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[ColdH2Odvr]

 I have two issues. The first is I can't seem to get anything on the 5gh band. Dlink (2.4 gh shows up) but neither dlink-media nor dlink-media-guest are present) . The second issue is wireless performance.  Performance was horrid so I upgraded to 1.04. Not sure how to classify performance now... huge waits for pages to load on our two netbooks (intermittently reasonable but mostly one to ten minutes), Kindle Fires passable with occasional long loads, Panasonic Dvd player streams Netflix no problems. I live in the sticks so no other networks to interfere. Only other wireless device is a Brother printer that's not connected yet. Physical setup is Zoom modem -> switch -> house wiring (one Pc on lan) -> 857 in video room.

Any thoughts? TIA

Dave

[FurryNutz]

Link>Welcome!

What region are you located?

Was a Factory Reset been performed before and after sending the FW file? Did you use IE to updating FW?

Need to rename the default SSID names to something new. Can be anything as default names could be used by other near by routers.

Any cordless house phones?
Any other WiFi routers in the area? Link> Use InSSIDer to find out. How many?

Ensure you have devices that support the 5Ghz radio. Refer to the devices Mfr support site for information on what your devices support. Not all devices support 5Ghz, only 2.4Ghz radios.

[ColdH2Odvr]

Region: US (NW)

Restart yes, factory reset no. Updated using Chrome.

I'll rename but nearest router has to be at least a mile away.

Cordless yes - 1.9gHz

Wi-fi Analyzer (Android) shows nothing but the 857.

Was sure the KF did 5gHz but a bit more googling and it appears the KF is 2.4 gHz only (bummer).

[FurryNutz]

Check with a devices that supports 5Ghz radios to make sure the 5Ghz radio it working. I presume it is. If you don't have any devices using 5Ghz radio, then you can turn it off until you get get something that can use it.

Please use this for doing FW updates:
FW Update Process

[ColdH2Odvr]

"Check with a devices that supports 5Ghz radios to make sure the 5Ghz radio it working". As a rule I try not to be an idiot (at least not publicly)... sometimes it just doesn't work out that way.  Seriously thought the fire had 5gHz.

Out of curiosity, why the factory reset?

Thanks,

Dave

[FurryNutz]

IF you don't have 5Ghz supporting devices, then you can turn that radio off until such time when you do get something. You'll be fine for now.

Doing a factory reset both before and after just ensures that the new FW has a clean slate to work on during this process.