Topic 'Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times' in forum 'W.O.W.' - dslreports.com

Re: Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 23:53:02 EDT

bdnhsv posted : Guess you'll just have to wait for Linksys to make an "enterprise grade" cable modem and WOw to rent it for $10/month, huh?

Re: Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 23:33:18 EDT

Itguy2016 posted : I'm returning the Arris Gateway Combo and going back to my gear. I've found the Arris/TG combos to be a bit picky/unreliable compared to what I am used to. (enterprise grade gear) I kind of wasted a lot of time on all of this and need to get back to what worked and what was stable as soon as possible.

Re: Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:08:42 EDT

Itguy2016 posted : I'll see what injectors I have laying around here. Maybe I can toss one in if I have one that is compatible.

Edit: I do have a af POE injector I can throw in with it.

Re: Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 09:58:33 EDT

Body Count posted : Well crap that uses 802.3at. My injector is 802.3af. Forgot to mention that. It's the reason I can't find one I like that has everything I want.

I guess I could upgrade my injector but that's more money I have to explain to the wife that I spent lol

Re: Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 09:46:52 EDT

Itguy2016 posted : I have a New-In-Box Business Grade Cisco/Linksys LAPN600POE sitting right here I can ship to you for a great price if you want. I upgraded the firmware then factory reset it - it's ready to go.

Dual Band (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz) and speed up to 600Mbps w/POE.
»www.newegg.com/Product/P ··· XM-00001

PM me if you are interested. Still under full warranty - by the way. Cisco/Linksys rep dropped it off as a sample. We don't need it.

Re: Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 09:41:58 EDT

Body Count posted :

said by Itguy2016:

Here's a great tip for you.

Rather than an AP.. Get yourself a ASUS RT-AC87U for about $235 (Microcenter, Best Buy). Plug it into the wall, put a patch cord into it from a laptop (Port1-Lan) and the interface will pop up on the first browser you open. Skip the wizard. Update the firmware to the latest (7410). Assign your SSID's. Then at the top select 'Mode', put it into AP-Mode and shut it down and take it to your switch and plug it in.

A little secret with the AC87's - they exceed the performance of $500+ AP's when put into AP mode and work flawlessly as AP's. In Router Mode they sort of stink.. The Firmware is a bit buggy, etc. But in AP mode they are operating on a skeleton firmware and very nearly pure hardware mode - that's a 4-core AC2400 AP with 6 antennas offering a ton of performance and range. If you want a ghetto vLAN then assign guest networks with LAN Restrictions checked and force everyone to use that.

Seriously, the performance on them exceeds the majority of business grade AP's I have tried.

Have a good suggestion for a AP that takes POE and doesn't cost $500+?

I'm using a cheap monoprice one right now but it does not have 5.0Ghz. Works ok but I'm looking to upgrade the unit to get 5.0Ghz and more range.

Needs to be POE. Have mine currently mounted second floor to the bedroom hallway ceiling so it points down and covers the entire house. No power cords!

Re: Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 08:42:39 EDT

Itguy2016 posted : Here's a great tip for you.

Rather than an AP.. Get yourself a ASUS RT-AC87U for about $235 (Microcenter, Best Buy). Plug it into the wall, put a patch cord into it from a laptop (Port1-Lan) and the interface will pop up on the first browser you open. Skip the wizard. Update the firmware to the latest (7410). Assign your SSID's. Then at the top select 'Mode', put it into AP-Mode and shut it down and take it to your switch and plug it in.

A little secret with the AC87's - they exceed the performance of $500+ AP's when put into AP mode and work flawlessly as AP's. In Router Mode they sort of stink.. The Firmware is a bit buggy, etc. But in AP mode they are operating on a skeleton firmware and very nearly pure hardware mode - that's a 4-core AC2400 AP with 6 antennas offering a ton of performance and range. If you want a ghetto vLAN then assign guest networks with LAN Restrictions checked and force everyone to use that.

Seriously, the performance on them exceeds the majority of business grade AP's I have tried.

Re: Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times

Wed, 16 Sep 2015 12:21:22 EDT

Yetskii posted : No preamble settings, was already set to channel 11, only 1 other ap in the area on 11...most are on 6 and 1...Looks like I am heading to micro Center for an AP....
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Re: Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times

Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:20:49 EDT

Itguy2016 posted : Can you set preamble? (Long800ns or Short400ns)? If so - set it to long.

Use a phone app and see the wireless activity in the area. Remember - channels 1, 6, and 11 are the only 'true' channels. Everything else is a sub-channel where congestion is offloaded. Try forcing the wireless to 1, 6 or 11 (least congested) and let the people in your area that don't know better use auto-channel and sit in the blenders.

If none of that works - I'd follow the other persons suggestion - disable wireless on the primary device and put a good AP into the mix - ensuring DHCP is still done on the router.

Re: Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times

Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:15:58 EDT

Body Count posted : There are several posts on this forum about how UltraTV wireless is crap.

If you want good signal, buy your own access point and use that instead. Make sure you turn DHCP off on the access point you buy. You want UltraTV handing out IP's, not your unit. This is so you can share files and stream content off your computers correctly.

Arris Media Gateway wireless keeps dropping and slow speeds at times

Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:12:52 EDT

Yetskii posted : Just got set up with Ultra setup with the new media box and have noticed that the wireless really sucks . it seems to like to time out frequently or slow down to a crawl. I have had to hardwire the Girlfriends Alienware, even though it was 10 feet away. I have set it to B/G only as all our devices are G in the house, although I am uncertain of all the phones. Power is set to high in settings. I have moved it to slightly different locations, although I am somewhat limited due to cable length. The Modem is in the upstairs of the house approximately in the middle. Anything else I can do except purchase a router? Was using the old style Arris for over 2 years without this issue.
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