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| Thread ID: 134773 | 2013-08-09 02:29:00 | Wifi Router Drops out. | ronyville (10611) | Press F1 |
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| 1350988 | 2013-08-09 02:29:00 | Hi People, Got a weird problem with the wifi routers at work. We have about 6 TP link TL-WR1043ND routers at for wifi at different corners for the building. They have been setup identically to each other (same SSID n Password), so when users move around the building, they are always connected. We also have a dedicated DHCP server that throws out the IPs so the TP link routers provide the wifi only. The problem I got is that these routers need to be restarted at least once every week. They will continue to work and all of a sudden, they will stop working. Only way to get it to continue is to reboot it. All of the 6 are the same, they all need to be reboot whenever they go nuts. Not all at the same time, just whenever one of them feels like it. Any ideas? |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1350989 | 2013-08-09 02:43:00 | Yeah, get rid of them and chuck in some UniFi gear! It's relatively cheap for how good it is. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1350990 | 2013-08-09 02:54:00 | UniFi would be perfect for this, otherwise throw DD-WRT or gargoyle on the TP-Links, might be more stable. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1350991 | 2013-08-09 03:15:00 | Thanks guys, the weird bit is, I have the same router at home and it has never required restarting. And so does on of my mates, I asked him and he said he hasnt restarted the router in a few months now. I am starting to think maybe its the load on the routers but I could be wrong. DD-WRT may be the next phase. | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1350992 | 2013-08-09 03:31:00 | It's probably interference from each other using the same SSID, channel etc. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1350993 | 2013-08-09 03:39:00 | It's probably interference from each other using the same SSID, channel etc. More than likely... Draw a diagram with basic distances, what APs are where are what channels you are using. If you could do a scan in different spots around the building with some sort of Wifi Analyzer that would be good - use inssider or even a basic startphone app would be OK. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1350994 | 2013-08-09 03:54:00 | Channel is set to Auto for all. Channels being used are 1, 4, 5, 7, 8 ,9. Wonder if it would help if i were to put them all on the same channel? | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1350995 | 2013-08-09 04:11:00 | Not overheating at all? Just a thought. My router woes of the past may have been caused by having them too close to a north facing window. Maybe stick a small fan blowing over one of them and see if it behaves any better than the rest. |
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| 1350996 | 2013-08-09 04:21:00 | Dont think so. One of them is sitting in the server room. Cold as in there. Even that one requires a reboot as well. | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1350997 | 2013-08-09 04:50:00 | Wow OK major, major issues with the channels there. On 2.4GHz, there is only 5MHz between the channels - a standard channel is 20MHz wide, this leaves you 3 usable channels, 1, 6 and 11. The way you have it setup at the moment, I'm surprised you have usable WiFi at all. You should set the channels manually on your routers, and stagger them, to have the least interference possible. so 1,6,11,1 etc... Definitely don't put them all on the same channel, the interference would be horrendous. You may need to lower the power on the routers a little too, depending on the area you're serving and what kind of walls/etc are in the way. |
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