BCD536 dropping wifi connection

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sacscorpio

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I have a brand new BCD536HP and the wifi adapter is literally 4" from my wireless router. I set up it's own 2.4Ghz network so it's the only one on that network, and still I'm getting crap connection.

I have reset the BCD536HP and verified that it is current on firmware AND the database, not that it should make a difference for the DB, but I'm just lost. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Below is my ping from the computer connected to the BCD536HP with ProScan.


Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19041.388]
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping 10.0.0.149

Pinging 10.0.0.149 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
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Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 10.0.0.149:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping 10.0.0.149 -t

Pinging 10.0.0.149 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.0.0.149: bytes=32 time=903ms TTL=128
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hexagon_keyhole

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Even though you just got the scanner, have you checked to be sure the firmware in both the scanner AND the dongle are up to date?

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Ditto. Also, when was the last time your router got a firmware upgrade, too?

I had some connectivity issues with a wireless device which I have since replaced, and in my case it turns out I had to turn off WiFi AX to get my device working. I have a newer WiFi router that broadcasts one network that’s both 2.4ghz and 5ghz; instead of two separate WiFi networks which caused some confusion and frustration.
 

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I would also try setting up the scanner in Access Point mode and use your smart phone to connect to the scanner. That gets the router out of the picture. If you do not experience issues with this setup, it suggests a router issue.
 

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WiFi channels are 3 channels wide, so if you are using ch3 and another WiFi system nearby are using ch4 they will not be aware of each other and will interfere hevealy with each other creating bad bandwidth and errors. If you have a seperate network name for your WiFi doesn't have anything to do with it, it is only the channel numbers that matter.

You have to use an app, or sometimes the routher have a scanning program, to first find out what channels are in use in your area. The nearest and strongest system to you must be on the same channel as you, or have to be 6 channels off from your frequency.

Normally you only use ch1-6-11 due to the overlapping of one channels frequency bandwidt into other channels. There are 52 timeslots with 1mb each on each channel so it should be lots of capacity left for many wifi systems to share one channel, and they will dynamicly assign the number of timeslots to handle the different peeks in bandwidt for each system.

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WiFi channels are 3 channels wide, so if you are using ch3 and another WiFi system nearby are using ch4 they will not be aware of each other and will interfere hevealy with each other creating bad bandwidth and errors. If you have a seperate network name for your WiFi doesn't have anything to do with it, it is only the channel numbers that matter.
The bandwidth also matters. Higher bandwidth means higher chance of interference. With 2.4, I'd go with 40 MHz first, and drop to 20 MHz if you have issues with that.

The lower the bandwidth means lower throughput, but possibly a more stable signal. Without a site survey, it's down to trial and error, which is fine for most consumer uses.
Also you do not need the scanner wifi and the router 4 inches apart.
I am running PROSCAN 16 times on the same PC 6 536's and 1 SDS200 wifi no problems.
Good point. Having them too close together can also cause issues. It's better to have them a few feet apart than a few inches.
 

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The bandwidth also matters. Higher bandwidth means higher chance of interference. With 2.4, I'd go with 40 MHz first, and drop to 20 MHz if you have issues with that.
The 536's WiFi are a 20Mhz only device, so the router will automaticly fall back to a 20MHz mode for all connections to be able to support the 536. If a router runs in 40MHz mode it will interfere even more and take up half of the available channels in the 2,4GHz band. It would be unfortunate if a close by neighbour are running in 40MHz mode. Hopefully he instead choose to run at 5GHz to gain more bandwidt and keeps out from the 2,4GHz band.

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The 536's WiFi are a 20Mhz only device, so the router will automaticly fall back to a 20MHz mode for all connections to be able to support the 536. If a router runs in 40MHz mode it will interfere even more and take up half of the available channels in the 2,4GHz band. It would be unfortunate if a close by neighbour are running in 40MHz mode. Hopefully he instead choose to run at 5GHz to gain more bandwidt and keeps out from the 2,4GHz band.

/Ubbe
I run 40MHz on 2.4 and 5GHz to keep throughput up, but I don't have close neighbors. Going to 5GHz is the best option, as you said. It really stinks the 536 WiFi adapter is only 20MHz.
 
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