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RBK753 why does reset router needed to reconnect dropped device? (Lennox S30 thermostat)
Periodically one of my Lennox S30 thermostats will drop WiFi connection. When I try to reconnect it is unsuccessful and times out. However if I go to the Orbi and do a router reset, and then try to...
titaniumrx8 wrote:
"sees" the ssid 6 times
What this often means is that the device has detected every access point that is broadcasting the SSID. In my case with one router and three satellites, each of them (4) broadcasts Beacon Frames between 5-10 times per second on:
- Primary SSID @ 2.4G
- Primary SSID @ 5G
- Guest SSID @ 2.4G
- Guest SSID @ 5G
So, that is four access points broadcasting four Beacon Frames between 5 and 10 times per second. That comes to between 80 and 160 Beacon Frames every second!
Most WiFi devices hide all this from the user and present only unique SSIDs (primary and guest). Internally, they know which they prefer and will attempt to join if it is selected by the user. My Samsung tablet actually shows all of them, along with the RSSI level of each access point.
If you were lucky enough to have the thermostat located closer to the router than any of the access points, then it is almost trivial to get it connected. Power off everything except the router, the thermostat will show only one SSID and connect to it.
Since this is rarely practical, it might be worth experimenting by deliberately selecting different SSIDs (even though they are identical) until one seems to "work better" than the others.
If you were lucky enough to have the thermostat located closer to the router than any of the access points, then it is almost trivial to get it connected. Power off everything except the router, the thermostat will show only one SSID and connect to it.
Even This Doesn't Work. The Last Orbi Allowed Changing The CTS/Rts. That Worked.