R201P Problems with WIFI

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Thank you PhilG!

There are many issues with the cnPilot R series routers. Some can only run certain firmware to prevent the bugs popping up, but one thing that stands out is the complete and utter avoidance from Cambium to acknowledge that there is even a problem let alone many.

To sum it up:

  1. R190v routers had to run 4.4.2 R2 other wise it would show the Apple device issues.
  2. R190W routers could run the 4.5 R7. Apparently.
  3. R200 – never used them.
  4. R201P routers had to run 4.4.2 R2 otherwise it would show the Apple device issues mentioned in the change-log, but since 4.5 R7 there were significant issues that I couldn't pinpoint, until now. I will revert to 4.5 R7 on a R201P and see if has the same issue.

I will test the 4.6 R16 on the R190v/w's.

What solved the issues on the R201P for me...

  1. TURN OFF the "Hardware NAT Enable" feature under Network/LAN. This causes performance degredation, especialy when more than one wifi device is connected and active. When the second device stops its activity then the performance appears to come back but does still appear to lag from the event.
  2. TURN OFF the "IP conflict detection" feature under Network/Advance. This causes severe performance degredation, especialy when multiple wifi devices are connected and active. If you have this turned on and the symptom occurs, it get progressively worse until th router needs to be rebooted – I've never waited for an extended time to see if it came right.

Other issues NEW / PRE-EXISTING:

  1. NEW: A VLAN (other WAN interface type) with IP bridged and bound to a WiFi SSID is incredibly slow and seems to suffer from the same bugs that occur from points 1 and 2 above, however the main SSID for internet appears fine.
  2. PRE-EXISTING: With the DNS proxy enabled, high interference on the WiFi will cause the proxy to stop responding. To fix this, set the DNS to manual and TURN OFF "DNS Proxy" under Network/LAN.

From all the mac address changes, there is clearly new hardware being rolled out. Perhaps this solves the problem. I wouldn't mind a confirmation of this.

Thanks.

Cheers, Tim.

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