hello everyone, long time/first time...
i recently bought a LG G5 phone running Android 6.0.1. it has a "misunderstanding" with my Asus RT-AC87U running Merlin 380.61, namely it does not see the 2.4 GHz band. it connects to 5.2 GHz just fine (they're on separate SSIDs), and it sees my neighbors' 2.4 GHz networks, so there doesn't seem to be a problem with the phone itself. I also connected to two other routers on the same 2.4 GHz network (same SSID and password), one at my inlaws and the other at work. these routers are an old SMC N300 and the other is an Archer C9 v1 AC1900. the phone worked just fine.
i disabled the wireless MAC filter on the 87U, changed the 2.4GHz channel from 13 to 1 and then 4 (after noticing what my neighbors were using), and disabled beamforming (implicit and explicit) and Turbo QAM. the phone only connected once, on channel 4, and after changing the bands again it did not connect anymore. i also did a nvram reset this morning, just in case, but that did not seem to help.
the only other device that has problems with this router is my wife's 2011 Thinkpad Edge, which also cannot maintain a stable wifi connection a lot of the times. this goes back many months ago, so it's not just an issue with the latest 2.4 GHz driver from Asus.
in case it matters, I have a USB 3.0 stick plugged into the front port, used as a network share/DLNA/AiCloud.
worst case scenario - i can just use the 5 GHz band, since it's faster and less congested anyway. i usually have it scheduled to be off during the day to reduce the EM pollution in my apartment. it's just that i'd like to get to the bottom of this issue and understand why it happens, not to mention that 2.4 has a better reach in some areas, so it still has its uses.
i recently bought a LG G5 phone running Android 6.0.1. it has a "misunderstanding" with my Asus RT-AC87U running Merlin 380.61, namely it does not see the 2.4 GHz band. it connects to 5.2 GHz just fine (they're on separate SSIDs), and it sees my neighbors' 2.4 GHz networks, so there doesn't seem to be a problem with the phone itself. I also connected to two other routers on the same 2.4 GHz network (same SSID and password), one at my inlaws and the other at work. these routers are an old SMC N300 and the other is an Archer C9 v1 AC1900. the phone worked just fine.
i disabled the wireless MAC filter on the 87U, changed the 2.4GHz channel from 13 to 1 and then 4 (after noticing what my neighbors were using), and disabled beamforming (implicit and explicit) and Turbo QAM. the phone only connected once, on channel 4, and after changing the bands again it did not connect anymore. i also did a nvram reset this morning, just in case, but that did not seem to help.
the only other device that has problems with this router is my wife's 2011 Thinkpad Edge, which also cannot maintain a stable wifi connection a lot of the times. this goes back many months ago, so it's not just an issue with the latest 2.4 GHz driver from Asus.
in case it matters, I have a USB 3.0 stick plugged into the front port, used as a network share/DLNA/AiCloud.
worst case scenario - i can just use the 5 GHz band, since it's faster and less congested anyway. i usually have it scheduled to be off during the day to reduce the EM pollution in my apartment. it's just that i'd like to get to the bottom of this issue and understand why it happens, not to mention that 2.4 has a better reach in some areas, so it still has its uses.