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Unable to connect phone and random devices and extener not connecting
tldr; Intermittent connection issues with smart devices upstairs, wifi extender randomly disconnects and phone doesn't want to connect due to IP config issues. Issues seem to have been resolved whil...
Are you using Smart Connect for WiFi? Some devices can have trouble switching between 2.4/5GHz automatically and so if you turn it off and connect manually to 2.4 or 5GHz it may sustain the connection. Did you set a static IP for the XR on the modem so the IP doesn't change and therefore the DMZ doesn't become invalid?
I did not think to set the extender as static, I've just done that. As for Smart Connect, I've been a bit leery about disabling it. I'll likely have to go and reset every single device in the house and then the extender my have it's own SSID to further complicate things. The intermittent disconnect of my smart devices rarely lasts longer than ten minutes, so I haven't wanted to rock the boat. (Well, except for last night. Last night was just really annoying and I had no clue what was going on with all of the stuff in my room except one lamp.)
- The extender as static is good, setting the XR500 as static on the modem would be beneficial as well. I can understand that might be a bit of a hassle but it's definitely worth thinking about if it happens persistently, it has helped people in the past.
Well, now for something (completely) different. Every time I log into my router (I have to go to the gateway ip, I can't use routerlogin.net anymore for some reason) I get an error "Uncaught ReferenceError: start_cycle is not defined" and one of the widgets on the page never loads. On that note, how can I get more widgets or change the theme/color scheme in DumaoS?
- Okay so if you can figure out which one it is, either one from the System Information page of Network Monitor most likely then you can go to those pages, unpin them and that will get rid of the error and you can repin it. Most of the panels on the router have a pin icon in the top right of them, if you click that it will then be pinned to the dashboard. There are no other theme/color schemes at present.