Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 6:59 Post subject: Big problems with Wi-Fi and WRT32X
I just got my wrt32x and I'm copying the same settings that my 1900AC had. I've tried up just about every setting and I think having the 3 different Wi-Fi signals is causing problems. I had to switch back to my 1900 because my Wi-Fi things were not wanting to connect except for the 5G stuff. I have WPA2 personal with AES encryption set on the new router but the Wi-Fi stuff does not want to connect were it does connect but it gets 0 MB RX. I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure this out. I had to connect my old router again in the meantime. I was using firmware 40400 with the WRT32X. Obviously there is a setting I am missing or something. Here's a couple of screenshots of my configuration. I tried AES off and TKIP on. I tried AES on. I tried both on I tried both off and nothing seems to work except AES on with 5 GHz. Do I have all 3 ath's active? My old router only use 2.4 and 5 GHz bands.
Joined: 17 Feb 2010 Posts: 611 Location: Yorkshire (GOC)
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 8:42 Post subject:
1. Uncheck TKIP - you should only need AES
2. Disable ATH2 wireless unless you really need it and understand the consequences !
3. Set ATH0 to AC/N-Mixed / VHT80 (80MHz) - Try Ch 100 / UU (+6), or Ch 116 / UU (+6)
4. Set ATH1 to NG-Mixed / Full (20MHz)
5. Suggest build r40134 to start with
Sorry about the pictures LOL. I will give those suggestions a try. To disable I just turn off the SSID for number 2
To disable, set the Wireless Network Mode to Disabled for ath2 (normally, it would be something like AC/N Mixed). _________________ Linksys WRT3200ACM r41586
- ExpressVPN | VAP & PBR | Synology NAS
Here is what it is showing. Hopefully it's not too big of a picture this time lol. I'm not sure why some things are showing up as legacy and very slow connection speeds.
The devices that aren't coming up are smart plugs. Even though it's the same exact settings as my old router I have a feeling I'm going to have to reset every single one of them.
Joined: 30 May 2017 Posts: 582 Location: Rural Manitoba
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 1:03 Post subject:
Kamakzie wrote:
The devices that aren't coming up are smart plugs. Even though it's the same exact settings as my old router I have a feeling I'm going to have to reset every single one of them.
Known problem with 3200 & 32X .
Smart devices based on ESP8266 devices won't work wit the current driver.
I personally have a separate VAP on my routers with wmm disabled to accommodate these devices. Disabling wmm will cause most other devices failure to connect therefore why I use a separate VAP for them.
Am currently testing use of vap fr these devices on my remote 1900 as it was rebooting regularly but has been stable since I setup a separate vap for the smart devices. _________________ Starlink & DSL -> TPLink TL-R470T+
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WRT3200acm Master WDS 5GHz 80Mhz CH 100 (+6) r55819
Ath1 2.4Ghz Disabled
99 Static Leases
ExpressVPN
WRT3200acm r55819 WDS Station 5Ghz
Ath1 AP N/G Mixed Channel 11 HT40
WRT1900Ac V1 5Ghz r55819 WDS Station
(Defective, no 2.4Ghz but 5Ghz works great)
WRT1900AC V1 5Ghz AC 80Mhz WDS Station r55819
2.4Ghz AP Ch1 HT20 Mixed
WRT1900ACS SPARE r54914
WRT1900AC SPARE r54914
WRT1900AC V1 5Ghz AC 80Mhz WDS-AP r55819
2.4Ghz AP Ch1 HT20 Mixed
WRT54G DD-WRT v3.0-r37305 micro AP CH 6 Mixed - Not in use
The devices that aren't coming up are smart plugs. Even though it's the same exact settings as my old router I have a feeling I'm going to have to reset every single one of them.
Known problem with 3200 & 32X .
Smart devices based on ESP8266 devices won't work wit the current driver.
I personally have a separate VAP on my routers with wmm disabled to accommodate these devices. Disabling wmm will cause most other devices failure to connect therefore why I use a separate VAP for them.
