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Nick8810
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Dec 02, 2022

Rax30 Nighthawk

The Wi-Fi keeps dropping. The Wi-Fi signal is strong, have not had a problem for about 6 months till now. The wired connections work with no problems. Any suggestions to fix the problem? Using the 2....
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 03, 2022

It only happens on the 2.4ghz side? 

Have you tried changing what channel you broadcast on? 2.4ghz is sensitive to interference and maybe something is broadcasting on it. 

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Nick8810
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Dec 03, 2022
It was set to auto and changed to ch. 1. Same problems
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    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 03, 2022

    so try changing it to 6 or 11. 

     

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      Nick8810
      Tutor
      Dec 03, 2022
      Tired that too. Did a factory reset and started over. Seems to be working now, not sure what the problem was.
      Appreciate the help
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        plemans
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        Dec 04, 2022

        If that stays working, I'd mark it as solved. 

        glad its got it up and going for you right now