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RAX30 wireless bridge mode dropouts
Hello,
I bought a RAX30 2 days ago, as a wifi6 router to work in wireless bridge mode. This is to provide a wireless bridged connection to my main wifi6 router (a virgin media hub5), about 30ft away in another building, where I can't run cable. I did have a power line network set up to the other building for many years but as they were connected to different power boards / circuits, the throughput was always very poor. I set the RAX30 up in wireless bridge mode via a laptop connected by cable, in 5g mode, and tested that it worked as a wireless bridge. I then ran a cable from the RAX30 to an AP and checked WiFi was working in the other building. All good. I've now had this setup in place 24 h and unfortunately the bridged side of the network has dropped on 4 occasions and can only be recovered by power cycling the RAX30. When the network drops, the assigned RAX30 ip address on my main router has disappeared. I've tried reserving the IP and Mac address of the RAX30 on the main router and this makes no difference. When the connection has dropped, I cannot login to the RAX30, even if I attach a laptop directly by cable. This seems odd. The RAX30 has the latest firmware installed (checked when setting up). When the bridged network is up, it shows a consistent bridged connection speed of 250 MB/s. When the bridged network goes down, all the lights on the RAX30 are still white, but I have noticed that the 5g light is solid white when the network is down, but flickers when it is up. I'm wondering if this is a 5g connectivity issue or something else? I don't think it's connectivity as standing next to the RAX30 I get a reasonable 5g WiFi connection to the main router via my mobile phone. Would welcome any suggestions to improve the stability of the wireless bridged connection. I do understand these may drop occasionally but I was hoping the RAX30 would attempt to recover the connection if this happens. Note as I've mentioned before power line or wired connections are not possible between my two locations, so I need a stable wireless bridge.
I bought a RAX30 2 days ago, as a wifi6 router to work in wireless bridge mode. This is to provide a wireless bridged connection to my main wifi6 router (a virgin media hub5), about 30ft away in another building, where I can't run cable. I did have a power line network set up to the other building for many years but as they were connected to different power boards / circuits, the throughput was always very poor. I set the RAX30 up in wireless bridge mode via a laptop connected by cable, in 5g mode, and tested that it worked as a wireless bridge. I then ran a cable from the RAX30 to an AP and checked WiFi was working in the other building. All good. I've now had this setup in place 24 h and unfortunately the bridged side of the network has dropped on 4 occasions and can only be recovered by power cycling the RAX30. When the network drops, the assigned RAX30 ip address on my main router has disappeared. I've tried reserving the IP and Mac address of the RAX30 on the main router and this makes no difference. When the connection has dropped, I cannot login to the RAX30, even if I attach a laptop directly by cable. This seems odd. The RAX30 has the latest firmware installed (checked when setting up). When the bridged network is up, it shows a consistent bridged connection speed of 250 MB/s. When the bridged network goes down, all the lights on the RAX30 are still white, but I have noticed that the 5g light is solid white when the network is down, but flickers when it is up. I'm wondering if this is a 5g connectivity issue or something else? I don't think it's connectivity as standing next to the RAX30 I get a reasonable 5g WiFi connection to the main router via my mobile phone. Would welcome any suggestions to improve the stability of the wireless bridged connection. I do understand these may drop occasionally but I was hoping the RAX30 would attempt to recover the connection if this happens. Note as I've mentioned before power line or wired connections are not possible between my two locations, so I need a stable wireless bridge.
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The problem with a wireless bridge is that it relies on the primary router, and any issues with it will percolate to the RAX.
What channel are you using on the 5ghz?
DFS channels can be problematic.
Plus ISP supplied routers aren't always the best.
Not sure waht channel in is - it is Virgin Media Hub 5. It does give out a really good 5 ghz (== reasonable range) signal - better than my previous routers. I can login and try turning band optimization / steering off, and try to fix it to one 5 ghz band (like 36) if that would help?
I'm just recommending avoiding dfs channels. they can create instabilities if there's any radar/weather radar/dfs broadcasts in your area.
