380.58 RT-N66U Repeater 2.4Ghz Drops

[freddie802]

I have a RT-N66U configured as a repeater using the 5Ghz band to connect to the main router. I am having issues with devices connected to the 2.4Ghz band on the repeater. It will work for a day and then the clients lose connectivity to the repeater. I have to power cycle the RT-N66U in order for them to reconnect again. As a matter of fact the clients need to reenter their wpa2 credentials in order to get a connection. Is this a known issue or should I use the 2.4Ghz to connect to the main router and disable the 5Ghz band entirely?

 

[mstombs]

Which 5GHz range? The upper channel Nos in the "DFS range" definitely do disappear randomly, I believe due to regulatory compliance I used to get messages in the log about "radar detection". You could try John's fork which uses older drivers which do not even have the option of these channels!

 

[freddie802]

I have everything set to auto. It is the 2.4GHz band that is disappearing, the 5GHz band continues to work. Where is John's fork?

 

[mstombs]

I always recommend using a laptop/mobile tool to chose best wifi channels, John's fork is a sticky at top of forum http://www.snbforums.com/threads/fork-update-for-374-43-available-v17e5.18914/

 

[bbunge]

Set your 2.4 GHz to channel 1,6 or 11 and at 20 mhz.

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