Mohit Sharrma Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Hi Team, I received my new R2 today and instantly noticed that the coverage was much weaker than my old ASUS RT AC58U. I live in a two floor flat and my old ASUS was enough to cover entire two floors of about 1500 SqFt(specially 2.4 Ghz band)..Also, currently, R2 is in my bedroom but i drop 5Ghz in the kitchen which is barely 15m away with 2 walls in between. I expect signal to drop but not drop as much as to disappear from access point search list on phones. So to test, I set both R2 and ASUS side by side on the same table and measure signal strength with Wi-Fi analyzer for android from 1 meter away. I found that i was getting a 30 dB weaker signal on R2. Images attached. AP Name for reference Sharma5 - R2 5GHz Sharma2 - R2 2.4Ghz ASUS_90_5G - Asus 5GHz ASUS_90_2G - Asus 2.4Ghz Is it possible to increase the radio transmission power in software ?? Because if this is the best R2 can do, I would be very disappointed with the purchase and will cost me much more to buy more APs for the rest of the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 23, 2021 Administrators Share Posted January 23, 2021 The Asus is AC1300 compared to the R2 AC1200 so there will be some differences there with WiFi. I would first recommend upgrading to the latest firmware here and then do a factory reset as WiFi should be improved: https://forum.netduma.com/topic/33236-announcement-new-r2-firmware-30179/?do=getNewComment We are continuing to improve upon WiFi as well as it's not where we think it could be. You could put the Asus in AP mode behind the R2 and that will improve the WiFi overall throughout your place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohit Sharrma Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 I would love to connect my ASUS as an extender but I'll have to install a cable run between the two floors which would be a task which I plan to to but not soon. I will try the new firmware, currently I am on R2 3.0.123, and report back if there are any improvements. Also, is there a forum post where the meaning of below Geo filtering terms is explained, its a bit confusing to me ? Server Player Blocked Server Blocked Player Ping Assist Server Ping Assist Player Allowed Server Allowed Player Denied Server Denied Player Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 23, 2021 Administrators Share Posted January 23, 2021 If it covered the home from where it was placed previously, connecting to the R2 where that is should cover the home as is. No but I'll explain them, I'll describe the ones I think you may need more clarity on, let me know if you need more information. Ping Assisted icons represent games that have been allowed by your ping assist value e.g. a game that was under your ping limit of 30ms Allowed/denied refers to servers/players you have specifically added to the allow/deny list by clicking allow or deny on the ping panel - i.e. what you've allowed or denied permanently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohit Sharrma Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 Hi Fraser, I updated it to mentioned firmware and now the signal strength is ~10% lower than before. what is going on here ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 24, 2021 Administrators Share Posted January 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Mohit Sharrma said: Hi Fraser, I updated it to mentioned firmware and now the signal strength is ~10% lower than before. what is going on here ? Did you do a factory reset once you upgraded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohit Sharrma Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 17 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said: Did you do a factory reset once you upgraded? No not yet, I'll do it once I have some time on my hand, I have a lot of devices with DHCP reservations and its a lot of work to do . I'll report back once I do it. Thanks Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohit Sharrma Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Hi Fraser, I did the reset, now the signal strength is exactly the same as before. Is there something else that could be done to boost the TX power ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Mohit Sharrma said: Hi Fraser, I did the reset, now the signal strength is exactly the same as before. Is there something else that could be done to boost the TX power ? AP if you want better WiFi at the moment. Netduma Liam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 26, 2021 Administrators Share Posted January 26, 2021 On 1/25/2021 at 12:26 PM, Mohit Sharrma said: Hi Fraser, I did the reset, now the signal strength is exactly the same as before. Is there something else that could be done to boost the TX power ? At the moment on the firmware available no that isn't possible, hopefully in the next version this will be improved for you. If you need more strength then I'd suggest using the Asus as an AP as above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohit Sharrma Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 Thanks Fraser, i did connect the ASUS router in AP mode and works as expected but the Netduma R2 device managee tree doesn't show the ASUS router and the devices connected to it. Apologies for the poor drawing but it should looks something like below. The Asus router shows the R2 and its devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 26, 2021 Administrators Share Posted January 26, 2021 On the Asus disable AP mode, then re-apply it and also reboot the devices connected to it - then the devices should appear on the Device Manager - the Asus likely won't though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohit Sharrma Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 Ok will try it, It did appear for 1-2 minutes when i configured it initially but then it moved to offline devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 26, 2021 Administrators Share Posted January 26, 2021 Moving to offline is a bug we're aware of but they should at least show up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohit Sharrma Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 I factory reset and reconfigured the ASUS and the devices didn't show up. But then after 4 hours they magically showed up Question :: If i buy another R2 for my first floor and bridge it up with my current R2 will the tree show both R2s ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfie Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, Mohit Sharrma said: I factory reset and reconfigured the ASUS and the devices didn't show up. But then after 4 hours they magically showed up Question :: If i buy another R2 for my first floor and bridge it up with my current R2 will the tree show both R2s ? The R2 can’t run in access point so two R2s will not be a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted January 27, 2021 Administrators Share Posted January 27, 2021 As above, it would just show the R2 as a device, it wouldn't show the devices behind it so any QoS settings would apply to the router and devices as a whole. If you don't mind that then you could but the AP would be the better plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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