sparky
I am having problems sometimes (but not always) connecting to my wi-fi network. Two days in row now the openspot2 had difficulty connecting to my network when I powered it on. Once connected it works fine. The blue LED just keeps flashing and my radio repeats “trying to connect to wi-fi network” over and over. Yesterday I power the openspot off and back on again and it found the network. Today that did not work. I have two wireless configurations saved in advanced mode. One for my home wi-fi network and the other for my mobile hotspot. SSID #1 is the home network. Finally, when it was unable to connect with SSID #1, I switched on my mobile hotspot and sure enough it connected. I tried to reconnect with SSID#1 but again that did not work. Finally, I had to re-initiate an AP setup and was able to find my home network.
I have a very reliable and power wi-fi system at home with many devices connected. I know that is not the problem. The wi-fi access point is less than 20 feet from my openspot.
I don’t see any way to force the openspot to always check SSID #1 first. My guess is it just kept looking for my mobile hotspot which was turned off. I do like having two wireless profiles so if one is not available it will look for #2 next.
Any suggestions?
G4AON
If you have neighbours using WiFi there is likely to be a clash. I’ve had mine running perfectly then struggle when I suspect a neighbour has switched a router on, the OS2 currently only uses the older 2.4GHz band and that can be very busy at times, I often see close to 20 SSIDs on an upstairs WiFi adapter attached to a desktop PC!
If I move mine 10 foot away it will often fail, there is no reason to not keep it closer to the phone or router.
73 Dave
sparky
I have both 2.4 GHz (802.11 b/g/n) and 5GHz (802.11 a/n/ac) wi-fi. Assuming the openspot will only connect to 2.4 GHz that is a 20MHz channel only. My Wi-Fi will auto search and select unused channels. I have only seen it select channels 6 or 11 on 2.4 GHz. Currently it is channel 6.
I have many wi-fi devices and am not having problems with any other device connecting.
kd2pm
Sounds familiar to my posts Norbert. Sparky I would also suggest you take a look at your logs on the router or AP and see if you are seeing key exchange timeouts or 4-way handshake failures.
sparky
I made some minor changes to my router and moved the Openspot closer to the AP. This morning it connected immediately. I will continue to monitor it.
WA4VXW
I was having similar issues until I realized that the NIC in the little device can't have much of an antenna. I was running continuous pings to it and was getting 10-20% packet loss. So as an experiment after trying 20Mhz stuff, I moved the OS2 right next to the WiFi access point. Have not had any issues since.
I'm sure 2.4g interference, other APs, other clients, signal BW, all contribute to the problem.
But I was able to overcome that by placing the OS2 maybe 5' from the AP. Not one lost ping since I did that. And it is MUCH more responsive in the web GUI. Plus my radio hits it from anywhere on the property with low power.
Solved for me.
sparky
I think my problem is solved. I have a setting in my router to set a threshold signal strength level. I had this set because I have more than on access point in my house and some devices were trying to connect to AP's that were further away. This was set to they would try to connect to the to the closest strongest signal. If the threshold went below this level the device would not connect but hopefully would find an AP with the stronger signal strength. The Openspot 2 has one of the lowest signals in my house( -79dBm). As a result my AP was not allowing it to connect. It indicated this in my log but I missed it. The threshold was set at -75dBm. Most devices are between -50 to -75 dBm. Even with my Openspot 2 within 5 feet of my AP the signal strength is -75 dBm. That is disappointing but it is working now. I am now running Pingplotter to see if I am loosing packets. The average is about 1% with a high level of 20% This may explain my I sometimes get choppy connections.