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Title: Problem with 2.4 Ghz Performance
Post by: selarom on August 10, 2016, 05:52:12 PM
Hello All,

My 880L has a problem where it looses connectivity for its 2.4ghz network. Wired and 5ghz are fine... But if I connect to the 2.4ghz network, it takes a long time to authenticate and if it does, then the connection is very bad. I get less than 1Mbps speed. If I reboot the router, it works fine for a while then the connection drops.

I tried factory reset and updating to the latest firmware without sucess.

Some more info.
It didn't do this at the beginning a few months back.. I started happening about a month ago.
My 2.4ghz and 5ghz networks are distinguished by the 5ghz SSID having a "-5ghz" at the end.
They both have the same password.
I also have a DAP -1650 which has different SSID, but password is the same. It is used as an access point. It also has both networks working with no problem.

Has anyone seen this behavior?  Could this be a bad unit?



Title: Re: Problem with 2.4 Ghz Performance
Post by: RYAT3 on August 10, 2016, 07:51:50 PM

What are you using to connect with that is causing such a bad rate?

Are all your 2.4 Ghz devices exhibiting this behavior?
Title: Re: Problem with 2.4 Ghz Performance
Post by: FurryNutz on August 11, 2016, 06:57:57 AM
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Turn OFF the DAP-1650 and test the 880L alone.


Hello All,

My 880L has a problem where it looses connectivity for its 2.4ghz network. Wired and 5ghz are fine... But if I connect to the 2.4ghz network, it takes a long time to authenticate and if it does, then the connection is very bad. I get less than 1Mbps speed. If I reboot the router, it works fine for a while then the connection drops.

I tried factory reset and updating to the latest firmware without sucess.

Some more info.
It didn't do this at the beginning a few months back.. I started happening about a month ago.
My 2.4ghz and 5ghz networks are distinguished by the 5ghz SSID having a "-5ghz" at the end.
They both have the same password.
I also have a DAP -1650 which has different SSID, but password is the same. It is used as an access point. It also has both networks working with no problem.

Has anyone seen this behavior?  Could this be a bad unit?