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JohnyBeGood
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Feb 01, 2021

Upgrade from RBK52 to RBK852: Many more "no signal"/connectivity issues

This is a continuation of discussion started on "AC3000 mesh wifi system (rbk50) vs ax6000 wifi mesh system (rbk852)".  Here is my initial post on 2021-01-29 09:11 PM:   "I just upgraded my RBK52 ...
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JohnyBeGood
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Feb 01, 2021

Here is the RBK852 stats pic.

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JohnyBeGood
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Feb 01, 2021

Here is the RBK52 picture.

 

Note: The stats are take via BlueIris. I use this software as my video recorder (NVR). All cameras run under BI. They record 24/7 except for 5 in-house cams that only record dawn to dusk. No issues with bandwidth with the RBK52.

 

 

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Feb 01, 2021

    Have you tried disabling AX Mode? 

    What are your CTS Values? Try 2347 Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings

    What are you channel settings? Same as what you had on the RBK50 series system? 

     

    What is the distance between the RBR/RBS and these cameras? 

    • JohnyBeGood's avatar
      JohnyBeGood
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      Feb 02, 2021

      FURRYe38  I'm still on the RBK52. I'm switching back to the RBK853 tomorrow to check out these suggestions. 

       

      What I can tell you is that the distance between the cams and the R&S is the same for both systems. 

       

      I will try turning off the ax mode, although that's why I purchased the system. 

      • JohnyBeGood's avatar
        JohnyBeGood
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        Feb 10, 2021

        Sorry for not getting back sooner. I tried the suggestions above. Nothing seemed to work better. The old RBK52 performed better every time. I could only leave the RBK852 up for a couple of hours as several my cameras kept losing signals/dropped. A lot of drops. Switching back to the RBK52 only took a few minutes as it was a simple swap in place. All else (settings, etc) were the same. 

         

        I am disappointed in that I wanted the RBK852 becasue it would handle 60 - 100 devices. I am at around 30 right now. Many of my cams are running at 1080p/10 fps. That's about all the RBK52 can handle. I was looking forward to upgrading to the RBK852 so I could run my cams at 4MP/5MP at 20 fps and add more wifi devices.

         

        After all the effort I decided to return the RBK852. Now I don't know what to do....

         

        Many thanks for everyone's assistance. I appreciate it very much!

         

        JRS