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Over the years I've been committing my old routers to AP duties as I have move into larger homes. Recently after changing one of my APs I started seeing having dropped connections in the overlap region (both APs -65 to -80db range measured using wifi analyzer app on phone). Incidentally this area is the den.
My Setup:
Space 4,600 sq ft
FIber connection 1GB up/down
Main router - Edgerouter X - 2nd story
Approx 40 clients - 10 wired, approx 10 IOT, rest are phones, PCs, TVs etc, client count easily goes up to 60+ when friends and family visit.
1st AP - Netgear R7800 - Voxel - wired connection to ER-X - 2nd story next to ER-X
Switch - Trendnet 8 Port unmanaged switch in network closet 1st story
2nd AP - Netgear R7800 - Voxel - (Used tobe Asus RT-N66) - 1st story in the master bedroom, wired connection to switch
3rd WIfi Bridge - Asus RT-N16 - Stock - At my fish tank serving as a wifi adapter to aquarium controller (located in the overlap range of APs)
Same SSIds, 5 ghz and 2.4 separate, 40/80Mhz channels, APs set for different channels on both 2.4 & 5Ghz bands.
The only change that's happened is the RT-N66 has been replaced by another R7800 (2nd AP). The RT-N66 primarily was used to serve wifi in the master bedroom and I had it set to drop connections at -65 db, there is no such setting in the Netgear r7800. I have reduced the transmit power to 75% for the 2nd R7800, but did not improve the situation.
As for speeds, I happy enough with 150-400 Mbps down/up to the wireless clients. although I do regularly get about 650 Mbps down/500 up from the R7800s up to -65db Signal range.
Appreciate some advice to try and tweak settings/locations of APs to prevent dropped connection in the overlap space. Is there any way to set minimum signal strength for clients using CLI in the R7800?
Over the years I've been committing my old routers to AP duties as I have move into larger homes. Recently after changing one of my APs I started seeing having dropped connections in the overlap region (both APs -65 to -80db range measured using wifi analyzer app on phone). Incidentally this area is the den.
My Setup:
Space 4,600 sq ft
FIber connection 1GB up/down
Main router - Edgerouter X - 2nd story
Approx 40 clients - 10 wired, approx 10 IOT, rest are phones, PCs, TVs etc, client count easily goes up to 60+ when friends and family visit.
1st AP - Netgear R7800 - Voxel - wired connection to ER-X - 2nd story next to ER-X
Switch - Trendnet 8 Port unmanaged switch in network closet 1st story
2nd AP - Netgear R7800 - Voxel - (Used tobe Asus RT-N66) - 1st story in the master bedroom, wired connection to switch
3rd WIfi Bridge - Asus RT-N16 - Stock - At my fish tank serving as a wifi adapter to aquarium controller (located in the overlap range of APs)
Same SSIds, 5 ghz and 2.4 separate, 40/80Mhz channels, APs set for different channels on both 2.4 & 5Ghz bands.
The only change that's happened is the RT-N66 has been replaced by another R7800 (2nd AP). The RT-N66 primarily was used to serve wifi in the master bedroom and I had it set to drop connections at -65 db, there is no such setting in the Netgear r7800. I have reduced the transmit power to 75% for the 2nd R7800, but did not improve the situation.
As for speeds, I happy enough with 150-400 Mbps down/up to the wireless clients. although I do regularly get about 650 Mbps down/500 up from the R7800s up to -65db Signal range.
Appreciate some advice to try and tweak settings/locations of APs to prevent dropped connection in the overlap space. Is there any way to set minimum signal strength for clients using CLI in the R7800?