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Firmware updated EX8000 keeps dropping Internet
Hi all,
I have read about multiple issued relating to the R8000 but I seem to be experiencing a similar issue with your EX8000 mesh range extender.I regularly experience an issue (perhaps once ...
Hi All
Just sharing my expeerience on this issue. I've been having this problem too myself
Main Router: Asus RT-AC88U
Extender : EX8000
NetGear EX8000 Firmware - latest as of today's posting.
To further debug the case, i purposely set the extender's wifi SID to be different then main router's SID
MainRouter's 2.4Ghz - no issues
MainRouter's 5.0Ghz- no issues
Extender's 2.4Ghz - no issues
Extender's 5.0Ghz - constant disconnects.
i use IPTools to ping a site (172.217.31.36) constantly for every second.
- When there's an internet drop - i'll get up to 10 pings (10 seconds of drop)
though single second drops (1 ping drops) happens sometimes even for the 2.4ghz or MainRouter's 5.0Ghz, but it's no where as bad as consecutively 10-20 ping drops.
After fiddling around many things, finally i decided to disable MainRouter's 5.0Ghz to test, for some reason now my Extender's 5.0Ghz is much much more stable.
i still get the occassional 1 ping drop, or maybe up to 3 ping drop, but no more 10 ping drops. It's much more bareable now.
So far tested only for an hour, but hopefully things turn out good for the rest of the day.
Hi all update.
In the end. No matter what I tried to use the ex8000 as AP. It won't work.
In the end the only thing that works was changing it to be WiFi repeater instead of AP. That worked with no more signal drops.
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In the end. No matter what I tried to use the ex8000 as AP. It won't work.
In the end the only thing that works was changing it to be WiFi repeater instead of AP. That worked with no more signal drops.
I
Latest update.
Signal started dropping again, few things i realized
1. DNS for my extender - i set it to 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8 seems to be dropping often.
2. My client decide (Samsung phones have no problem after step#1 is changed, however, huawei devices still have signal drops)
Recently my network has been dropping again consiistantly. I found 1 fix that will sure fix the problem temporarily though.
1. Use static IP address
2. Connect to 5ghz network
3. Once successfully connected, forcefully change the IP address again to something else.
4. Enjoy stable connection for the next few minutes.
- from my experience, this is stable for at least 30mins, but upon disconnect from the network, you'll need to repeat these steps again.
Alternativly put the EX8000 in the bin buy a Linksys RE6500 and enjoy D#days not hours of trouble free extended wifi