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My Nighthawk XR500 drops WiFi on 2 of my devices.
So ever since I bought my XR500, my wife's 2 devices (iPad 2 and Samsung S5 Mini) drops WiFi ALL.THE.TIME.
Funny thing is, it's only those 2 devices that does this, out of maybe 8-10 devices we...
No, all our devices are connected manually to our WiFi.
She get's dropped on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz.
You may have a lot of WiFi interference in the area. Use a WiFi analyser to find the least congested channel and change to that. Also remove any wireless devices e.g. headsets etc from within close proximity to the router as they could interfere. Are the devices also connecting to WiFi with automatic settings?
I used the Netgear WiFi Analytics and connected to the least congested / best singal channel, for both 2.4 and 5.
There's no wireless devices near the router.
All my devices are manually connected to my WiFi.
- I mean on the devices themselves have you specified IP/DNS etc or just joined them automatically? I know you said they drop all the time but how often are we talking, every 5 mins? Does it seem to be when a specific application is running or anything specific happens on the network?
Ah! No I didnt specify the IP/DNS. Just found on list of WiFi connections available and put in the password to connect.
It happens contiunously, connected, disconnected, connected, disconnected. It happens at all times, not only during specific tasks.