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AX12 RAX120 Overheating Daily
Upgraded to the RAX120 and shelled out quite a bit of money for this and 2 nighthawk EAX 80's for overkill wifi coverage. But i have to restart the AX12 every day sometimes more then once. Ive never ...
Konoki5k wrote:Upgraded to the RAX120 and shelled out quite a bit of money for this and 2 nighthawk EAX 80's for overkill wifi coverage. But i have to restart the AX12 every day sometimes more then once. Ive never heard the fan kick on except on restart. The unit is super hot to the touch. Its sitting on the top of my desk hutch, good airflow no obstructions. Is there a way to manually turn this fan on so this thing stays cooler?
Why are you restarting it? What issue is causing you to require a restart?
I'm guessing (again guessing) its because you're getting an "internet not available" message? Again guessing as you didn't put why you're restarting.
My guess probably wouldn't be the router. They do get hot but not overheating hot. They have passive cooling and only kick on when they're under a high load for a long period.
My guess is probably the EAX80's you're using. I'm betting you set them up in mesh mode. They are mesh extenders but function poorly when they have more than 1 extender and are using the mesh setup. Reason why is they loop. What I mean is that if they're in the same area and can see the other extenders wifi, sometimes they connect to each other and loop. Then anything connecting to the extenders, end up without having internet avaible. the simple fix is to make one of the extenders have its own uniqure SSID.
if you're not running them in mesh mode, let me know and we'll look further.
Or if your reason for rebooting is different.
the not simple fix? Actually get a mesh setup designed to run full mesh like Orbi.
What firmware is on the router?
Firmware on the extenders?
Modem you're using?
Do the EAX80 as a pair really do that?
ive a pair of EX8000 and are as stable as can be. The only time they throw a fit is if the router has been turned off. Placement is key but they should not loop one they connect to the router and it's a stable Wi-fi.
Info is a bit limited but if you have not done a reset on the router after upgrading I would do that with the pin hole method and remember not to use any saved profiles afterwards.
Newfiedrool wrote:Do the EAX80 as a pair really do that?
ive a pair of EX8000 and are as stable as can be. The only time they throw a fit is if the router has been turned off. Placement is key but they should not loop one they connect to the router and it's a stable Wi-fi.Info is a bit limited but if you have not done a reset on the router after upgrading I would do that with the pin hole method and remember not to use any saved profiles afterwards.
they don't inherently connect to each other. But if for some reason they get disconnected from the router and one connects to the other extender, it increases the latency/lowers the speed and then if the other extender has the same happen........it causes the looping.
The only time its recommended to use the mesh setup when you're running multiple extenders is if the extenders aren't in range of each other. Which gets less common the better extenders get.
Otherwise its best to have one extender on its own ssid.
I’m finding them pretty good but they could do with connect to router only like the Orbi system has.
apart from that the system is stable with the AX12 RAX120 where as with the XR500 I had constant issues with connections with the extenders. It's like the old Apple routers, turn on and forget which is perfect.
Newfiedrool wrote:I’m finding them pretty good but they could do with connect to router only like the Orbi system has.
apart from that the system is stable with the AX12 RAX120 where as with the XR500 I had constant issues with connections with the extenders. It's like the old Apple routers, turn on and forget which is perfect.it'd be nice if they had the mesh setup like orbi but then it'd eat into the purpose of orbi (and profit).
Whenever I find people needing more than a single extender I usually recommend moving to a true mesh system like orbi.