz , So it is worth a try. Thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks, John
- JoeMerchantAug 26, 2020InitiateI have had an MR60 with two satellites (running firmware 102) for a bit over a month now. Starting this morning, one of the satellites was not talking to the base. It still showed a blue led, but neither it nor the camera hooked to its wired port were connected to the network. I power cycled the satellite, it came up with a white then red led but after a minute it went blue and all was good, for about 10 hours. Now it has dropped out again. Nothing has changed in the network configuration for weeks, satellite connections have always seemed quite strong. What might I do to get my reliable satellite connection back?