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Frequent disconnects on 1 device (several times an hour)
Hi,
I bought the N300/WNR2020v2 from Amazon about a month ago. Firmware is latest (V1.1.0.32_1.0.1). I can't quite remember if it ever worked right, but I get frequent disconnects. And by frequ...
Actually, I talked to my wife after posting this, and she said she's not experiencing the issue. I tried to let her computer open watching the Dropcam next to mine (so I have something that constantly uses the connection and that I can monitor easily), and she experiences no drop, meaning the issue might actually be my computer (which is weird because it works fine at work).
Stumbled upon this:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/235739/constantly-dropping-internet-on-el-capitan/248228And it seems that this may have fixed it:
sudo ifconfig awdl0 down
I'll update in a bit to see if that really fixed it. I've seen the issue on my phone too, so I'm not 100% sure this is it. We'll see.
So you bought it a month and cannot remember if it ever worked? If you can return it do so, if not try a reset to factory defaults, use the default settings and hope it works.
Actually, I talked to my wife after posting this, and she said she's not experiencing the issue. I tried to let her computer open watching the Dropcam next to mine (so I have something that constantly uses the connection and that I can monitor easily), and she experiences no drop, meaning the issue might actually be my computer (which is weird because it works fine at work).
Stumbled upon this:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/235739/constantly-dropping-internet-on-el-capitan/248228And it seems that this may have fixed it:
sudo ifconfig awdl0 down
I'll update in a bit to see if that really fixed it. I've seen the issue on my phone too, so I'm not 100% sure this is it. We'll see.
How was it?
Was it fixed?
Yes, that fixed it.
