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Re: RAX200 5GHZ-1 band has weaker signal strength than 5GHZ-2 band

dnh67
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‎2020-07-21 08:54 AM
‎2020-07-21 08:54 AM

RAX200 5GHZ-1 band has weaker signal strength than 5GHZ-2 band

Hi, please could someone explain to me why the 5GHZ-1 band has a much lower signal strength than the 5GHZ-2 band?

 

In fact the signal strength of the 5GHZ-1 band is so poor that I effectively have a very expensive dual-band router and not the tri-band one I was hoping for!!

 

I have experimented with many wifi 5 and 6 clients and tried all combinations of channels and modes for each of the 2 5GHZ bands but band 1 has a consistently weaker signal than band 2.

 

I have the latest firmware as of 21/07/2020.

Model: RAX200|Nighthawk Tri-band AX12 12-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router
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Cmo1
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‎2020-07-22 05:37 AM
‎2020-07-22 05:37 AM

Re: RAX200 5GHZ-1 band has weaker signal strength than 5GHZ-2 band

I am having the same issues on the 2.4 ghz band.  It crawls.  After This recent firmware it got even worse

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Christian_R
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‎2020-07-23 11:57 AM
‎2020-07-23 11:57 AM

Re: RAX200 5GHZ-1 band has weaker signal strength than 5GHZ-2 band

Hello dnh67 & Cmo1, 

 

You may try reverting to the previous firmware version and performing a factory reset. 

 

Christian 

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