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Nighthawk RAX80 very unstable - losing connections
Hi all, I've bought the RAX80 six weeks ago and it's been very unstable since then: - devices losing wifi connections - devices not seeing the wifi network - RAX80 losing internet connection (...
Update, two months later:
Windows 10 laptop and two MacBooks keep loosing wifi connection. Mostly after starting the laptops. Wifi is connected for a minute or so, then lost and very often my wifi network isn't listed anymore. Disabling and enabling wifi and restarting laptop and then waiting for a few minutes usually works.
Sometimes my new iPhone also looses connection, but mostly the MacBooks and Windows laptop.
But it's almost every day now! It's very very bad for a router that expensive. I don't know what to do anymore.
How can I return this router? It's a disaster.
It is a nightmare and I totally hate this router.
Here are things I did which made it better:
- In Wireless settings, I disabled smart connect, now I have 2.4, 5ghz-1 and 5ghz-2 SSIDs.
- On all Wifis I set the channel to a fixed channel
- I changed the transmit power to 25%
- Moved bad old devices to 2.4ghz
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Keep in mind DFS on second 5GHZ wifi is very bad. causes a lot of dropouts since it needs to scan for radar all the time. 5ghz-1 works better.
So far no disconnects.