Am currently testing use of vap fr these devices on my remote 1900 as it was rebooting regularly but has been stable since I setup a separate vap for the smart devices.
I see, so I have to name it something different I can't name it the same thing as the main router SSID?
Joined: 30 May 2017 Posts: 582 Location: Rural Manitoba
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 1:34 Post subject:
Kamakzie wrote:
WENED wrote:
Kamakzie wrote:
The devices that aren't coming up are smart plugs. Even though it's the same exact settings as my old router I have a feeling I'm going to have to reset every single one of them.
Known problem with 3200 & 32X .
Smart devices based on ESP8266 devices won't work wit the current driver.
I personally have a separate VAP on my routers with wmm disabled to accommodate these devices. Disabling wmm will cause most other devices failure to connect therefore why I use a separate VAP for them.
Am currently testing use of vap fr these devices on my remote 1900 as it was rebooting regularly but has been stable since I setup a separate vap for the smart devices.
I see, so I have to name it something different I can't name it the same thing as the main router SSID?
my 1900 that I just setup with a separate vap I named SSID "ORIGINAL" and "ORIGINAL-wmm".
I did do a second reconfig to have the wmm devices on my primary ap and the smart devices on the vap. _________________ Starlink & DSL -> TPLink TL-R470T+
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WRT3200acm Master WDS 5GHz 80Mhz CH 100 (+6) r55819
Ath1 2.4Ghz Disabled
99 Static Leases
ExpressVPN
WRT3200acm r55819 WDS Station 5Ghz
Ath1 AP N/G Mixed Channel 11 HT40
WRT1900Ac V1 5Ghz r55819 WDS Station
(Defective, no 2.4Ghz but 5Ghz works great)
WRT1900AC V1 5Ghz AC 80Mhz WDS Station r55819
2.4Ghz AP Ch1 HT20 Mixed
WRT1900ACS SPARE r54914
WRT1900AC SPARE r54914
WRT1900AC V1 5Ghz AC 80Mhz WDS-AP r55819
2.4Ghz AP Ch1 HT20 Mixed
WRT54G DD-WRT v3.0-r37305 micro AP CH 6 Mixed - Not in use
WENED I just wanted to say thanks again for your help with the smart Wi-Fi devices. I just had an issue with my Logitech Harmony hub disconnecting and I never thought about it until tonight and sure enough it was connected to the main router. So I switched it to the smart VAP signal and all is well.
Joined: 04 Aug 2018 Posts: 1447 Location: Appalachian mountains, USA
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 15:11 Post subject:
Yemble wrote:
3. Set ATH0 to AC/N-Mixed / VHT80 (80MHz) - Try Ch 100 / UU (+6), or Ch 116 / UU (+6)
Minor point: I notice that Yemble is in the UK and is responding to a user whose country is not identified. So... If you happen to be in the US and using VHT80/UU on 5 GHz, your only choices of channel are 36 and 149. Anything else gets into a big reserved set of channels (for radar?) in the middle of the band. Enforced in dd-wrt: Channel 36 is limited to 23 dBm output, while channel 149 can use the full 30 dBm of which the routers are capable. _________________ 2x Netgear XR500 and 3x Linksys WRT1900ACSv2 on 53544: VLANs, VAPs, NAS, station mode, OpenVPN client (AirVPN), wireguard server (AirVPN port forward) and clients (AzireVPN, AirVPN, private), 3 DNSCrypt providers via VPN.
3. Set ATH0 to AC/N-Mixed / VHT80 (80MHz) - Try Ch 100 / UU (+6), or Ch 116 / UU (+6)
Minor point: I notice that Yemble is in the UK and is responding to a user whose country is not identified. So... If you happen to be in the US and using VHT80/UU on 5 GHz, your only choices of channel are 36 and 149. Anything else gets into a big reserved set of channels (for radar?) in the middle of the band. Enforced in dd-wrt: Channel 36 is limited to 23 dBm output, while channel 149 can use the full 30 dBm of which the routers are capable.
thanks for the heads up I changed my channel to 149
