I started working from homme once every couple of weeks and connecting my Windows 10 PC using Cisco AnyConnect VPN 4.7.01076 to my Satellite about 15 feet away. The problem is that my VPN keeps disconnecting / reconnecting constantly. After a couple of weeks of this I gave up and hardwired the entire connection. So now the PC is hardwired via a switch directly to the RBR50. Unfortunately that has not solved the problem that I thought was WiFi related; it is still (very) randomly disconnecting. Might be up for an hour than goes through a connection / disconnection cycle 5 times in 2 minutes. Impossible to work under those conditions.
I have seen a couple of posts on this but no real solution. I don't really know if the issue is by provider (Xfiniti) or the router. Looking to see if anyone else has this issue on a wired connection and what the possible next troubleshooting steps could be.
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz. Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or maynot be needed) and WMM. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
Try disabling the following and see: Armor, Circle, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
I started working from homme once every couple of weeks and connecting my Windows 10 PC using Cisco AnyConnect VPN 4.7.01076 to my Satellite about 15 feet away. The problem is that my VPN keeps disconnecting / reconnecting constantly. After a couple of weeks of this I gave up and hardwired the entire connection. So now the PC is hardwired via a switch directly to the RBR50. Unfortunately that has not solved the problem that I thought was WiFi related; it is still (very) randomly disconnecting. Might be up for an hour than goes through a connection / disconnection cycle 5 times in 2 minutes.
My focus would be with Cisco support or my company IT group. It this was a laptop, it would be a useful experiment to see how the VPN holds up at a different location (friend's house, Starbucks, etc.)
What channels are you using? Auto? Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz and any unused channel on 5Ghz. Any Wifi Neighbors near by? If so, how many?
Try enabling Beamforming and MIMO(MIMO may or maynot be needed) and WMM. Under Advanced Tab/Advanced Settings/Wireless Settings
Try disabling the following and see: Armor, Circle, Daisy Chain, Fast Roaming, IPv6 and Set 20/40Mhz Coexistence to 40Mhz only. Save settings and reboot the router and satellite(s).
My modem is a Motorolla SB6141 that is directly connected to the RBR50. I am running almost the latest firmware; I saw last night that a new release was available that I haven't installed yet. So I am pretty much up to date. My house is big, 4000 square feet but as I have posted the connection to the RBR50 is hardwired. No Wifi invovled.
I am taking the laptop out of the picture; when my daugher comes over and visits she has the exact same laptop / VPN as me (amazing how different companies all run the same stuff). She has absolutely no problem when she connects from her house (differnt Internet provider, different modem / router) but she has huge disconnect problems at my house. I have connected my laptop to my cell phone to take out the modem / router issue and that works fine. I did that once while riding (as a passenger!) in a car and the connection actually more stable than in my house.
However... once in a while I do experience dropouts in service. When going to a website I may see a "Server took too long to respond" error, or the response time seesm unusally long when going to a site. So I don't think it's the VPN but these type of issues could cause the VPN connection to be dropped. Again, don't know if it is the router or Xfiniti.
My modem is a Motorolla SB6141 that is directly connected to the RBR50. I am running almost the latest firmware; I saw last night that a new release was available that I haven't installed yet. So I am pretty much up to date. My house is big, 4000 square feet but as I have posted the connection to the RBR50 is hardwired. No Wifi invovled.
I am taking the laptop out of the picture; when my daugher comes over and visits she has the exact same laptop / VPN as me (amazing how different companies all run the same stuff). She has absolutely no problem when she connects from her house (differnt Internet provider, different modem / router) but she has huge disconnect problems at my house. I have connected my laptop to my cell phone to take out the modem / router issue and that works fine. I did that once while riding (as a passenger!) in a car and the connection actually more stable than in my house.
However... once in a while I do experience dropouts in service. When going to a website I may see a "Server took too long to respond" error, or the response time seesm unusally long when going to a site. So I don't think it's the VPN but these type of issues could cause the VPN connection to be dropped. Again, don't know if it is the router or Xfiniti.
So now the PC is hardwired via a switch directly to the RBR50. Unfortunately that has not solved the problem that I thought was WiFi related; it is still (very) randomly disconnecting. Might be up for an hour than goes through a connection / disconnection cycle 5 times in 2 minutes. Impossible to work under those conditions.
I neglected to suggest an experiment that I see @FURRYe38 has mentioned. Temporarily unplug the Orbi and connect the PC directly to the ISP modem. (The consequence is that the entire house goes without WiFi and internet, so this is obviously not a long-term solution.)
There are posts here and there about Xfinity and Cisco AnyConnect VPN:
I decided to replace the router functionality of the Orbi and purchased a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X Advanced Gigabit Ethernet and make the Orbi an access point. Right away it seemed that webpages were loading faster. I fired up the VPN yesterday (Friday); it was rock solid until about 1 pm. I thought I had the issue solved; however, then the VPN started dropping again. Not as bad as before, but probalby 12-15 times in 6 hours. Initially I was connected to the west cost connection point; not sure if that makes a difference (I am on the east coast, less people on the system in the west coast).
I have the VPN running today (Saturday) without any real issues. It has been running so far for for 7 hours with 4 drops; all within a 4 minte time span. I think that may now elimate the equipment side. It is either a load issue with the VPN (not many people working on Saturday) or Xfiniti may load balance their network and provide less bandwitdh certain times; maybe dropping my signal so the VPN drops off? Not sure, but my next step is to contact Xfiniti. I am holding up very little hope that they will help.
I am also not sure what a "stable" VPN connection is. Is it normal for the connection to disconnect / reconnnect every so often?
