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WN802T drops connections
I purchased a new WN802T Access Point about a year ago. I noticed periodically that it would sporatically drop connections. I updated the firmware and change the channel to make sure I was not possi...
I've run into this - WN802T disappears from the network and is powered down, or just disappears from the network, but I can surf into it and reboot it. I have a second WN802T that NEVER has an issue and is rock solid.
Any back to the misbehaving WN802T, I found that unchecking the WMM power save feature appears to have fixed it. it's found in Configuration->Wireless->QoS Settings->WMM Powersave. Make sure it's NOT checked.
It seems that the implementation isn't quite right in these AP's of this feature. they just turn off and don't come back. the spec says they power down, then look around wirelessly every so often to see if any traffic needs to be dealt with.
I'm running firmware WN802Tv2_V3.1.1. I think the latest.
Any back to the misbehaving WN802T, I found that unchecking the WMM power save feature appears to have fixed it. it's found in Configuration->Wireless->QoS Settings->WMM Powersave. Make sure it's NOT checked.
It seems that the implementation isn't quite right in these AP's of this feature. they just turn off and don't come back. the spec says they power down, then look around wirelessly every so often to see if any traffic needs to be dealt with.
I'm running firmware WN802Tv2_V3.1.1. I think the latest.